Landing Day
Howard Teich speaks at a monument in The Battery that marks the Jewish arrival in New York in September 1654. New York, NY, Sept. 13, 2023. (Julia Gergely)
September 12, 2024, 9:13 am
NYC poised to officially recognize Landing Day, when the first Jewish community arrived in 1654
While the exact day the Jews landed in New York is not known, records indicate it occurred during the week before Rosh Hashanah, which that year was on Sept. 12, 1654.
By Julia Gergely
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