Jewish Contributions to America — A Digital Museum & Public History Project developed by 32 Wisdoms Inc.
Jewish Contributions to America is an educational initiative of 32 Wisdoms Inc. documenting the contributions of Jewish Americans to the history and development of the United States.
The digital museum is being developed as a public educational platform on BigNY.com. This website introduces and supports the project; the museum content itself will remain on BigNY.com.
Planned areas of study
- Jews, conversos, and the early Atlantic world
- Jewish participation in Dutch Atlantic commercial networks
- New Amsterdam and the first permanent Jewish community in New York
- Asser Levy and early struggles for civic rights
- Jewish participation in the American Revolution and military service
- Immigration and urban development
- Entrepreneurship, science, medicine, law, and public service
- Journalism, media, arts, culture, and civil rights
- Jewish life in Brooklyn and immigration from Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union
Historical standards
The project will distinguish among documented historical fact, scholarly interpretation, disputed claims, and later legend or popular tradition. Whenever possible, research will rely on primary documents, government archives, museum collections, university archives, established historical institutions, scholarly research, and verifiable historical records.
The final BigNY.com museum URL will be added after it is approved.