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title: "The first synagogue built in North America was built in New Amsterdam. What brought this small group of Jews to this city?"  
description: "The first synagogue built in North America was built in New Amsterdam. What brought this small group of Jews to this city?"  
author: "tasman Johnson"  
published: 2018-03-11  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39922/the-first-synagogue-built-in-north-america-was-built-in-new-amsterdam-what-brought-this-small-group-of-jews-to-this-city  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# The first synagogue built in North America was built in New Amsterdam. What brought this small group of Jews to this city?

The first synagogue built in [North America](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51287/what-established-the-procedure-by-which-the-united-states-would-expand-westward-across-north-america-by-the-admission-of-new-states-rather-than-by-the-expansion-of-existing-states) was built in New Amsterdam. What brought this small [group](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33953/what-is-a-group-in-salesforce) of Jews to this city?\
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