National Museum of American Jewish History



Journey back through American History, American Jewish History and World Jewish History with the National Museum American Jewish History online timeline.

Did you know that in 1492 when Columbus sailed from Spain, Luis de Torres, an interpreter, who was Jewish, accompanied him and in the same year Jews were expelled from Catholic Spain?

Learn more with our side-by-side timetable of:

• American history
• American Jewish history and
• World Jewish history

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