NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM & LIBRARY—THE FIRST JEWISH AMERICANS: FREEDOM AND CULTURE IN THE NEW WORLD How did Jewish settlers come to inhabit—and change—the New World? This exhibition followed the trajectory of a people forced from their ancestral lands in Europe, as well as their homes in South America and the Caribbean, to their controversial arrival in New Amsterdam in 1654 to the unprecedented political freedoms they gained in early 19th-century New York, Philadelphia, and Charleston. In this ground-breaking exhibition, rare portraits, drawings, maps, documents, and ritual objects illuminated how 18th- and 19th-century artists, writers, activists, and more adopted American ideals while struggling to remain distinct and socially cohesive amidst the birth of a new Jewish American tradition.

The exhibit is based primarily upon loans from the Princeton University Jewish American Collection, gift of Mr. Leonard L. Milberg, Class of 1953, and Mr. Leonard L. Milberg's personal collection  EXHIBITION DESIGN Roger Westerman Design ROLE Art Director, Graphic Designer CLIENT New-York Historical Society Museum & Library CITY New York, NY YEAR October 28, 2016–March 12, 2017 PROJECT SCOPE Exhibition Identity, Exhibitions Graphics, Environmental Graphics, Photo Manipulation, Print Production SECTOR Museum, Non-profit