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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.That is also 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

Use the "next" and "back" buttons to travel forward and backward through time! Start by clicking the "next" button here:

Or, jump to a specific time period by clicking on the navigation bar above.
 

 
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