/internal/media/dispatcher/1447545/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailMedal Commemorating the 250th Anniversary of Jewish Settlement in the United States1905Isidore KontiDiameter and weight: 75 mm (2 15/16 in.)BronzeGift of Rabbi Howard A. Berman2014.20090In 1654 a ship from Recife, Brazil, carrying Jewish refugees of Spanish and Portuguese descent, reached the shores of New Amsterdam. The following year, thanks to the intervention of the Dutch West India Company, they were allowed stay as permanent residents in the city.
250 years later, the Jewish sculptor Isidor Konti was commissioned to make a medal celebrating the anniversary of Jewish settlement in the United States. One of 286 bronze medals struck for the occasion, it shows on one side Liberty and Justice as two women in ancient dress, triumphant over a nude male figure representing Intolerance. On the other, is the personification of History, as a woman holding a sword and a tablet.
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