Ariel Kelly, a Park and Recreation graduate who is a park ranger at Yosemite National Park, was interviewed as part of a program feature that highlights beautiful places in America.
A chronicle of American Jewry form the 1654 arrival in New Amsterdam to 23
Portuguese Jews, Through the convergence in New York Harbor more than two
centuries later of millions of European immigrants seeking "The Golden
Land." The hour documents the "American expression of Jewishness" during
Colonial times, the westward expansion, the Civil War period and, beginning
in the late 19th century, settlement on New York's Lower East Side.
