They Came For Good: A History of the Jews in the United States


60m 2001

Brief Synopsis

Documentary on the history of the Jewish people in the United States, covering the period from 1654 -- when 23 Sephardic Jews first arrived in the harbor of New Amsterdam -- through the American Revolution, the Civil War, the arrival of German Jews, the California Gold Rush and the nation's westward

Film Details

Genre
Documentary
Historical
Release Date
2001

Technical Specs

Duration
60m

Synopsis

Documentary on the history of the Jewish people in the United States, covering the period from 1654 -- when 23 Sephardic Jews first arrived in the harbor of New Amsterdam -- through the American Revolution, the Civil War, the arrival of German Jews, the California Gold Rush and the nation's westward expansion, until 1880, the start of the great European migration.

Crew

Lora Anolick

Researcher

Lora Anolick

Other

Rebecca Baker

Assistant Editor

Michael Becker

Sound

Matt Blades

Production Assistant

Soni Bock

Production Associate

Federico Bonadeo

Production Assistant

Ulli Bonnekant

Assistant Camera Operator

John Chaffer

Assistant Camera Operator

Jane Chon

Makeup

Don Duga

Animator

Nicholas Enright

Art Department

Ralph Ferri

Grip

Jon Fordham

On-Line Editor

Rolf Grimsted

Production Designer

Samantha Heilweil

Sound

David Hocs

Gaffer

Bethany Jacobson

Assistant Editor

Michael Jordan

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Bob Kelly

Hair

Ann Kiker

Production Assistant

Sheila Kogan

Production Associate

Sheila Kogan

Researcher

Al Lettieri

Other

Mark Levin

Production Associate

Mark Levin

Researcher

Ross Levinson

Music Conductor

Ross Levinson

Music

Kris Liem

Coproducer

Kris Liem

Editor

Larry Loewinger

Sound

Gil Mcdowell

Gaffer

Charles Mckena

Hair

Tracy Kelly Mcnevin

Makeup

Joyce Miller

Researcher

Joyce Miller

Associate Producer

Milton E Mino

Other

Judy Montell

Location Coordinator

Kuntal Naik

Production Assistant

Amram Nowak

Producer

Jerry Pantzer

Director Of Photography

Frank Reynolds

Assistant Editor

Rebekah Rutkoff

Production Associate

Rebekah Rutkoff

Researcher

Don Schreck

Gaffer

Patricia Schwarz

Costumes

Lisa Wood Shapiro

Assistant Editor

Bruce Shaw

Editing

Melissa Somers

Production Assistant

Ira Speigel

Sound Editor

Manya Starr

Producer

Manya Starr

Writer

Dyanna Taylor

Photography

Matthew Testa

Researcher

Matthew Testa

Associate Producer

Tony Vallante

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Jeff Victor

Assistant Camera Operator

Alan Weeks

Production Assistant

Bruce Weitzman

Assistant Editor

Gary Winton

Assistant Editor

Andrew Yarme

Assistant Camera Operator

Andrew Yarme

Sound

David Zyla

Costumes

Film Details

Genre
Documentary
Historical
Release Date
2001

Technical Specs

Duration
60m

Quotes

Trivia