1654 - a 666-like celebration of jews landing in New York

[yankeedoodle]

For some reason, some jew in New York decided to celebrate "Landing Day," the day in 1654 when jews landed in New York to sink America. 

Maybe the reason he decided to do it is because it's the 369th anniversary, and you can see how this might make him think of 666 - with 369, you have 6 in the middle, and 9 is 6 upside down, and 3+9=12 which is 6+6...Magic!!! -  and the 666th anniversary won't arrive for another 297 years, so he decided to celebrate now.   

The gathering on Wednesday was the 369th anniversary of an event most New Yorkers don't know about, let alone celebrate: the arrival of the first Jewish community to the United States in 1654. That lack of awareness is exactly what Howard Teich, the founding chair of a group called the Manhattan Jewish Historical Initiative, hopes to change.

If you want to read the how-wonderful-we-are article, here it is:
A 'Landing Day' ceremony in Lower Manhattan celebrates the first Jewish community in the US
https://www.jta.org/2023/09/15/ny/a-landing-day-ceremony-in-lower-manhattan-celebrates-the-first-jewish-community-in-the-us

Quite a celebration, don't you think.   

Howard Teich speaks at a monument in The Battery that marks the Jewish arrival in New York in September 1654.