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Mayor Abraham Beame signed a bill Tuesday changing the name of Seaside Park in the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn to Asser Levy Seaside Park. Levy was the first Jew to secure his rights of citizenship in Dutch New Amsterdam on April 21, 1657. Murray, Tates, founder of the Asser Levy National Council and a […]https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315