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By the time this sea pilot’s map of Suriname was created in 1680, there was a well-established Jewish community there. In the 1660s, Jewish communities arose on the Caribbean islands of Martinique…
Contributor:
Hendrik Doncker
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
ca. 1688
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This prayer book for the Rosh Hashanah festival from Crete is elaborately decorated inside with drawings of animals and people and has a colorful title page. Greek (Romaniote/Byzantine) Jews had lived…
Contributor:
Moses Bili ben Judah
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Candia, Republic of Venice (Heraklion, Greece)
Date:
1614
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Mikve Israel-Emanuel is a synagogue that served the Spanish Portuguese Jewish community in Curaçao (and continues to function today as a Reconstructionist congregation). It is the oldest surviving…
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Willemstad, Dutch Colonial Empire (Willemstad, Curaçao)
Date:
1732
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The Jewish Publication Society of America (JPS) was founded in Philadelphia in 1888. (It had a number of precursors that did not last.) Today, JPS is the oldest nonprofit, nondenominational publisher…
Contributor:
Moses Ezekiel
Places:
Berlin, German Empire (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1913