A Brief History of the Sephardim of Curaçao
The island of Curaçao is situated in the southern Caribbean about 40 miles north of the coast of Venezuela. It was discovered in 1499 by Alonso de Ojeda, one of …
The island of Curaçao is situated in the southern Caribbean about 40 miles north of the coast of Venezuela. It was discovered in 1499 by Alonso de Ojeda, one of …
When a title for these remarks was suggested to me some time ago in Madrid, I purposely refrained from asking whether the theme centered on the recent designation of Toledo …
One of the most famous of the Jewish notables of Moslem Spain was Samuel HaLevi, who is also known as Samuel HaNagid. Beginning life as a shopkeeper, Samuel HaLevi ultimately …
Anete Hulak is believed to be the oldest Jew in Brazil´s Recife. She arrived in the small northeastern city in 1927 from Bessarabia (now Moldova), and remembers the Recife Jewish …
En Venezuela siempre existió una importante comunidad sefardí cuyos primeros representantes llegaron a Coro por invitación del Libertador. Estos primeros inmigrantes judíos tuvieron el valor de venir a esa Venezuela …
The Jewish history of Sao Thome e Principe, two small islands off the west coast of Africa, close to Guinea, includes a tragic era. In 1493, one year after the …
HAVANA – Birds enter through the synagogue’s broken windows and leave their droppings on the faded velvet seats. During religious services, most of the sparse crowd sits in the first …