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The history of the Jews in Suriname starts in 1639, as the English government allowed Spanish and Portuguese Jews from the Netherlands, Portugal and Italy to settle the region, coming to the old capital Torarica.
Suriname Virtual Jewish History Tour. The Jewish community of Suriname is one of the oldest in the Americas, as the first Jews settled in the area around 1500. Today, the Jewish community of Suriname numbers around 200.
Our history begins in the 1630's with the arrival in Suriname of the first group of Jews. They were of Portuguese Jewish descent, originally from Holland, Portugal, and Italy. They arrived via Recife in Northern Brazil.
Mar 12, 2024 · Join Jacob Steinberg on a journey through the history of Suriname’s Jewish community, beginning with the arrival of Portuguese Jews from Holland in 1629.
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Jodensavanne (Dutch, "Jewish Savanna") was a Jewish plantation community in Suriname, South America, and was for a time the centre of Jewish life in the colony. It was established in the 1600s by Sephardi Jews and became more developed and wealthy after a group of Jews fleeing persecution in Brazil settled there in the 1660s. [2]
Simon Goldstone. PhD Candidate, Anthropology (Kugelmass) Gary Gerson Graduate Scholar, 2020. Not far from Paramaribo, the capital of Suriname, in an overgrown section of jungle lie the remains of an unlikely community: a 17 th -century settlement established by Sephardic Crypto-Jews.
Feb 18, 2011 · It's a sad afterlife for a spot that was once home to a vibrant and important Jewish community. Suriname's Jewish culture forms the underpinnings of much of the country's history, but today, the ...
