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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.
In 1629, the first group of Jews settled in the old capital of Suriname, Torarica (Portuguese for “rich or splendid Torah”). Jews of Portuguese descent, they came from Holland, arriving through Brazil, and started to lay out a number of sugar plantations on the west bank of the Suriname River.
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]
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 ...
Aug 25, 2015 · The earliest settlement was in Recife, Brazil, but the Portuguese again drove the Jews out and they came to Suriname. They resettled at Cassipora and later moved to Jodensavanne, literally...
