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The JLI Community Blog: July 2011
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Friday, July 29, 2011. Road Trip: The Caribbean. Asked to detail the history of Jews in America, most people will start with Ellis Island, the Lower East Side of New York, and sweatshops. But the first Jews in the New World were exiles from Spain (1492) and Portugal (1497). Some came directly to North America, others by way of the Netherlands, eventually settling in the Dutch Caribbean islands, establishing robust Jewish communities. In Aruba, Curacao. S Thomas and S. Croix. 8221; was news to me. Shul, o...