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When Jamaica Was Home to One of the New World’s Major Jewish Communities
A world-famous cantor, unusual anti-Semitism, and much else.
In the 18th century, the Jewish community of Jamaica reached its high point, with a population of about 1,000—likely more Jews than there were in all of the thirteen American colonies together. The majority of these Jews were Sephardim of Portuguese background, who had come via France, the Netherlands, and elsewhere. In conversation with Nachi Weinstein, Stanley Mirvis explains the origins of this Caribbean Jewish community, its economic standing, its rabbis, the unique forms of anti-Semitism it encountered, and how it became the home of one of the world’s most celebrated cantors. (Audio, 65 minutes.)
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