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Through the Sands of Time: A History of the Jewish Community of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands (Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Life)
Judah M. Cohen
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| #1961620 in Books | 2012-02-14 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.02 x.76 x5.98l,1.09 | File type: PDF | 332 pages||7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.| Great Historical Reading|By Robert Deutchman|Dr. Cohen presents a well-written account of the Jewish community of the Virgin Islands. I'm a direct descendent of Solomon Benjamin, a vessel merchant mentioned in the book and it was fascinating to learn more about my ancestry. Judaism generally is seen from a European-perspective. Since the Inquisition in 1492, many Jews found||
“The final work is very engaging . . . informative and satisfying . . . Cohen has ably set the stage for comparative studies of Jewish modernization and cultural formation in the West.”—American Jewish History
In 1796, the Jews of St. Thomas founded the first Jewish congregation on this Caribbean island. By 1803, new arrivals from England, France, and the neighboring islands of St. Eustatius and Curaçao increased the original number from a handful of congregants to twenty-two families. Their small synagogue was destroyed by fires and rebuilt several times. The congregation numbered sixty-four families by the time the present synagogue was erected in 1833. It is by now t...
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