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The first Jews who arrived in South America were Sephardic Jews who, after being expelled from Brazil by the Portuguese, settled in the northeast Dutch colony. Kahal Zur Israel Synagogue was the first synagogue in the Americas, established in Recife in 1636 and a community of about 1450 Sephardic Jews lived there.
Brazil has the 9th largest Jewish community in the world, about 107,329 by 2010, according to the IBGE census. [8] The Jewish Confederation of Brazil (CONIB) estimates that there are more than 120,000 Jews in Brazil. [9] Brazilian Jews play an active role in politics, sports, academia, trade and industry, and are well integrated in all spheres ...
The exterior of the museum, in 2006. In 1630, Moses Cohen Henriques led a Jewish contingent to Itamracá, an island off Brazil.From there they settled in Recife. [3] After his retirement circa 1636 from privateering for the Dutch and perhaps pirating, Cohen Henriques assisted his brother, Abraham Cohen, in establishing the Kahal Zur Israel synagogue. [3]
Jewish museums in Brazil (2 P) S. Former synagogues in Brazil (1 P) Pages in category "Jewish Brazilian history" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 ...
The Jewish fast day of Tisha B'Av commemorates the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem and the subsequent exile of the Jews from the Land of Israel. The Jewish tradition maintains that the Roman exile would be the last, and that after the people of Israel returned to their land, they would never be exiled again.
Jewish Brazilian history (6 C, 4 P) J. ... Pages in category "Jews and Judaism in Brazil" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
The smuggling of seeds for rubber trees out of Brazil to England in 1876 and the successful planting of seedlings in Indonesia and Ceylon eventually helped cause the bubble to burst. The Jewish Committee of Amazonas was established on June 15, 1929, by which time the first local synagogue, Beit Yaacov, had already been operating since 1925.
Brazil has the second-largest Jewish population in Latin America of 120,000 people, making up a total of 0.06% of Brazil's population in 2010. [54] As of 2017, Rio de Janeiro's Jewish population was 22,000, with 24 active synagogues and São Paulo has a Jewish population of 44,000. [54] Mosque in São Paulo