George; I have no Jewish background that I know of but; this article and the book link that you sent are both very interesting reading. I am slowly making my way through the book. Thanks again for sharing, Sam in Maz (Soon to be heading back stateside)
Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] 5-2-Nov-68-130-167. Portuguese/ Spanish Jews Historical Notes Touro Synagogue Newport, R.I. From: [email protected] Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2015 15:47:18 -0700 To: [email protected] Sam in Maz and Azores google group, Sam I thought you might find this PDF document interesting. I have been for several years reading and studying about the Diaspora of Portuguese and Spanish Jews to the Americas.The colony of Rhode Island was founded by Roger Williams and established in 1649. The first Portuguese/ Spanish community in North America was in New Amsterdam which was established by the Dutch which later became known as New York City. The second Jewish community was established by Portuguese and Spanish in Newport, R.I. and the Synagogue known as Touro Synagogue is the oldest one still in use. R.I. was known in the Colonial Age as the place to go for those with differing religions so the Quakers and Sephardic Jews from Spain and Portugal came to Newport which was known as the "Religious Experiment ". This city was one of the first to practice separation of church and state.so this was the place to go if you wanted to be free to practice your faith. Below is a PDF I found that gives a history of the Early Spanish/ Portuguese Jewish. As a side note the Torah in this synagogue is from Portugal and is 500 years old. George Medeiros -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. Sent from my iPad -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
