Thank you George for the great information. I live in RI and knew a little about NYC's Portuguese Jewish background but I did not know about Newport's connection to my ancestors. I really enjoy reading historical information especially when it pertains to the Portugal ancestry. Thank you again.
Fatima > On Apr 18, 2015, at 6:47 PM, George Medeiros <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. > <5-2-Nov-68-130-167.pdf> > > > > 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.
