It was really fun seeing your pictures, George, they brought back great memories! I went to high school in Newport, and frequently walked by both the cemetery and the synagogue, and have been in both many times. Are you familiar with the poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "The Jewish Cemetery at Newport"? It's on the internet . One of his couplets:
The very names recorded here are strange, Of foreign accent, and of different climes; Alvares and Rivera interchange With Abraham and Jacob of old times.. This is an interesting story in American history! Eileen Leite -----Original Message----- From: George Medeiros [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2015 11:49 AM To: Azores Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Some graves of Portuguese and Spanish Jews from Colonial Age beginning around 1658 in Newport, R.I. -- 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.
