George R u related to Marty Medeiros? If so inbox me Sent from my iPhone
> On Apr 19, 2015, at 10:27 AM, George Medeiros <[email protected]> wrote: > > Liz, > I hope to visit Newport soon myself. I have many relatives and family in > Newport. The last time > I was there I took a lot of pictures of local history. Newport has a rich > Colonial History and many early buildings and homes from that era. I'll post > some pictures I took of Touro Synagogue and cemetery of my last trip on > Azores google group. George > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Apr 19, 2015, at 6:15 AM, Liz Migliori <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Thank you for this. Coming from Newport I had no idea of any of this. I >> will b going back to Newport in June for the summer and had planned on >> taking a tour of the Synagogue because my granddaughter wanted to but now I >> have a better reason and can't wait to tell her. Some percent Sephardic Jew >> came up on my mtdna also. That's what got her interested. Hopefully I can >> take pics to share >> Liz >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Apr 18, 2015, at 3:47 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. 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