Cemeteries of Curaçao’s Jewish Community
Cemeteries of Curaçao’s Jewish Community Did you know that: … Beth Haim means “House of Life” and when added to the specific location it is used to denote Sephardic cemeteries? … Beth Haim Bleinhem is a collage of not less than six parcels of land acquired successively in 1659, 1726, 1750, 1800 (two separate parcels) […]
About Seders in Curaçao
About Seders in Curaçao A story about Seders in our 371 year-old historic community starts with historical research about our community in Emmanuel’s authoritative volumes about the History of the Jews of the Netherlands Antilles. Emmanuel did not say much about Pesach but what he did write is significant. He wrote that candles were distributed […]