The history of the Jews in Brazil begins during the settlement of Europeans in the new world. Although only baptized Christians were subject to the Inquisition, Jews started settling in Brazil when th
The oldest synagogue in the Americas, Kahal Zur Israel Synagogue, located in Recife
Amazonian Jews
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Amazonian Jews are the Jews of the Amazon basin, mainly descendants of Moroccan Jews who migrated to northern Brazil and Peru in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The migrants were attracted to the g
History of the Jews in Brazil
…gradually in Brazil. Many Moroccan Jews arrived in the 19th century, principally because of the rubber boom, settling in the Amazon basin, where many of their descendants continue to live. Waves of Jewish immigration occurred first by Russian and Polish Jews escaping pogroms and the Russian Revolution, and then German…
Extraction of latex from a rubber tree
Amazon Theatre in Manaus, one of the luxurious buildings built with rubber fortunes
Eshel Abraham Synagogue in Belém
Shaar Hashamaim Synagogue in Belém