Neveh Shalom Synagogue
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The Neveh Shalom Synagogue is the only synagogue of the Ashkenazi community in Suriname.
Street view of synagogue exterior
Neveh Shalom Synagogue next to the Mosque Keizerstraat
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History of the Jews in Suriname
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The history of the Jews in Suriname starts in 1639, as the English government allowed Spanish and Portuguese Jews from the Netherlands, Portugal and Italy to settle the region, coming to the old capital Torarica.
Neveh Shalom Synagogue (right)
18th Century Ritual bath (now dry) at the Tzedek ve-Shalom Synagogue in Paramaribo, Suriname. As part of the conversion process, people would immerse in this bath. Photo by Laura Arnold Leibman, 2008.
Portrait of a married couple in Suriname (Johannes Ellis and Maria Louisa de Hart)