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Map of Suriname
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By the time this sea pilot’s map of Suriname was created in 1680, there was a well-established Jewish community there. In the 1660s, Jewish communities arose on the Caribbean islands of Martinique…

Contributor:

Hendrik Doncker

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

ca. 1688

Subjects:

Colonialism, Agriculture, Jewish quarters, Diaspora, Travel

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Cartooning & Graphic Art, Print & Book Culture
Map depicting rivers and settlements, an image of a large building with a waterwheel, and an image of small huts with palm trees at the top and two cherubs with Dutch text.
Text of an Excommunication
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This text of an excommunication, found in David Aboab’s manuscript of Sefer emet ve-yatsiv (True and Certain), chronicles a conflict in the Sephardic congregation of Curaçao. The first Jews arrived in…

Contributor:

David Aboab

Places:

Curaçao, Dutch Colonial Empire (Curaçao)

Date:

1745

Subjects:

Excommunication, Sephardic, Colonialism, Holidays, Sukkot

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Memoirs & Diaries, Print & Book Culture
Facing-page manuscript with Hebrew text.