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Touro Synagogue
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The Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, is home to the second-oldest congregation in the United States. As Sephardic Jews began emigrating from the Caribbean to colonial America in the…

Contributor:

Peter Harrison

Places:

Newport, British America and the British West Indies (Newport, United States of America)

Date:

1763

Subjects:

Sephardic, Art, Synagogue, Cities, Community, Architecture

Categories:

Decorative arts, Architecture
Photograph of exterior of building with semi-circular windows featuring American flag on left and flower garden in front.
The Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam
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This image depicts the interior of the synagogue that served the Beth Israel congregation in Amsterdam. Before 1639, there were three Sephardic congregations in Amsterdam: Beth Jacob (founded possibly…

Contributor:

Jan Veenhuyzen

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1647

Subjects:

Art, Synagogue, Artists, Cities, Sephardic, Architecture

Categories:

Cartooning & graphic art, Architecture
Print of building interior with central podium, columns, and second floor balcony.
The Amsterdam Residence of Manuel (Isaac Nunes) de Belmonte
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Statesman, merchant, and communal leader Baron Manuel (Isaac Nunes) de Belmonte (d. 1704) was the Spanish agent general in the Netherlands from 1664 and resident (consul) of the King of Spain from…

Contributor:

Romeyn de Hooghe

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

ca. 1700

Subjects:

Print, Cities, Economic life, Class, Sephardic, Architecture

Categories:

Print & book culture, Architecture
Drawing of angled view of house exterior and canal in front of it, with individuals in boats on canal arriving at the front door.
The Mikve Israel-Emanuel Synagogue, Entrance
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Mikve Israel-Emanuel is a synagogue that served the Spanish Portuguese Jewish community in Curaçao (and continues to function today as a Reconstructionist congregation). It is the oldest surviving…

Places:

Willemstad, Dutch Colonial Empire (Willemstad, Curaçao)

Date:

1732

Subjects:

Synagogue, Colonialism, Community, Diaspora, Sephardic, Architecture

Categories:

Architecture
Photograph of arched entrance to building with Hebrew over lintel.