The Jews of Jamaica: Tombstone Inscriptions, 1663-1880Ben Ziv Institute, 1997 - 201 עמודים Centuries of Jewish Life are revealed in the terse inscriptions recorded in this book, most engraved by local non-Jewish masons. The brief data they present give the story of Jewish settlement in this Caribbean Island at the gateway to the New World. It is the story of brave entrepreneurs who sought to build a fresh life for themselves and their people and to create a bridge between the Old World and the New. The stones are sometimes the only historical source recording the existence of the individuals and their achievements. For this reason these inscriptions are important as a unique historical source for Jewish History. |
תוכן
The Inscriptions | 3 |
Concordance of Names | 128 |
Chronological Index | 182 |
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1 קטעים אחרים שאינם מוצגים
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
Aaron Abigail Adolphus aged Alberga Alexander Andrade Baruh Alvares bemaventurado Benjamin Bonitto Brandon Bravo cloud felling tree Cohen Cordova Corinaldi corresponde Costa Alvarenga Dacosta Daniel Lopes Daniel Mendes daughter of David daughter of Isaac daughter of Jacob daughter of Moses David Gabay DeCordova Delgado Delisser Depass Dias Elul Emanuel Esther faleceo Fernandes Feurtado Flamengo Gabay Gomes Haim hand from cloud Hannah Hezekiah Idade infant Isaac da Costa Jacob Mendes Jamaica James Brandon Joseph Judah Judith Kislev Lazarus Leah Levy LIETH THE BODY Lindo Lopes Torres Lopez Louisa Lousada Melhado Mendes Gutteres Mezes Miriam months Morais Moses Mendes Nunes Henriques Pereira Mendes Philip Portuguese Rachel relict Rodrigues Samuel Sarah Sepultura Silva Silvera Simon Magnus Tavares Wetzlar widow of Jacob wife of Abraham wife of Daniel wife of David wife of Isaac wife of Jacob wife of Moses wife of Solomon ביום בן לחדש מצבת קבורת הגביר נלע יום שנת תנצבה