981. Curaçao’s ‘Snoa’ Oldest Synagogue in West

A visit to majestic Mikvé Israel-Emanuel (“The Hope of Israel”) should be on many bucket lists. Built in 1732 as a tropical replica of the oldest synagogue in Amsterdam built in 1670/71, its congregants’ ancestry dates back to 1651 when

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981. Curaçao’s ‘Snoa’ Oldest Synagogue in West

A visit to majestic Mikvé Israel-Emanuel (“The Hope of Israel”) should be on many bucket lists. Built in 1732 as a tropical replica of the oldest synagogue in Amsterdam built in 1670/71, its congregants’ ancestry dates back to 1651 when

/ September 10, 2012 / 9 comments