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by Bruce Baft im Tipieen ot aes name was it was later discovered by Columbus in Kna Dna hede with in Leap, egypt and Breastwor! you said Jamaica, you're it! Travelers here can select in at least a half-dozen areas, each with its Our own choice was Montego Bay, in the northwestern corner of the island. Although one’s time here can easily be taken’ up with swim abiemenaay ae who is a to have slain three of her ae She herself was here in 1821. . . and legend has it her ghost has never spot favorite experience, however, was a romantic, on a bamboo raft History. records that the Poeranen: (eereprestoparth ews fleeing from the Spanish Angulaltions Wales on the'anens as early as 1494, shortly after Columbes. Then came the British q in 1655. and ewish 1ots and Indeed, their ‘contribution to the economic prosperity of phe important British colony are so great that the King met England in 1699 drafted a letter gently, to bear arms on their Sabbath or other solemn feasts unless it be when the enemy is near.” Today most of the island’s es timated 600 Jews live in Kingston, although a few pein 2 pe reside in ee Bay. The B agogue, the Dehed Comets Chhertention of Israelites, is eroteey at the corner of Duke and Charles St. in Kingston. Like many others in the Caribbean, its floor is with sand. The oldest Jewish cemetery, 1672, is found at Hunt's Bay, on the outskirts of Kingston. Curiously,a number of here carry: skull and crossbone markings! Were on the scene back then? bly not. Indeed, peeeriane point out that these two symbols were commonly used at the time to be Still, one can wonder , even ccahte es Ue ian tn swashbuckling landsman, progeering Tato a ae rea kanal Skull and crossbones (on gravestone in Hunt’s Bay Jewish cemetery near Kingston) were commonly used during the 18th
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Atlanta Southern Israelite
Atlanta, Georgia, US
Fri, Sep 16, 1977
Page 26
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Clipped by
Jacob S.
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