Pictorial of Synagogues in Jamaica

The photographs in this section are published with the kind permission of Ernest Henriques de Souza, spiritual leader of the Jewish community in Jamaica, and photographer.


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KK Shaare Shalom
Kingston, Jamaica
Originally consecrated in 1885.
Destroyed by earthquake on January 14, 1907.
Rebuilt and re-consecrated March 28, 1912.
Note white sand on the floor, also seen in Curacao, and in the Virgin Islands.
Building from the West
Ark
Tebah (center Bimah)
Torah procession