Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue

Congregation Shearit Israel THE SPANISH & PORTUGUESE SYNAGOGUE

Congregation Shearith Israel, the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue in the City of New York, was founded in 1654, the first Jewish congregation to be established in North America. Its founders were twenty-three Jews, mostly of Spanish and Portuguese origin, who had been living in Recife, Brazil. When the Portuguese defeated …

Ah! El Novio – Ladino wedding song

Kinor & Hazamir sing Eyal Bitton’s arrangement of this fun Ladino wedding song. Alan Iny conducts. March 2000. Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue (Montreal).