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Re: Sephardim from Holland
- From: Evelyn C Leeper +1 908 957 2070 <ecl...>
- Subject: Re: Sephardim from Holland
- Date: Tue 12 Jan 1993 17.50 (GMT)
The earliest Jews in Holland were from Spain and Portugal. (The oldest
synagogue there is the Portuguese Synagogue.) The same is true in
the United States, by the way--Touro Synagogue was Sephardic and the
first Ashkenazic synagogue wasn't built until the late 1800s.
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Evelyn C. Leeper | +1 908-957-2070 | ecl (at) mtgzy(dot)att(dot)com
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