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Jasón, a Jewish archer on the prow of a pirate ship (a painting from Jason's Tomb). Jewish pirates were Jewish people who engaged in piracy.While there is some mention of the phenomenon in antiquity, especially during the Hasmonean period (c. 140–37 BCE), most Jewish pirates were Sephardim who operated in the years following the Alhambra Decree of 1492 ordering the expulsion of Iberia's Jews.
Even though his role as a pirate was disclosed during the Spanish Inquisition, he was never caught and never faced trial. [1] [2] [3] After the English conquest of Jamaica, Henriques migrated to the island, where he helped to establish the Jewish community in Jamaica. Morgan, who became the governor of Jamaica, gave Henriques a full pardon in ...
The Hillel Academy, a private school founded by the Jewish community, today is non-denominational but still serves as a meeting place for the children of the Jewish community. A Jamaican Jewish Heritage Center opened in 2006 in celebration of 350 years of Jews living in Jamaica. At least 21 Jewish cemeteries also exist in the country. [10]
Many slaves turned pirate "secured" a position of leadership or prestige on pirating vessels, like that of Captain. [41] The pirate Black Caesar, who served onboard the Queen Anne's Revenge under Blackbeard, was one of the best known slave pirates during the Golden Age of Piracy, being mentioned in the 1724 work A General History of the Pyrates ...
In 1683 Josiah departed to Jamaica, which was an unusual decision since the Curaçao Jewish community was economically better off at that time. Possibly, a conflict with influential leaders (parnasim) of the Mikvé Israel community was the reason for his departure. [7] In the 1670s, Port Royal had a reputation of a center of piracy. [8]
Bluefields is a settlement in Westmoreland Parish on the Caribbean island of Jamaica. It contains a major beach, Bluefields Beach. In Spanish Jamaica, Bluefields was known as Oristan. [1] The town was named after Abraham Blauvelt, a Dutch-Jewish pirate, privateer, and explorer of Central America and the western Caribbean. [2]
Man behind the new whiskey tasting room in Passaic is a rabbi, retired moonshiner, master distiller and chronicler of Jewish pirates of the Caribbean. This rabbi ages whiskey named for Jewish ...
The pirates put Vittoria ' s crew aboard Industry and let Industry go. [2] On 10 August Industry encountered HMS Carnation, under Commander Walcott, which took Hearn and some of his men aboard, offering to take them to Jamaica. Instead, Hearn offered himself and his men to help in the search of the pirates.