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In the main urban centers there are schools, associations and synagogues where Brazilian Jews can practice and pass on Jewish culture and traditions. Some Jewish scholars say that the only threat facing Judaism in Brazil is the relatively high frequency of intermarriage, which in 2002 was estimated at 60%.
Very few of their spouses or children converted to Judaism, while the vast majority of their caboclo or mestizo descendants gradually abandoned the religion or were raised as Catholics, but some kept certain Jewish practices to various degrees. In 1999, it was estimated that about 300,000 people in northern Brazil had a Moroccan Jewish ancestor.
The original building remains to this day, [52] but the Jews were forced to leave Brazil when the Portuguese-Brazilians retook the land in 1654. [53] The first Jews that stayed in Brazil and openly practiced their religion came when the first Brazilian constitution granted freedom of religion in 1824, just after the independence.
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Brazil has the 9th largest Jewish community in the world, about 107,329 by 2010, according to the IBGE census. [8] The Jewish Confederation of Brazil (CONIB) estimates that there are more than 120,000 Jews in Brazil. [9] Brazilian Jews play an active role in politics, sports, academia, trade and industry, and are well integrated in all spheres ...
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The smuggling of seeds for rubber trees out of Brazil to England in 1876 and the successful planting of seedlings in Indonesia and Ceylon eventually helped cause the bubble to burst. The Jewish Committee of Amazonas was established on June 15, 1929, by which time the first local synagogue, Beit Yaacov, had already been operating since 1925.
Jewish museums in Brazil (2 P) S. Former synagogues in Brazil (1 P) Pages in category "Jewish Brazilian history" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 ...