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The Second World War, with Adolf Hitler's attack on the Jews in Europe, alarmed Jewish people worldwide, and the American South was no different. [25] Jewish communities in Alabama worked alongside national organizations to resettle refugees fleeing Europe both during and after the war.
Several Jewish communities in the Caribbean, Central and South America flourished, particularly in those areas under Dutch and English control, which were more tolerant. More immigrants went to this region as part of the massive emigration of Jews from eastern Europe in the late 19th century.
Jewish immigration to Latin America began with seven sailors arriving in Christopher Columbus' crew. The Jewish population of Latin America is today (2018) less than 300,000 — more than half of whom live in Argentina , with large communities also present in Brazil , Chile , Mexico , Uruguay and Venezuela .
The first Jews who arrived in South America were Sephardic Jews who, after being expelled from Brazil by the Portuguese, settled in the northeast Dutch colony. Kahal Zur Israel Synagogue was the first synagogue in the Americas, established in Recife in 1636 and a community of about 1450 Sephardic Jews lived there.
“American Jews were stunned at the explosion of antisemitism in the wake of October 7,” Levin said. “Jews in South Florida did not have that experience. We were enveloped by support of the ...
American Jews (Hebrew: ... Many Jews also live in South Florida, Los Angeles, and other large metropolitan areas, like Chicago, San Francisco, or Atlanta.
On the first night of Hanukkah, Wayne E. Chaplin, who serves as the President and CEO of Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits, lights the first candle to celebrate the Jewish holiday, organized by ...
Jewish American sympathies likewise broke along ethnic lines, with recently arrived Yiddish speaking Jews leaning towards support of Zionism, and the established German-American Jewish community largely opposed to it. In 1914–1916, there were few Jewish voices in favor of American entry into the war.