{"product_id":"jew-ish-trea-sures-of-the-caribbean","title":"Jew­ish Trea­sures of the Caribbean","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis pho­to­graph­ic essay high­lights the lit­tle-known his­to­ry of the first Jew­ish com­mu­ni­ties estab­lished in the New World dat­ing to the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"numbers\"\u003e1600\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003es. Award-win­ning pho­tog­ra­ph­er Wyatt Gallery doc­u­ments the old­est syn­a­gogues and ceme­ter­ies on Bar­ba­dos, Cura­cao, Jamaica, St. Thomas, St. Eusta­tius, and Suri­name through his sin­gu­lar style of pho­tos with his­to­ries writ­ten by Stan­ley Mirvis. The enclaves, formed by Sephardic Jews who fled the Catholic Inqui­si­tion, became so influ­en­tial that they helped fuel the suc­cess of the Amer­i­can Rev­o­lu­tion and par­tial­ly finance the first syn­a­gogues in New York City and New­port, Rhode Island. Once home to thou­sands, today these his­toric com­mu­ni­ties are rapid­ly dwin­dling and could soon dis­ap­pear. Only five his­toric syn­a­gogues remain in use, and many of the ceme­ter­ies have been dam­aged or lost to nat­ur­al dis­as­ters, van­dal­ism, and pol­lu­tion. These pho­tographs bear wit­ness to the lega­cy of New World Judaism and pro­vide a record for future generations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lee's Paperie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54071480942875,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/3167\/5675\/files\/Screenshot2026-09-29at4.03.46PM.png?v=1790712287","url":"https:\/\/leespaperie.com\/products\/jew-ish-trea-sures-of-the-caribbean","provider":"Lee's Paperie","version":"1.0","type":"link"}