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Sunday October 6, 2013
3:30PM - 5:55PM
Shabbat Service, Program and Dessert
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FOOTSTEPS IN THE SAND: The Jews of Suriname
Suriname is home to the oldest Jewish community in the Americas. The original settlers were descendants of Jews who escaped Portugal and Spain during the Inquisition. They fled to Brazil, but when the Dutch were defeated by the Portuguese in 1654, the Jews debarked for other places in the New World including New Amsterdam and Suriname. Today there are some 200 Jews remaining but, according to a local author, "shake a tree and Jew falls out….Every Surinamese has Jewish blood" on account of all the Jewish plantation owners who had children with slave mistresses.
Curacao-born filmmaker and choreographer, and a Jewish-Surinamese descendant herself, Gabri Christa, is working on a series of films that take place in and around historical buildings and sites connected to Dutch history. She will talk about plans for Farewell My Paradise, the third in the series, that will be filmed in the historic synagogue in Paramaribo, Suriname and in the ruins of the first settlement of Amazon Jews, known as Joden Savannen. The film portrays the story of a young Creole Jewish woman Chaya as she prepares to leave the country to study abroad and is unlikely to return.
Farewell My Paradise
http://www.anotherbuilding.com/
Adult Perspectives is the name of our Sunday Adult Education program. These sessions are led by Rabbi Peter Schweitzer or by a member of the congregation. TCC Members occasionally participate on panel discussions and guest speakers, including our own members, are also invited to make special presentations.
Adult Perspectives meets twice a month on Sundays from 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM at 15 West 86th Street (SAJ) in Manhattan. There is no charge and all are welcome to attend.
All dates and programs are subject to change. To confirm events and for more information, contact the office at 212-213-1002 or [email protected].
Suriname is home to the oldest Jewish community in the Americas. The original settlers were descendants of Jews who escaped Portugal and Spain during the Inquisition. They fled to Brazil, but when the Dutch were defeated by the Portuguese in 1654, the Jews debarked for other places in the New World including New Amsterdam and Suriname. Today there are some 200 Jews remaining but, according to a local author, "shake a tree and Jew falls out….Every Surinamese has Jewish blood" on account of all the Jewish plantation owners who had children with slave mistresses.
Curacao-born filmmaker and choreographer, and a Jewish-Surinamese descendant herself, Gabri Christa, is working on a series of films that take place in and around historical buildings and sites connected to Dutch history. She will talk about plans for Farewell My Paradise, the third in the series, that will be filmed in the historic synagogue in Paramaribo, Suriname and in the ruins of the first settlement of Amazon Jews, known as Joden Savannen. The film portrays the story of a young Creole Jewish woman Chaya as she prepares to leave the country to study abroad and is unlikely to return.
Farewell My Paradise
http://www.anotherbuilding.com/
Adult Perspectives is the name of our Sunday Adult Education program. These sessions are led by Rabbi Peter Schweitzer or by a member of the congregation. TCC Members occasionally participate on panel discussions and guest speakers, including our own members, are also invited to make special presentations.
Adult Perspectives meets twice a month on Sundays from 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM at 15 West 86th Street (SAJ) in Manhattan. There is no charge and all are welcome to attend.
All dates and programs are subject to change. To confirm events and for more information, contact the office at 212-213-1002 or [email protected].
For More Information:
Location/Venue:
SAJ
Address:
15 West 86th Street
City:
NYC
Zip/Postal:
10024
Contact Name:
The City Congregation
Phone:
212 213 1002
Email:
Web:
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