Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica

״לה נאסיון״. בעקבות יהודי ספרד ופורטוגל באיזור הקאריבי‬‎ “La Nacion”. The Spanish and Portuguese Jews in the Caribbean
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Editor

David Shacham.

Curators

David Silber, Daniella Luxembourg.

Imprint

Tel Aviv, Israel, 1981. 12 pp., 25 pp. (illus.), 11 pp.*, illustrations: 9 col., 24 b&w, 22 × 23.5 cm. Hebrew and English.

Location

Beit Hatfutsot (Spring 1981)

Description

A photo-documentary exhibition showing what remains of the once-vibrant Caribbean Jewish community. All material drawn from a research expedition sponsored by Beit Hatfutsot. Images (many of synagogues and cemeteries) and “Travel Notes” by photojournalist Micha Bar-Am. Main catalog essay by Mordechai Arbell, director of the project, gives a brief history of the Jews of this region and the individual communities that comprise it. No itemized listing.

main keywords

CARIBBEAN
CEMETERIES
PHOTOGRAPHS
SYNAGOGUES

minor keywords

Cemeteries, Caribbean
Synagogues, Caribbean
Tombstones, art/iconography

Related ephemera

Leaflet for the exhibition’s showing in Berkeley, 4 pp., 23.1 × 21.5 cm.

Other venue

Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley, Calif., USA (3 June–16 September 1984)

Cite this page
“‮״לה נאסיון״. בעקבות יהודי ספרד ופורטוגל באיזור הקאריבי‬‎ “La Nacion”. The Spanish and Portuguese Jews in the Caribbean”, in: Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica. Consulted online on 02 April 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004444522_COCO_CC0687>
First published online: 2019



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