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The history of the Jews in Suriname starts at least in the 17th century, when in 1639, the English government allowed Spanish and Portuguese Jews from the Netherlands, Portugal and Italy to settle the region, coming to the old capital Torarica. In the year 1652, a new group that migrated under the leadership of Francis Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham came to Suriname 〔(Francis, Lord Willoughby ) 〕 and settled in the Jodensavanne area. A third group came 1664, after their expulsion from Brazil and then French Guiana, led by David Cohen Nassy. In 1799, the British occupied Suriname. Although returned to the Dutch in 1802, the British reoccupied it in May 1804 and did not return it to Holland until 1816. Suriname was one of the most important centers of the Jewish population in the Western Hemisphere, and Jews there were planters and slaveholders.〔''Encyclopedia of Latin America: Amerindians through The Age of Globalization (Prehistory to the Present)''. J. Michael Francis, Facts On File. New York, N.Y. 2010, p. 296,〕 Currently, the Jewish population is estimated at around 2,700 out of the total Suriname population of 560,000. There is a synagogue in Paramaribo, the Neveh Shalom Synagogue. ==Synagogues== Three synagogues were built in Suriname: Beracha Ve Shalom (Blessing and Peace) (1685) in the Jodensavanne, an area of savannah that was settled and planted with sugarcane; Neveh Shalom Synagogue (1719) built by Ashkenazi Jews in the new capital of Paramaribo; and Zedek ve Shalom (Justice and Peace) (1735) synagogue built by Sephardice Jews. 〔(The Surprising Discovery of Suriname’s Jewish Community ) by Jacob Steinberg, 2008 Kulanu〕 There was also a Darkhe Yesharim for Judeo African creoles.〔(Jewish Sanctuary in the Atlantic World: A Social and Architectural History ) by Barry L. Stiefel〕 The plantation economy of the Jodensavanne used slaves. The community declined in the wake of French Admiral Cassard's invasion in 1712 and the levies he instituted; competition from beet sugar; and a revolt by Maroon (people). Settlers relocated to the capital of Paramaribo. They returned to the synagogue in the Jodensavanne to celebrate the holidays until September 10, 1832, when a fire destroyed the village and synagogue. The savanna area was subsequently overtaken with jungle regrowth. 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「History of the Jews in Suriname」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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