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Fast Forward Sun, sand, reggae — and ritual bath: A mikvah in Jamaica
Chabad opens the island’s only mikvah. Will more Jewish destination weddings follow?
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Yiddish World Growing up, as a biracial child, with survivor grandparents
Kyla Kupferstein Torres, whose mother was Black Jamaican, describes how her father's parents helped form her Jewish identity
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Fast Forward Rare Jamaican Jewish Marriage Contract To Be Sold At Auction
(JTA) — A Jewish marriage contract, or ketubah, from 1884 made for a couple married in Kingston, Jamaica will be auctioned as part of a sale of “Important Judaica.” The Sotheby’s catalogue calls the item “An Exceedingly Rare Ketubah from Kingston, Jamaica, 1884.” It is estimated to sell for $8,000 to $12,000 in Wednesday’s auction….
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Life Passover In Jamaica — Where The Legacies Of Slavery Linger
There is a crescent stretch of beach and the turquoise waters of the Caribbean. There is a two-hour wait at customs to get in, and swarms of mosquitos that move into the house you’ve rented at dusk. God help you if you tarry too long on that beach, admiring that sunset, if you’ve forgotten the…
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Fast Forward Jamaica’s First Kosher Restaurant Serves Spicy Jerk Cuisine
(JTA) — Jamaica has its first kosher restaurant. Kosher Hot Spot, run by Chabad of Jamaica, will serve the island nation’s famous jerk cooking in which meat is dry-rubbed or wet marinated with a hot spice mixture called Jamaican jerk spice. The eatery, which opened last week, is located on Montego Bay’s “hip strip,” which is home…
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Fast Forward Israel Thanks Jamaica for Skipping Controversial UNESCO Vote as Premier Visits
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked his Jamaican counterpart for his country’s refusal to participate in the UNESCO vote that ignored Jewish ties to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. “Our relations are always friendly. We appreciate the fact that you didn’t join the recent vote against Israel, the absurd vote…
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News Rochester Mourns Jewish Couple Killed in Plane Crash Off Jamaica
Officials have confirmed that a Jewish couple died in a plane crash off the coast of Jamaica on Friday. Larry and Jane Glazer of Rochester, N.Y. were flying in their private plane Friday morning, when the pilot stopped responding to calls from Coast Guard radio. Both knew how to fly, but officials do not know…
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