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An illustrative plate of jerk chicken served with rice, carrots and green beans. (CC BY-SA, Wikimedia)
July 20, 2017, 11:57 pm
Jamaica’s 1st kosher eatery serves spicy jerk cuisine
Kosher Hot Spot features island nation’s famous cooking in which meat is dry-rubbed or marinated with hot spice mix
By JTA
Jamaican converts in Kingston's Shaare Shalom Synagogue (photo credit: Rabbi Dana Evan Kaplan)
November 28, 2016, 2:49 am
Remnants of Jamaica’s Jews hold a heritage full of firsts
From artists to newspapermen, the early Jewish community on the Caribbean island set many precedents — before being decimated by assimilation, immigration and intermarriage
By Julie Masis
Trinidad did not house the only refugee camps in the Caribbean during WWII. Pictured are residents of Jamaica's 'Gibraltar Camp,' where approximately 300 Polish Jews and 500 Dutch Jews were housed between 1942 and 1944. (YouTube screenshot)
November 18, 2016, 6:04 am
In Jamaica, a once-in-a-lifetime reunion for Jews who weathered WWII in an island camp
Fleeing certain death at the hands of the Nazis, for a brief moment thousands of European Jews were given refuge in a tropical paradise
By Julie Masis
Rabbi Yaakov Raskin in front of the Chabad House in Montego Bay, Jamaica. (Courtesy)
May 27, 2015, 9:31 am
At long last, Chabad puts down roots in laid-back Jamaica
Rabbi Yaakov and Mushkee Raskin crisscross the island nation with religious services for Jewish locals and tourists
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Marie Reynolds holds a glass of kosher wine and leads a handful of congregants and visitors in song after a poorly attended prayer service at Sha'are Shalom, in Kingston, Jamaica, on February 28, 2015. (photo credit: AP/David McFadden)
March 15, 2015, 8:40 pm
Jamaica hopes tourism can help fading Jewish community
As local population wanes, leaders believe visitors are the key to maintaining the island’s heritage
By David McFadden
Congregation Kahal Kadosh Shaare Shalom is Jamaica's only remaining synagogue. (Courtesy of Congregation Kahal Kadosh Shaare Shalom via JTA)
September 16, 2014, 6:46 am
Israelis in Jamaica create new connection to tradition
Though most come on temporary contracts and leave, a small kernel of Israeli expats have made paradise their home
By Maayan Jaffe
Street in Montego Bay, Jamaica. (D Ramey Logan, CC-BY-SA, via wikipedia)
March 11, 2014, 4:22 pm
Tel Aviv boils with gang violence
We’re talking about the other Tel Aviv — the crime and gang infested neighborhood of Kingston, Jamaica
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Freshly baked pita bread. (photo credit: Courtesy of Vered Maoz)
December 25, 2013, 2:36 pm
Kosher Israeli food in Jamaica may tip tourism
In bringing her mother’s cooking to Jamaica’s sandy synagogue, Israeli cook Vered Maoz is the answer to observant travelers’ culinary prayers
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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