Di yidn in der plantatsye-ekonomye fun di Antilen

Fun't 17-te yorhundert on, sefardishe yidn un konversos vos zaynen tsurik gekumen tsu der Yidishkayt hobn zikh gezetst in di kolonyen fun der Karibishe gegnt, profitnendik fun der ekspansye fun der niderland-un briten makhtn un fun'n relative dulding. Curacao, under niderlandishe domivasye, hot enthaltn di komunye Mikvé Israil, vos di sinagog Snoa (1732) iz di altest nakh aktyv in di Amerikayn, un vos floy tsum rester inslen un kontinant. In Surinam, di komunye fun Jodensavanne bilt an okeh-tsufal fun yidishe landvirtshaft-kulanyen zamel. In Barbados, Jamayka un andersh, yidn hobn bataylige tsum atlantishn handl un tsum tsuker-plantatsye ekonomye, vos hot gerut oyf sklavery. Dey komunyot, gezetst an krasne un di sefardshe netsn fun Amsterdam, Londren un Nay Velt, formirn a kapitul nokh nit gevust fun der sefardshe dispersye nokhn 1492.

מקורים און רעסורסן

• Encyclopaedia Judaica — 2e éd., Keter/Macmillan
• Jewish Virtual Library ↗