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The Knell of Parting Day: Very little physical or written material exists regarding the Jews that inhabited the notorious town of Port Royal during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Yet hidden away, in the bushes behind Spanish Town Road in St Andrew, Jamaica is an ancient graveyard with 350 graves – forgotten, unprotected, and neglected, with at least 50 per cent of their marble tombstones missing.

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Letter from ISRAELI AMBASSADOR in London Ron Prosor [click to read]

The Island of One People: An Account of the History of the Jews of Jamaica redresses this unawareness in an engaging exploration of the Jewish-Jamaican community and its contribution to the development of Jamaica.

From the early merchants of Kingston to the development and modernization of the Kingston Harbour, the construction of numerous Housing Developments, and landmark buildings such as the Ward Theatre.

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[website of photographer JONO DAVID]