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

The history of the Jews in Jamaica is a l-o-n-g story! But it is a fascinating one ­ "of struggle, adaptation, change, accommodation, assimilation and sometimes another migration." It's a story of people who made Jamaica their home, who have made significant contributions to the development of the nation..
The Jamaica Gleaner
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In this amply illustrated volume, the authors cover a great deal of ground, touching on the migration of Jews to the island, the battle for civil liberties, Jewish life over the centuries and the community's high profile families...
The Canadian Jewish News
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The Tainos were the original inhabitants of Jamaica. Next came the Jews. Arriving soon after Columbus discovered the island in 1494, Jamaica's Jews are honoured today as the island's first permanent settlers. The sister and brother authors of The Island of One People, themselves Jamaican Jews, recount their brethren's five centuries in Jamaica...
Skywritings, March - April, 2006
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I've gone over the book in detail and I have to tell you that this is a treasure!
There is now no need for me to go into detail with folk on the subject. I will just refer them to the book.
Again: congratulations on this magnificent achievement.

Dr. Anthony McFarlane. Hamilton, Ontario




Just to tell you how much we're enjoying the history which you and Tony have written; a fascinating and impressive story, excellently told, and beautifully presented! Thanks to you the names of the Alberga, Delevante, Henriques families - and many many others will be deservedly remembered for generations to come.
Linda Goldberg. London, England


I must first of all congratulate you and your brother on what I recognise as the patient and painsting gathering of information. Next I admire the informal style that made it such an 'easy' , interesting and informative read. I think this is some of the important history of Jamaica that every Jamaican should know.

On a personal note, the information takes me back to my childhood; my father did business with merchants in Kingston which you mentioned - Brandons, deCordova, Kingston Industrial Garage are four that come immediately to mind.
Pansy, Jamaica