Oct

18 2015

New Series: The Caribbean Jewish Experience - Congregation Daarchai Noam

7:30PM - 9:30PM  

Congregation Darchei Noam 864 Sheppard Avenue West
Toronto, ON
(416) 638-4783

Contact Congregation Darchei Noam
(416) 638-4783
http://www.darcheinoam.ca/

$ Cost $ 10.00

THE JEWISH DIVERSITY COMMITTEE PRESENTS A NEW SERIES THE CARIBBEAN JEWISH EXPERIENCE
PART I: JAMAICAN AND JEWISH
HEAR WILFRED (Willy) LINDO

Admission: $5 for members, $10 for non members
Refreshments will be available

From childhood, to bar mitzvah and young adult, Willy Lindo was formed in Jamaica. He immigrated to Canada in 1966.   Since 2012 he has been fundraising for the restoration and maintenance of the Shaare Shalom United Congregation of Israelites, his first shul in downtown Kingston, Jamaica.
See personal photos and learn of the Jewish community in Jamaica which arrived in 1494. Willy Lindo, a retired business man is a member of Pride of Israel Synagogue and served two terms as its President.

Part II:
The Renewal of the Jews of Suriname, presented by Jacob Steinberg
Date TBD

Part III:
Guatemala's newest Jewish Community, presented by Rabbi Elyse Goldstein
Date TBD

 

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