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  • 51PERU — PERU, republic in South America; general population (2005) 27,000,000, Jewish population (2004) 2,600. Colonial Period The discovery of Peru and its mineral potential attracted a large number of crypto jews known as Portuguese, who disregarded… …

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  • 52PORTO ALEGRE — PORTO ALEGRE, capital of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; population: 1,416.363 (2004); estimated Jewish population: 9,000 (2004). After São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre has the third most important Jewish community in Brazil,… …

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  • 53Historia de los judíos en América Latina — La historia de los judíos en América existe desde Cristóbal Colón y su primer viaje trans Atlántico que tuvo lugar el 3 de agosto de 1492, cuando salió de España y finalmente descubrió el Nuevo Mundo. La fecha de su partida correspondió con el… …

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  • 54ROSARIO — ROSARIO, second largest city in Argentina, comprises the second largest Jewish community in the country: according to data of Vaad Hakehilot, there were some 1,600 Jewish families out of a total population of about 1,012,000 (2000). The first… …

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  • 55VENEZUELA — (Span. República Bolivariana de Venezuela), republic in northern South America; general population:   24,000,000; Jewish population (2005), est. 15,500 (mainly in the cities of caracas , Valencia, Maracay, Maracaibo, Barquisimeto, San Cristóbal,… …

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  • 56Brown-backed bearded saki — Red backed bearded saki[1] Conservation status Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Kingdom …

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  • 57List of synagogues — A list of synagogues around the world.A* Afghanistan: Charshi Torabazein Synagogue (Kabul), Yu Aw Synagogue (Herat) * Albania: Valona Synagogue (Vlorë) * Algeria: Great Synagogue (Oran) * Argentina: Mishkan Centro de Espiritualidad Judía (Buenos… …

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  • 58Hospital Benchimol de Tánger — El Hospital Benchimol de Tánger (1904 2010) fue un hospital de la comunidad judía tangerina creado en 1904 por iniciativa filantrópica de Haim Benchimol, en cuyo recuerdo recibió dicho nombre. Como otros edificios históricos de Tánger, no ha… …

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  • 59BOLIVIA — BOLIVIA, South American republic; population: 8,724,156 (2004). Jewish population: c. 600. History of Jewish Settlement Desperate to escape the increasingly vehement persecution in their homelands, thousands of refugees from Nazi dominated… …

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  • 60CARACAS — CARACAS, capital of venezuela ; population, 4,000,000; estimated Jewish population, 15,700 (2003). There are few references to the arrival of Jews in Caracas during the colonial period, although the presence of some crypto jews was recorded in… …

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