The Open court . irst synagogue was built in that capital, andin 1618 the third. In 1639 the three were united to form, from thattime onward, one single and inseparable community of Spanishand Portuguese Jews, and in 1675 a handsome synagogue wasbuilt by them. In the meantime the German and Polish Jews hadalso established their synagogues at Amsterdam, which, like Ham-burg, was a Little Jerusalem. HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE JEWS. 349 Of the authors and learned men brought up in the synagoguesof Holland, we mention Manasseh ben Israel (1604-1657), whopleaded the cause of his brethren before Olive
The Open court . irst synagogue was built in that capital, andin 1618 the third. In 1639 the three were united to form, from thattime onward, one single and inseparable community of Spanishand Portuguese Jews, and in 1675 a handsome synagogue wasbuilt by them. In the meantime the German and Polish Jews hadalso established their synagogues at Amsterdam, which, like Ham-burg, was a Little Jerusalem. HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE JEWS. 349 Of the authors and learned men brought up in the synagoguesof Holland, we mention Manasseh ben Israel (1604-1657), whopleaded the cause of his brethren before Oliver Cromwell; UrielAcosta (1594-1640); Baruch, or Benedict Spinoza (1632-1677),a. o. At the Hague, too, the Portuguese Jews enjoyed great pros-perity and esteem, and their synagogue is situated in one of thefinest quarters of the town. Almost immediately after the discovery of the New World,the Jews from the Peninsula established themselves in first Jewish colony was established in Brazil, in 1624, when. Preparing for the Burial, in Belgium. the Dutch took possession of the country. The nucleus formedby the Jewish settlers from Holland was greatly strengthened bythe progress of the Dutch in Brazil, under William of Nassau,about 1640, when some 600 Jews sailed from Amsterdam to Brazilin 1641, but were obliged to leave again in consequence of thedownfall of the Dutch rule in Brazil in 1654. In the meantime,the settlement founded in French Guiana increased at a rapid rate,the Jews enjoying special privileges here. During the wars be-tween France and England in the reign of Louis XIV., the Jews inEastern Guiana [suffered severely, in consequence of which they 350 THE OPEN COURT. settled at Surinam. Their privileges were confirmed under KingCharles II., by Lord Willoughby (1662) and the Dutch and WestIndian Company. Of those parts of the West Indies where Jewishsettlements are to be found, the British colony of Jamaica deserves
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