KINGSTON, Jamaica—This island nation boasts miles of pristine beaches, reggae music and the Western hemisphere's largest butterfly.Read the whole thing.
Now, it's promoting a new asset to tourists: its Jews.
From the tourism minister on down, Jamaican officialdom has embraced a plan to market the nation's Jewish history as a way of wooing a new segment of travelers.
No matter that Jamaica has just one synagogue and no rabbi, or that its Jewish community is down to around 200 people. It was once home to a Jewish pirate named Moses, according to one account.
Monday, March 08, 2010
Jewish Jamaica?
(Dedicated to SaraK) Interesting article in the WSJ about Jamaica's new tourism drive:
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Are they looking for a rabbi?
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ReplyDeleteMy aunt's from Jamaica.
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But most Jews fled during the government of Michael Manley moving to Grand Cayman or to Florida.