Jews of San Nicandro

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The Jews of San Nicandro (also called San Nicandro Jews) are a small community of Jews from San Nicandro Garganico, Italy. The community developed as a result of the conversion of many of the town's cobblers, beginning in the 1940s. Today, most of the San Nicandro Jews live in Israel.

[edit] External links

• The Converts of San Nicandro New York Times Posted Monday, Sep. 15, 1947.
• "Prophet of San Nicandro," Story of Italian Converts Posted in B'nai B'rith Messenger, April 15, 1954.
• Lloyd Thomas Israel Timeline 1940-1944
• The Tenth Prayer
• UConn Annual Report for 2004– 2005 MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR & ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

[edit] References

• Pinchas, Lapide: The Prophet of San Nicandro. NY: Beechurst Press, 1953. Italian survivors of the War who, under the inspiration of Donato Manduzio, became Jewish and emigrated to Israel. 8vo 240 pages. (129900)