List of Caribbean Jews
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(*most are Jewish) |
Here is a list of some prominent (non Latin-) Caribbean Jews, arranged by country of origin.
Contents |
[edit] Antigua and Barbuda
- Jamaica Kincaid, writer (convert)
[edit] Curaçao
- Mordechai Ricardo
- George Maduro
- Abram Mendes de Chumaceiro
- Daniel De Leon, socialist leader
- Carlos Zarur, mother from Curacao
- Rafael Martinez Cohen
- Moises Martinez
[edit] Guyana
- Janet Jagan, president (1997-99)
[edit] Jamaica
- Chris Blackwell, founder of Island Records (Jewish mother)
- Isaac Mendes Belisario, artist
- Joshua Haim & Jacob Raphael DeCordova, founders of the Jamaica Gleaner
- Bob Marley [1] "Per what I was told by my mother, grandmother and uncle, the Marleys were Syrian Jews that migrated from the Middles East to England and then to Jamaica. About ten years ago I did research on the surname which also showed that to be true" (Jewish Father)
- Sean Paul, singer (father of Sephardic origin)
- Frank Silvera, actor, founder of Theatre of Being (Jewish father)
- Louis Simpson, poet
[edit] Trinidad and Tobago
- Nathaniel Nathan, chief justice
[edit] US Virgin Islands
- Judah Benjamin, US & Confederate politician
- Camille Pissarro, artist
- David Levy Yulee, US politician