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Spanish and Portuguese Synagogues
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Spanish_and_Portuguese_Synagogues
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
Jewish religious institution
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
Western Sephardic Synagogues
gptkbp:architecturalStyle
Baroque
Colonial
Classical
gptkbp:associatedWith
gptkb:Sephardic_Jews
Jews of Spanish and Portuguese descent
gptkbp:containsCommunity
center for Western Sephardic Jewish life
gptkbp:distinctFrom
Ashkenazi synagogues
Eastern Sephardic synagogues
gptkbp:establishedBy
descendants of Jews expelled from Spain and Portugal
gptkbp:foundIn
gptkb:Amsterdam
gptkb:Caribbean
gptkb:France
gptkb:Gibraltar
gptkb:Israel
gptkb:Italy
gptkb:London
gptkb:New_York_City
gptkb:Suriname
gptkb:Turkey
gptkbp:governedBy
Mahamad (synagogue council)
gptkbp:historicalPeriod
post-1492
gptkbp:historicalSignificance
oldest Jewish congregations in the Americas
preserved pre-expulsion Spanish Jewish traditions
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Spanish and Portuguese Synagogues
gptkbp:languageOfWorship
gptkb:Hebrew
gptkb:Spanish
Portuguese
gptkbp:notableExample
gptkb:Bevis_Marks_Synagogue
gptkb:Shearith_Israel_(New_York)
gptkb:Esnoga_(Amsterdam)
Kahal Zur Israel (Recife)
Touro Synagogue (Newport, Rhode Island)
gptkbp:notableFeature
balcony for women
wooden ark
central bimah
sand-covered floors (in some locations)
gptkbp:originatedIn
gptkb:Iberian_Peninsula
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:Portuguese_Synagogue_(Amsterdam)
gptkb:Sephardic_diaspora
gptkb:Conversos
gptkb:Marranos
Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia)
Sephardic Brotherhoods
Shaar Hashamayim Synagogue (London)
gptkbp:religion
Western Sephardic rite
gptkbp:rituals
unique melodies and pronunciation
use of Western Sephardic liturgy
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Western_Sephardic_liturgy
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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