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	7