Family came to visit and we paid a visit to the oldest synagogue in the western hemisphere. Nidhe Israel is in Bridgetown, Barbados and was built in 1654. A hurricane destroyed the synagogue in 1831 but it was rebuilt. It fell into disrepair for some years and was finally truly renovated in the 1980s. This synagogue is used in the winter during the tourist season, otherwise a smaller schul is used.
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