(Jewish Group) From 1934: Panama's Jewish Colony is Meeting Place for Jews from Many Countries

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Panama’s Jewish Colony is Meeting Place for Jews from Many Different Countries

There is room in Panama for a number of Jewish immigrants, although the immigration possibilities here are not unlimited.

The general economic status of the Jews who live in Panama is good. The Jewish colony is not very large, being concentrated in three poins-Panama City, Colon and David en Chiriqui. In Panama City, the capital of the republic, there are several hundred Jews. Most of them came from Syria, Palestine and Aleppo. Their mother tongue is Arabic, although a number of them know Hebrew.

There are also in Panama City a few Jews from Jamaica and Curacao. Most of them are engaged in commerce, many having their own factories. Others devote themselves to European, North American and Japanese importing, virtually all of which is in Jewish hands.

The Jews of Panama have no social organization at all, having neither a synagogue nor a ritual slaughterer. The only Jewish cemetery in the republic is in Panama City. The Jewish children speak English and Spanish.

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This is an oldie...literally, but I thought it was interesting.