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Photos: In Medellín, Colombia, Jewish converts trace their heritage to the Spanish Inquisition
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Photos: In Medellín, Colombia, Jewish converts trace their heritage to the Spanish Inquisition
Photos: In Medellín, Colombia, Jewish converts trace their heritage to the Spanish Inquisition
At the kosher market in Bello, near Medellín, Colombia, the newly converted Sephardic community stocks up.
Matthew Fishbane
Two views of Medellín and the Aburrá Valley.
Amber Terranova
Left: The Sephardic community of Bello rents the top two floors of a nondescript building for use as a synagogue. Right: Ezrah Rodriguez’s family home is a 20-minute walk away.
Matthew Fishbane
At the synagogue for havdalah (left) and, later, singing (right).
Matthew Fishbane
After Shabbat, the community heads across the street to the kosher market for kosher burgers, arepas, and Aguila beer.
Amber Terranova
Boaz Fariñas (left) at Shabbat.
Amber Terranova
At his home, Moshe Gomez shows pictures of his Jewish wedding, officiated by Rabbi Moshe Ohana, who came to Bello from Miami to perform a conversion ceremony.
Matthew Fishbane
The gated cemetery of Medellín’s well-established Ashkenazi community. The gravestone reads: “Born in Poland, 1898, Died in Medellín, 1997.”
Matthew Fishbane
Ezrah Rodriguez, a recent convert to Judaism, recites the Sh’ma.
Amber Terranova
Elad Villegas, the leader of the Sephardic converts in Bello, in the community’s synagogue.
Amber Terranova