Venezuelan Jewish groups partnered with a leading developer to restore the oldest existing Jewish cemetery in South America.
The Venezuelan Israelite Association and the Center for Sephardic Studies are working with Constructora Sambil, a commercial developer owned by Salomon Cohen known for building some of the largest malls in Latin America, to repair the 177-year-old Jewish cemetery in Coro, located about six hours west of the nation’s capital, Caracas.
The cemetery had been mostly neglected for nearly 40 years.
“With the magnificent help of Salomon Cohen, we finally had the resources to repair the site,” said Hernan Henriquez Lopez Fonseca, an 82-year old descendant of one of the original families and one of two Jews left in Coro.
The site consists of 165 tombs dating back to 1832. Older Jewish resting places in Brazil, Suriname and Curacao that dated from the 1700s no longer exist. more>>
The Venezuelan Israelite Association and the Center for Sephardic Studies are working with Constructora Sambil, a commercial developer owned by Salomon Cohen known for building some of the largest malls in Latin America, to repair the 177-year-old Jewish cemetery in Coro, located about six hours west of the nation’s capital, Caracas.
The cemetery had been mostly neglected for nearly 40 years.
“With the magnificent help of Salomon Cohen, we finally had the resources to repair the site,” said Hernan Henriquez Lopez Fonseca, an 82-year old descendant of one of the original families and one of two Jews left in Coro.
The site consists of 165 tombs dating back to 1832. Older Jewish resting places in Brazil, Suriname and Curacao that dated from the 1700s no longer exist. more>>
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