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The Jewish Azores

A trip to an off-the-beaten track location yields an unexpected surprise from the Island’s past.

THE AZORES archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean
Photo by: PAUL ROSS
There were several puzzling things about the Jewish cemetery on the island of Terceira in the Azores, a lush, volcanic Portuguese archipelago in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. First, a plaque on the outside wall called the cemetery a “field of equality,” and profusely thanked “the most illustrious members of the city council” for selling the Jews the land.

“Jews believe that everyone’s equal in death – rich, poor, old, young,” my guide said to my husband Paul and me.

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