The Cape Verde Jewish Heritage Project, Inc. (CVJHP) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that aims to honor the memory and explore the contributions of the many Sephardic Jewish families who immigrated to Cape Verde from Morocco and Gibraltar in the mid-19th century.

The primary goals of CVJHP are to preserve Cape Verde’s Jewish heritage by restoring and maintaining Jewish burial grounds, to educate future generations about the Jews of Cape Verde, and to encourage Jewish heritage tourism.

CVJHP has the support of the Government of the Republic of Cape Verde and is working in close partnership with the Cape Verde-Israel Friendship Society (AMICAEL) to achieve these goals. AMICAEL is a non-profit organization based in Cape Verde whose members consist of descendants of the Jewish families. Carol Castiel is president of CVJHP.

Project Objectives

• Restoration and preservation of four Jewish burial grounds, which have fallen into disrepair in the islands of Santo Antao, Boa Vista and Sao Tiago.
• Continued oral and archival research on the Jewish families and their descendants.
• Publication of book about the Jews and their descendants based on above research.
• Symposium on the Jewish presence in Lusophone Africa and Cape Verde in particular.
• Promotion of Jewish heritage tourism to Cape Verde.
• Documentary film about the Jews of Cape Verde.

Highlights of Accomplishments

• Cemetery restoration underway in Praia and Boa Vista. 2012
• H.M. King Mohammed VI of Morocco becomes a major benefactor of CVJHP. 2011
• Successful fundraising dinner featuring Congressman Barney Frank (D-Mass) at the residence of H.E. Joao de Vallera, Ambassador of Portugal to the U.S. 2010
• MOU’s signed between CVJHP and three municipalities where cemeteries are located. 2010
• Kickoff Reception at residence of H.E. Aziz Mekouar, ambassador of Morocco to US. 2009
• Creation of website: www.CapeVerdeJewishHeritage.org 2008
• Letter endorsing Project from Cape Verdean Prime Minister, Jose Maria Neves.  2007
• Cape Verde Jewish Heritage Project, Inc. receives tax-exempt status from IRS. 2007
• Presentation on the Jews of Cape Verde by Carol Castiel, Jewish Genealogy Conference. 2003
• Several Presentations of Project at the Cape Verde Embassy in conjunction with the DC Jewish Community Center. 1997, 2003
• Interviews with more than a dozen descendants of Jews of Cape Verde in Lisbon. 2002
• Radio spot for the “Voice of America” on the Jews of Cape Verde.  2002
• Castiel presents Project at World Bank Symposium, “Historic Cities and Sacred Sites.” 1999
• Meeting between Carlos Alberto Wahnon de Carvalho Veiga, then Prime Minister of Cape Verde, and Vice President of B’nai B’rith International, Daniel Mariaschin. 1998
• Formation of grass-roots group of Jewish Cape Verdeans in Lisbon, Portugal. 1997
• Visits of Carol Castiel to H.E. Andre Azoulay, Advisor to the King of Morocco, and the Jewish Community of Casablanca to establish Moroccan linkages for Project. 1996

Background

The Republic of Cape Verde, an archipelago of ten islands, lies in the Atlantic Ocean about 300 miles off the coast of Senegal, West Africa. As a result of over 500 years of Portuguese colonial rule, Cape Verdeans are predominantly Catholic. However, beginning with the period of the Spanish and Portuguese Inquisition through the late 19^th century, Cape Verde received Jews either fleeing religious persecution, or as in the case of the 19^th century, seeking greater economic stability.

The Cape Verde Jewish Heritage Project, Inc. is mainly concerned with the second wave of Jewish immigration.  Sephardic Jews settled in Cape Verde, then a Portuguese colony, after the 1821 abolition of the Inquisition in Portugal and after an 1842 trade and navigation treaty between Portugal and Great Britain.  Because many Moroccan Jews engaged in commerce with the nearby British territory of Gibraltar, some obtained citizenship and traveled to Cape Verde with British passports. However, the Hebrew and Portuguese inscriptions on the tombstones in the small Jewish cemeteries throughout the islands, indicate that the majority came from the Moroccan cities of Tangier, Tetouan, Rabat, and Mogador (now Essaouira) bearing distinctive Sephardic names such as Benoliel, Benrós, Benathar, Benchimol, Brigham, Auday, Anahory, Cohen, Levy, Maman, Pinto, Seruya and Wahnon.

These families landed primarily on the islands of Santo Antao, Sao Vicente, Boa Vista and Sao Tiago and engaged in international commerce, shipping, administration and other trades. The Jews prospered in Cape Verde.  However, because their numbers were few relative to the larger Catholic population, widespread intermarriage occurred.  As a result of this assimilation, Cape Verde today has virtually no practicing Jews. Yet, descendants of these families, whether in Cape Verde, the United States, Portugal or Canada, speak with great pride of their Jewish ancestry. They wish to honor the memory of their forebears by preserving the cemeteries and by documenting their legacy. The first democratically elected prime minister of Cape Verde, Carlos Alberto Wahnon de Carvalho Veiga, is of Jewish descent.  Many descendants of the Jewish families are actively engaged in collaborating on various aspects of CVJHP’s mission, such as providing oral testimonies, technical support and financial assistance.

Project in Print

• “Cape Verde Jewish Heritage Project Gets Help from Frank,” Jerusalem Post, Dec 2010
• “Cape Verdean Municipalities Advance Jewish Preservation,” Jewish Telegraph Service, Dec 2010
• “Rediscovering the Jewish Heritage of Cape Verde,” B’nai B’rith Magazine, December, 2009
• “Honoring Cape Verde’s Jewish History,” The Forward, April 3, 2009
• “Cape Verde’s Jewish Roots,” Diplomatic Pouch, March 30, 2009
• “Preserving a Jewish Niche: Group Seeks to Honor the Ghosts of Cape Verde,” Washington Jewish Week, March 26, 2009
• “Cape Verde Heritage Project Launched,” Jewish Telegraph Service, March 19, 2009
• “Recovering Jewish Heritage in the Cape Verde Islands,” Carol Castiel, Historic Cities and Sacred Places, proceedings of World Bank Symposium. 2000
• The Presence of Jews in Cape Verde: Inventory of Historical Documents from 1840-1927, Claudia Correia, Cape Verdean historian. Doctoral dissertation. 1998
• The Jews of Cape Verde: A Brief History, M. Mitchell Serels, Sepher-Hermon Press, Inc. 1997
• “Book review of The Jews of Cape Verde: A Brief History,” Israel Benoliel, Cimboa, Cultural Magazine of Cape Verde, Boston. 1997
• “Cape Verde Hosts Jews,” Carol Castiel, Washington Jewish Week, 1995
• Portuguese and French translations of the above article appeared respectively in the newspapers Novo Jornal of Cape Verde and Le Maroc Hebdo of Morocco. 1995

CVJHP Board OF Directors

Ambassador Herman Cohen, former US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs

Jack Edlow, CEO, Edlow International

Allan Reich, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw, LLP

Advisory Board

H.E. Andre Azoulay, Counselor, King Mohammed VI of Morocco

The Honorable Howard Berman, former Chairman, House Foreign Affairs Committee, US Congress

H.E. Maria de Fatima Lima da Veiga, Ambassador of the Republic of Cape Verde to the U.S.

H.E. Aziz Mekouar, former Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to the U.S.

H.E. Joao de Vallera, Ambassador of Portugal to the U.K.

H.E. Vernon Penner, former U.S. Ambassador to Cape Verde

Edward Bergman, Innovative Development Services; African Travel Association

Toby Dershowitz, President, The Dershowitz Group

Gail Ifshin, former President, Global Education Partnership, Discovery Channel

Professor Aomar Boum, Near Eastern Studies and Religious Studies Program, University of Arizona

Professor David M. Gitlitz, Department of Languages, University of Rhode Island

Professor Russell G. Hamilton, former Dean, Graduate School, Vanderbilt University

Daniel Mariaschin, Executive Vice President, B’nai B’rith International

Professor Sulayman S. Nyang, Department of African Studies, Howard University

Professor Daniel J. Schroeter, Department of History, University of Minnesota

José Tomás Veiga, former Minister of Finance and Foreign Affairs, Cape Verde

John Wahnon, Founding Member of AMICAEL

Nuno Wahnon Martins, Director, EU Affairs, B’nai B’rith International

Gwen Zuares, American Sephardi Association

For more information or to make a tax-deductible contribution, please contact: Carol Castiel, President, Cape Verde Jewish Heritage Project Inc. 400 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Suite 812, Washington, DC 20001.

Tel: 202.841.9925

Email: info@capeverdejewishheritage.org.

O Projecto de Preservação da Herança Judaica em Cabo Verde , Inc. (CVJHP) é uma organização não lucrativa criada nos EUA com a finalidade de honrar a memória e pesquizar a contribuição das muitas famílias Judaicas que emigraram para Cabo Verde, de Marrocos e do Gibraltar, nos meados do século XIX.O Projecto tem como principais objectivos preserver a herança Judaica em Cabo Verde com ênfase em restaurar e preservar os cemitérios Judaicos, educar futuros gerações sobre os Judeus de Cabo Verde e promover um turismo virado para a herança Judaica no país.  Os cemitérios judaicos que, pela sua raridade e simbolismo da extraordinária tolerância dos Caboverdianos, fazem parte da história de Cabo Verde. Mas os cemitérios, espelhados pelo arquipélago, estão em perigo de desaperecimento pela acção do tempo e necessidades de desenvolvimentos urbanos. Além do mais, algumascampas estão em plena erosão ou afundando-se.  Dentro de poucos anos, todos os sinais visíveis da presença Judaica desaparecerão a não ser que haja acção urgente no sentido de rehabilitar os cemitérios, a fim de se preservar e manter os únicos sinais físicos da presença Judaica em Cabo Verde.

Na realização dos seus objectivos, o CVJHP conta com o apoio do Governo da República de Cabo Verde e estreita colaboração com a Associação de Amizade Cabo Verde Israel (AMICAEL). AMICAEL é uma organização não lucrativa sedeada em Cabo Verde, constituída por descendentes das familias Judaicas. Salamiths Spencer representa CVJHP em Praia.

OBJECTIVOS DO PROJECTO

• Restauração e preservação dos cemitérios Judaicos, que cairam em desreparo, nas ilhas de Santo Antão, Boa
• Vista e Santiago.
• Recuperação e preservação das campas e outras marcas das sepulturas Judaicas retiradas do antigo cemitério Inglês em São Vicente.
• Pesquiza contínua, por via oral ou através de arquivos, sobre as famílias Judaicas de Cabo Verde
• Publicação de livros sobre os Judeus de Cabo Verde e seus descendentes.
• Simpósios sobre a presença Judaica na África Lusófona.
• Promoção do turismo virado para a herança Judaica em Cabo Verde.
• Documentário sobre os Judeus de Cabo Verde.

HISTORIAL

Na República de Cabo Verde, um arquipélago de dez ilhas situado cerca de 300 milhas da costa Ocidental da África, existem pequenos cemitérios Judaicos de famílias que emigraram por razões relacionadas com a Inquisição ou, no século XIX e princípios do século XX, à busca de oportunidades económicas.

Através de inscrições em Português e Hebraíco nos túmulos, sabemos que vieram na sua maioria das cidades Marroquinas de Tanger, Tetuan, Rabat, e Mogador (agora Essaouira).  A origem peninsular (Espanha-Portugal) reconhece-se nos nomes Cohen, Levy, Benoliel, Benrós, Wahnon, Benathar, Benchimol, Auday, Anahory, Brigham, Pinto, Maman e Seruya.  Essas famílias estabeleceram-se precipalmente nas ilhas de Santo Antão, São Vicente, Boa Vista e São Tiago, dedicando-se ao comércio internacional, transportes marítimos, administração e outras ocupações.

Separados pelo mar e numa sociedade exclusivamente Católica, os costumes judaicos e rituais se diluiram por causa de casamentos mistos.  Em raros casos, a identidade Judaica transmitida através da linhagem materna ainda existe.  Os descendentes das famílias Judaicas que imigraram para Cabo Verde são hoje em dia uma fração significativa da população Caboverdeana e participam na vida da republica a vários níveis sociais e profissionais.  Um anterior Primeiro Ministro, entre outros indivíduos ilustres no setor publico e privado, é de descendência Judaica.  Onde quer que estejam, Portugal, EUA, Canada, ou America do Sul, os Caboverdeanos de origem Judaica, mesmo os que ja não usam o sobrenome Judaico ou os que professam a fé Católica, invocam com orgulho as suas raízes Judaicas.

CONSELHO EXECUTIVO

Ambassador Herman Cohen, former US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs

Jack Edlow, CEO, Edlow International

Allan Reich, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw, LLP

CONSELHO CONSULTIVO

H.E. Andre Azoulay, Advisor to His Majesty King Mohammed VI of Morocco

The Honorable Howard Berman, Chairman, House Foreign Affairs Committee

H.E. Maria de Fatima Lima da Veiga, Ambassador of the Republic of Cape Verde to the U.S.

H.E. Aziz Mekouar, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to the U.S.

H.E. Joao de Vallera, Ambassador of Portugal to the U.S.

H.E. Vernon Penner, former U.S. Ambassador to Cape Verde

Edward Bergman, Innovative Development Services

Toby Dershowitz, President, The Dershowitz Group

Gail Ifshin, President, Global Education Partnership, Discovery Channel

Professor Aomar Boum, Near Eastern Studies and Religious Studies Program, University of Arizona

Professor David M. Gitlitz, Department of Languages, University of Rhode Island

Professor Russell G. Hamilton, former Dean, Graduate School, Vanderbilt University

Daniel Mariaschin, Executive Vice President, B’nai B’rith International

Professor Sulayman S. Nyang, Department of African Studies, Howard University

Professor Daniel J. Schroeter, Department of History, University of California at Irvine

José Tomás Veiga, former Minister of Foreign Affairs

John Wahnon, Founding Member of AMICAEL

Gwen Zuares, American Sephardi Association

Nuno Wahnon, Director, EU Affairs, B’nai B’rith International

BIBLIOGRAFIA

• “Cape Verde Jewish Heritage Gets Help from Frank,” Jerusalem Post, December 2010
• “Cape Verdean Municipalities Advance Jewish Preservation,” JTA December, 2010
• “Rediscovering the Jewish Heritage of Cape Verde,” B’nai B’rith Monthly, December 2009
• “Honoring Cape Verde’s Jewish History,” The Forward, April 3, 2009
• “Cape Verde’s Jewish Roots,” Diplomatic Pouch, March 30, 2009
• “Preserving a Jewish Niche: Group Seeks to Honor the Ghosts of Cape Verde,” Washington Jewish Week,
• March 2009
• “Cape Verde Heritage Project Launched,” Jewish Telegraph Service, March 19, 2009
• “Recovering Jewish Heritage in the Cape Verde Islands,” Carol Castiel, Historic Cities and Sacred Places,  proceedings of World Bank Symposium. 2000
• “Jews in Cape Verde,” Encyclopedia of the Jewish Diaspora. 2008
• A Presença dos Judeus em Cabo Verde: Inventário de Documentos Históricos de 1840-1927, dissertação doutoral de Cláudia Correia, Historiadora Caboverdiana. 1998
• The Jews of Cape Verde: A Brief History,  M. Mitchell Serels, Sepher-Hermon Press, Inc. 1997
• Book Review of The Jews of Cape Verde: A Brief History, Israel Benoliel, Cimboa. Cultural Magazine of  Cape Verde. Boston 1997
• “Cape Verde Hosts Jews,”  Carol Castiel, Washington Jewish Week, 1995
• Traduções Portuguesa e Francesa do artigo acima referido publicados no Novo Jornal de Cabo Verde e em “Le Maroc Hebdo” de Marrocos. 1995

Para mais informacão contacte: Carol Castiel,  Presidente, Cape Verde Jewish Heritage Project, Inc.

info@capeverdejewishheritage.org  Web Site: www.CapeVerdeJewishHeritage.org.

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(CVJHP, de son sigle en anglais) est une organisation sans but lucratif du type 501(c)(3) qui a comme objectif d’honorer la mémoire et examiner les contributions des nombreuses familles juives séfarades qui ont immigré au Cap-Vert du Maroc et Gibraltar au milieu du XIXe siècle.

Les objectifs principaux du CVJHP sont, entre autres de:

• préserver le patrimoine juif du Cap-Vert en restaurant et maintenant les cimetières juifs,
• sensibiliser les générations à venir sur les Juifs du Cap-Vert; et
• promouvoir le tourisme du patrimoine.

Le CVJHP a le soutien du Gouvernement de la République du Cap-Vert et travaille de près avec la Société d’Amitié Cap-Vert-Israël (AMICAEL) afin de réaliser ces objectifs. AMICAEL est une organisation sans but lucratif basée au Cap-Vert dont les membres sont essentiellement des descendants des familles juives. Mme Carol CASTIEL est présidente du CVJHP.
OBJECTIFS DU PROJET

• Restauration et préservation des cimetières juifs qui sont dans un état de délabrement avancé
• dans les îles de Santo Antao, Boa Vista et Sao Tiago.
• Poursuivre les interviews et les recherches dans les archives sur les familles juives et leurs
• descendants.
• Publication d’un livre sur les Juifs et leurs descendants basé sur les recherches mentionnées cidessus.
• Symposium sur la présence juive en Afrique lusophone.
• Promotion du tourisme au profit du patrimoine juif au Cap-Vert.
• Film documentaire sur les Juifs du Cap-Vert (une fois les objectifs ci-dessus réalisés)

RÉSUMÉ DES RÉALISATIONS

• Organisation d’un dîner très réussi de collecte des fonds avec comme invité d’honneur le Congressiste S.E.M. Barney FRANK (Démocrate de l’état de Massachussets) à la résidence de S.E. M. Joao de Vallera, Ambassadeur du Portugal auprès des États-Unis, 2010.
• Le CVJHP signe un Protocole d’Accord avec les Maires de Ribeira Grande (Santo Antao), Praia et
• Boa Vista afin de restaurer, préserver et maintenir leur patrimoine juif. 2010
• Réception donnant le coup d’envoi au Projet à la résidence de S.E. Aziz MEKOUAR, Ambassadeur du Maroc auprès des États-Unis. 2009
• Élaboration du site web: www.CapeVerdeJewishHeritage.org 2008
• Lettre d’appui du Projet du Premier Ministre cap-verdien. 2007
• Le Projet du patrimoine juif du Cap-Vert, Inc. bénéficie du statut d’exemption fiscale du fisc américain (IRS). 2007
• Présentation sur les Juifs du Cap-Vert par Carol CASTIEL, Conférence sur la généalogie juive. 2003
• Deux “Insider Embassy Nights” [soirées] à l’Ambassade du Cap-Vert à Washington, DC pour le Centre de la Communauté Juive de Washington, DC où le Projet était présenté. 1997, 2003
• Interviews avec plus d’une douzaine de descendants des Juifs du Cap-Vert à Lisbonne. 2002
• Spot pour la “Voix de l’Amérique” sur les Juifs du Cap-Vert. 2002
• Restauration préliminaire du Cimetière de Penha da Franca, Santo Antao. 1999
• Présentation des objectifs du CVJHP par Carol CASTIEL au Symposium de la Banque Mondiale ,
• “Villes historiques et sites sacrés.” 1999
• Rencontre entre Carlos Alberto Wahnon de Carvalho Veiga, Premier Ministre du Cap-Vert de l’époque, et le Vice-Président du B’nai B’rith International, Daniel Mariaschin. 1998
• Création d’un groupe populaire des Juifs cap-verdiens à Lisbonne, au Portugal. 1997
• Visites de Carol CASTIEL à S.E. André AZOULAY, Conseiller auprès du Roi du Maroc, et la communauté juive de Casablanca pour établir des contacts avec les Marocains pour le Projet. 1996

HISTORIQUE
La République du Cap-Vert, un archipel de dix îles, est située dans l’océan Atlantique, à 300 miles/483 km au large de la côte sénégalaise, en Afrique de l’Ouest. Les Cap-Verdiens sont pour la plupart catholiques, c’est la conséquence de plus de 500 ans de colonisation portugaise. Pourtant, à partir de l’époque de l’Inquisition espagnole et portugaise jusqu’à la fin du XIXe siècle, le Cap-Vert a accueilli des Juifs en fuite de la persécution religieuse, ou ceux à la recherche d’une plus grande stabilité au XIXe siècle.

Le Projet du patrimoine juif du Cap-Vert, Inc. concerne principalement la deuxième vague de l’immigration juive. La détérioration des conditions économiques au Maroc au milieu du XIXe siècle a incité certains Juifs d’immigrer au Cap-Vert, qui était à l’époque une colonie portugaise. Les inscriptions en hébreu et en portugais sur les pierres tombales dans les petits cimetières juifs à travers les îles indiquent que la majorité est venue des villes marocaines de Tanger, Tetouan, Rabat et Mogador (actuellement Essaouira) avec des noms typiquement séfarades, tels que Anahory, Auday, Benathar, Benchimol, Benoliel, Benrós, Brigham, Cohen, Levy, Maman, Pinto, Seruya et Wahnon. Beaucoup d’entre eux sont arrivés au Cap-Vert par Gibraltar. Ces famillesse sont principalement installées dans les îles de Santo Antao, Sao Vicente, Boa Vista et Sao Tiago et se sont lancées dans le commerce international, le transport, l’administration et d’autres activités commerciales. Les Juifs vivaient, travaillaient, et prosperaient au Cap-Vert. Pourtant, comme ils
étaient peu nombreux par rapport à la population catholique majoritaire, le mariage mixte étaient très répandu. Suite à cette assimilation, il n’y a practiquement aucun Juif pratiquant au Cap-Vert de nos jours.

Pourtant, les descendants de ces familles, que ce soit au Cap-Vert, aux États-Unis, au Portugal ou au Canada, sont très fiers de leur ascendance juive. Ils souhaitent honorer la mémoire de leurs aïeux en préservant les cimetières et en documentant leur héritage. Le premier Premier Ministre démocratiquement élu du Cap-Vert, S.E.M. Carlos Alberto Wahnon de Carvalho Veiga, est d’origine juive. Beaucoup de descendants des familles juives se sont livrés activement à collaborer aux divers volets de la mission du CVJHP, tels que fournir des témoignages oraux et offrir du soutien technique et financier.

CONSEIL D’ADMINISTRATION
Ambassadeur Herman J. COHEN, ancien sous-secrétaire d’Etat américain pour les affaires africaines

M. Jack EDLOW, PDG, Edlow International

Maître Allan REICH, Partenaire, Seyfarth Shaw, LLP

CONSEIL CONSULTATIF
S.E. André AZOULAY, Conseiller auprés de Sa Majeste, le Roi du Maroc

S.E. Howard BERMAN, Président, Commission des Affaires Etrangères de la Chambre des représentants, US Congress

Daniel MARIASCHIN, Vice Président Exécutif, B’nai B’rith International

S.E. Maria de FATIMA VEIGA, Ambassadrice de la République du Cap-Vert auprès des États-Unis

S.E. Aziz MEKOUAR, Ambassadeur du Royaume du Maroc auprès des États-Unis

S.E. Joao DE VALLERA, Ambassadeur du Portugal auprès des États-Unis.

H.E. Vernon PENNER, ancien ambassadeur américain auprès du Cap-Vert

Edward BERGMAN, Innovative Development Services

Toby DERSHOWITZ, Président, The Dershowitz Group

Gail IFSHIN, ancient président, Global Education Partnership, Discovery Channel

Professeur Aomar BOUM, Programme des Etudes du Proche-Orient et des Religions, Université

d’ArizonaProfesseur David M. GITLITZ, Département de langues, Université de Rhode Island

Professeur Russell G. HAMILTON, ancien doyen, Graduate School, Vanderbilt Université

Professeur Sulayman S. NYANG, Département des études africaines, Howard Université

Professeur Daniel J. SCHROETER, Département de l’histoire, Université de Minnesota

José Tomás VEIGA, ancien Ministre des Finances et des Affaires étrangères, Cap-Vert

John WAHNON, Membre fondateur de l’AMICAEL

Gwen ZUARES, Association américaine des Juifs séfarades

Nuno Wahnon, Director, EU Affairs, B’nai B’rith International

PUBLICATIONS SUR LE PROJET

• “Cape Verde Jewish Heritage Project Gets Help from Frank,” [«Soutien de Frank pour le Projet
• du patrimoine juif du Cap-Vert»] Jerusalem Post, déc. 2010
• “Cape Verdean Municipalities Advance Jewish Preservation,” [«Municipalités cap-verdiennes font avancer la préservation juive»] Jewish Telegraph Service, déc. 2010
• “Rediscovering the Jewish Heritage of Cape Verde,” *“Redécouvrir le Patrimoine juif du CapVert”+” B’nai Brith Magazine, déc. 2009
• “Cape Verde Jewish Heritage Project Launched,” *«Coup d’envoi du Projet du patrimoine juif du Cap-Vert»] Jewish Telegraph Service, 19 mars 2009
• “Cape Verde’s Jewish Roots,” [«Les Origines juives du Cap-Vert»] Diplomatic Pouch, 30 mars 2009
• “Preserving a Jewish niche: Group Seeks to Honor the Ghosts of Cape Verde,” *“Préserver une place juive: Groupe cherche à honorer les esprits du Cap-Vert”+ Washington Jewish Week, 26 mars 2009
• “Honoring Cape Verde’s Jewish History,” *«Honorer l’histoire juive du Cap-Vert»] The Forward, 3 avril 2009
• “Recovering Jewish Heritage in the Cape Verde Islands,” *«Retrouver le patrimoine juif dans les îles du Cap-Vert»] Carol CASTIEL, Villes historiques et sites sacrés, compte-rendu du Symposium de la Banque Mondiale. 2000
• The Presence of Jews in Cape Verde: Inventory of Historical Documents from 1840-1927, [La presence des Juifs au Cap-Vert: Inventaire des documents historiques] Claudia CORREIA, historienne cap-verdienne. Thèse de doctorat. 1998
• The Jews of Cape Verde: A Brief History, [Les Juifs du Cap-Vert: Un aperçu] M. Mitchell SERELS, Sepher-Hermon Press, Inc. 1997
• Critique de livre de The Jews of Cape Verde: A Brief History, Israel BENOLIEL, Cimboa, Magazine culturel du Cap-Vert, Boston. 1997
• “Cape Verde Hosts Jews, *“Le Cap-Vert accueille les Juifs”+” Carol CASTIEL, Washington Jewish
• Week, 1995
• Traductions portugaises et françaises de l’article ci-dessus étaient publiées respectivement dans
• les journaux Novo Jornal au Cap-Vert et Le Maroc Hebdo au Maroc. 1995

Pour tout renseignement complémentaire ou pour faire un don déductible des impôts, veuillez
contacter:

Carol CASTIEL, Présidente, Projet du Patrimoine Juif du Cap-Vert, Inc.
400 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Suite 812, Washington, DC 20001
Tel: 202.841.9925; email: info@capeverdejewishheritage.org
Site web: www.CapeVerdeJewishHeritage.org

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“Care for the dead is the truest form of loving-kindness, since it is given without any expectation of repayment.” –Rashi

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–Elie Wiesel