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Jewish Cemeteries

Cemeteries: Places of Memory

: Boa Vista Jewish Cemetery before restoration, June 2010

: Entrance to the Jewish cemetery in Penha de Franca shows signs of neglect

: Eroded Grave of Fortunato Maman in Penha de Franca

: Esther Benathar Benoliel from Rabat, Morocco

: Final resting place of Isaac Pinto Ponta do Sol

: Final resting place of Mena Pinto in Ponta do Sol

: Former storefront of Jewish merchant Benjamin Cohen, Ponta do Sol

: Future CVJHP Founder and President Carol Castiel taking notes in Boa Vista Cemetery, 1995

: Gates to the Jewish Penha de Franca Cemetery in Ribeira Grande (photo courtesy of Larry Luxner)

: Gravesite of Joseph Brigham, a Jew from Mogador (now Essaouira), Morocco

: Gravestone of Abraham Brigham, a prominent Jewish merchant in Santo Antao

: Herminio: guardian of the Ponta do Sol cemetery

: Inside Boa Vista’s Jewish Cemetery

: Inside the Jewish cemetery at Ponta do Sol

: Jewish section in a Christian Cemetery in Praia

: Maintaining the tombstone of Abraham Benros

: Photo of David Benoliel, a prominent Jewish merchant in Santo Antao

: Ponta do Sol Cemetery

: Ponta do Sol Jewish Cemetery

: Restoring Jewish tombstones

: Road sign to town of Sinagoga in Santo Antao (photo by Larry Luxner)

: Rust marks the iron gate leading into the Penha de Franca cemetery

: The town of Sinagoga on Santo Antao island

: Walkway to Jewish cemetery, Ponta do Sol

Signing of Memoranum of Understanding between Mayor of Boa Vista and CVJHP

: Boa Vista Mayor Jose Pinto Almeida, Carol Castiel and descendant Isaac Benoliel after signing of Cooperation Pact

: Boa Vista Mayor Jose Pinto Almeida, Carol Castiel and descendant Isaac Benoliel after signing of Cooperation Pact

: Signing Cooperation Pact between Boa Vista island and CVJHP, June 2010

: Signing of Cooperation Pact between the island of Boa Vista and CVJHP

Landscape of Cape Verde

: City Hall building in Ponta do Sol, Santo Antao Island

: Ferry from Santo Antao to Sao Vicente

: Fishing boats in Ponta do Sol (photo courtesy of Larry Luxner)

: Landscape of Ribeira Grande (photo courtesy of Larry Luxner)

: Mountainous terrain of Santo Antao (courtesy of Larry Luxner)

: Sao Tiago Valley (photo courtesy of Larry Luxner)

Photos of Descendants

: Abrao Levy

: Abrao Levy and Esther Spencer

: Adilson Benchimol Varela

: An elder of the Anahory clan

: Anahory family tree

: Benchimol sisters

: Cohen Clan

: Descendant Suzette Cohen with photo of her ancestors

: Descendants in Praia

: Descendants of Isaac Pinto

: Edgar Wahnon

: Esmerelda Anahory and her son

: Esmerelda Anahory and Ines Wahnon-Oliveira

: Esmerelda Anahory showing a picture of her ancestor

: Januario Nascimento

: Joao Monteiro and his sisters, descendants of Isaac Pinto

: Nuno Levy and Carol Castiel

: Olimpio Varela next to Hebrew-inscribed tombstone of his great-grandfather

: Raquel Benoliel de Carvalho and husband Brendan Yam

: Sofia Veiga, Jewish descendant from the Wahnon family

: Sulamita Pinto, granddaughter of prominent Jewish immigrant Isaac Pinto

: Sylvia Benoliel, Edgar Wahnon and Raquel Alice Cohen

: Wife of Descendant Daniel Brigham with his photo

Oral Research in Progress