Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine October 2018 | Page 527

The Jews on St. Eustatius
Jews settled on St. Eustatius around 1600 and their
population grew large enough to warrant the building
of a magnificent synagogue, Honen Dalim (meaning:
She who is Charitable to the Poor) in the capital city of
Oranjestadt. Permission for building it came from the
Dutch West India Company, with significant funding
support from the Jewish community on Curacao.
Permission was granted on the condition that the
Jewish house of worship would be sited where “the
exercise of their (Jewish) religious duties would not
molest those of the Gentiles” [...]
The Jewish Synagogue Hone Dalim
PC: Misha Spanner
Source: (Klinger, J. The Jews of St. Eustatius, http://www.jewish-american-
society-for-historic-preservation.org)