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The history of the Jews in Brazil is a rather long and complex one as it stretches from the very beginning of the European settlement in the new continent. Jews started settling in Brazil ever since the Inquisition reached Portugal in the 16th century. They arrived in Brazil during the period of Dutch rule setting up in Recife the first synagogue in the Americas as early as 1636.

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