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Kahal Zur Israel (Hebrew: קהל צור ישראל Rock of Israel Portuguese: Sinagoga Kahal Zur Israel) located in Recife Brazil was the first Jewish congregation in the New World. It was established by Spanish/Portuguese Jews that had taken refuge in the Netherlands fleeing forced conversion and were joined by New Christians who were already living in the colony. There is now a museum on this site of the oldest synagogue site in the Americas.
