Van De Spiegel, a politician and a pensionary of Holland, brought up a very interesting idea. He questions why Jews never established for themselves “an island in America” to create for “themselves under their own government, religion and laws.” They continuously lived in areas they weren’t allowed to fully commit to Judaism or even give up Judaism entirely.
I wonder why they never committed to creating this safe haven for themselves. A renowned philosopher named De Pauw, explained that Jews did establish fro themselves their own state in the Americas in which they can serve their god, but “they lacked the courage and the right spirit.”
We see that many Jews migrated over to Brazil because of the laxer environment to practice Judaism. With …show more content…
“A ship arrived from Holland with Jewish settlers who were not received with open arms,” and yet again I wonder why the Jews never created from themselves a land in which they could live in without restrictions.
Furthermore, as Jews began to move to Guiana, former Dutch residents decided to set up new Jewish communities. One idea I questioned prior to reading this chapter was weather Jews had influence in the land. I came to learn of Yllan, a merchant in Amsterdam, who became an active member in the Jewish community. Or David Cohen Nassi, another significant person in the establishment of Jewish settlements in Dutch Brazil. It isn’t known if Nassi and Yllan ever discussed establishing a Jewish area, but I would think as two prominent smart men, the idea may have crossed their mind. Learning and understanding more about Jewish life during these times helped me come up with two reason as to why a Jewish settlement was never established. Firstly, Jews couldn’t just claim for themselves a land. With the amount of hatred, they received from other settlers of different lands, they couldn’t find a place that was either not taken, or accepting for a Jewish area to be created. To other people Jews were a distraction, especially when it came to disrupting Christianity. Jews faced many adversities when it came to practicing Judaism; people were not welcoming to Jews and their
I wonder why they never committed to creating this safe haven for themselves. A renowned philosopher named De Pauw, explained that Jews did establish fro themselves their own state in the Americas in which they can serve their god, but “they lacked the courage and the right spirit.”
We see that many Jews migrated over to Brazil because of the laxer environment to practice Judaism. With …show more content…
“A ship arrived from Holland with Jewish settlers who were not received with open arms,” and yet again I wonder why the Jews never created from themselves a land in which they could live in without restrictions.
Furthermore, as Jews began to move to Guiana, former Dutch residents decided to set up new Jewish communities. One idea I questioned prior to reading this chapter was weather Jews had influence in the land. I came to learn of Yllan, a merchant in Amsterdam, who became an active member in the Jewish community. Or David Cohen Nassi, another significant person in the establishment of Jewish settlements in Dutch Brazil. It isn’t known if Nassi and Yllan ever discussed establishing a Jewish area, but I would think as two prominent smart men, the idea may have crossed their mind. Learning and understanding more about Jewish life during these times helped me come up with two reason as to why a Jewish settlement was never established. Firstly, Jews couldn’t just claim for themselves a land. With the amount of hatred, they received from other settlers of different lands, they couldn’t find a place that was either not taken, or accepting for a Jewish area to be created. To other people Jews were a distraction, especially when it came to disrupting Christianity. Jews faced many adversities when it came to practicing Judaism; people were not welcoming to Jews and their