[Avodah] Cancel Simchas Torah!

[Prof. Levine via Avodah]

At 11:03 AM 10/9/2015, Zev Sero wrote:
>Recife used to have a large Spanish-Portuguese kehillah, which was
>completely destroyed when Portugal conquered it.

The Jewish community of Recife was not "completely destroyed."  The 
Jews were allowed to leave and to take most of their possessions with them.

See my article

<http://personal.stevens.edu/%7Ellevine/jp/Recife%20-%20The%20First%20Jewish%20Community%20In%20The%20New%20World.pdf>
"Recife - The First Jewish Community in the New World" The Jewish Press,
June 3, 2005, page 32. Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 3. (Also
available at
<http://www.ourjerusalem.com/history/story/history20050830.html>http://www.ourjerusalem.com/history/story/history20050830.html) 

YL