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Mikvé Israel-Emanuel Synagogue

Historic Willemstad synagogue consecrated in 1732 and still serving the Jewish community of Curaçao.

Willemstad, Curaçao

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The Sephardic congregation in Curaçao traces its roots to the seventeenth century. Its present synagogue was consecrated in 1732 and remains a functioning house of worship. 1732 Willemstad synagogue and the oldest synagogue in continuous use in the Americas. In Jewish World Records, Mikvé Israel-Emanuel Synagogue is connected to the record “Oldest Synagogue in Continuous Use in the Americas,” based on the stored achievement of Consecrated 1732. Mikvé Israel-Emanuel's current synagogue, known as the Snoa, was consecrated in 1732 in Willemstad. The congregation identifies it as the oldest synagogue in continuous use in the Americas, a distinction corroborated by Curaçao tourism sources. Official/institutional sources document Mikvé Israel-Emanuel Synagogue's qualifying date, identity and synagogue use. The congregation explicitly identifies the 1732 Snoa as the oldest synagogue in continuous use in the Americas; Curaçao tourism independently corroborates the distinction.

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Records held by Mikvé Israel-Emanuel Synagogue

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Jewish Heritage · SynagoguesOldest

Oldest Synagogue in Curaçao

Record holder

Mikvé Israel-Emanuel Synagogue

Record value

Consecrated 1732

The Mikvé Israel-Emanuel Synagogue in Willemstad, Curaçao, holds the record for the Oldest Synagogue in Continuous Use in the Americas. The achievement date is based on the consecration of the current synagogue building, known as the Snoa, in 1732. This gives the record its value of "Consecrated 1732". The synagogue has remained in continuous congregational use since that time, establishing a record with a continental geographic scope covering the Americas.

Holder country: Curaçao
Achievement location: Willemstad, Curaçao
Achievement date: 1732

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