Beracha veShalom Synagogue Ruins

The story behind the place

The synagogue at Jodensavanne was consecrated in 1685. Its surviving foundations, floor and entrance steps give clues to a building that no longer has its roof or tall walls. Jodensavanne was a Jewish colonial settlement in Indigenous territory, where free and enslaved people of African and Indigenous descent also lived. The archaeological site preserves this complex history rather than a simple story of prosperity. Follow the low rectangular outline and the curved steps: the remains invite us to imagine cautiously, without turning a ruin into a new building.

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