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WASHINGTON (JTA) \u2014 An effort to preserve the Jewish heritage in Cape Verde was formally launched in Washington.<\/p>\n

Carol Castiel, who has been promoting the preservation of the archipelago\u2019s Jewish history since the mid 1990s, unveiled the \u201cCape Verde Jewish Heritage Project\u201d at an event hosted Wednesday evening by the Moroccan ambassador to Washington, Aziz Mekouar.
\nThe project involves restoring cemeteries in the former Portuguese colony about 300 miles off Africa\u2019s west coast, and compiling histories of the community through interviews with its descendants and through archival research.<\/p>\n

There were two waves of Jewish immigration; the first was of secret Jews who came with Portuguese colonization in the 15th century. That immigration is difficult to track because of the Jews\u2019 secrecy, and this project focuses more on a wave of immigrants from Morocco in the mid-19th century.<\/p>\n

In addition to the Moroccan ambassador, Washington envoys from Cape Verde and Portugal attended the event kiwigambling.co.nz<\/a>, along with representatives of B\u2019nai B\u2019rith International, which guided Castiel in setting up the project.<\/p>\n

Castiel, a Voice of America staffer who was stationed in Portugal when she learned of Cape Verde\u2019s Jewish history, said that even though Cape Verde no longer has a Jewish community to speak of, its citizens \u00e2\u20ac\u201c many with Jewish ancestry \u00e2\u20ac\u201c are proud of the heritage.
\n\u201cThe pride is so strong,\u201d she said. \u201cThey are very, very attached to their Jewish identity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Present at the event were a number of Cape Verdean immigrants to the United States who are descended from Jews. John Wahnon, of Silver Spring, Md. displayed a set of slides chronicling his Moroccan Jewish ancestors inexorable assimilation into Cape Verde life.
\n\u201cIt makes me stronger if I know where I came from,\u201d said the U.S. Air Force veteran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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