The Jews of Panama: A Thriving Community Between Two Oceans

Qesher presents a virtual journey to Panama, the only place where you can see the sunrise in the Pacific Ocean and the sunset in the Atlantic, and the only country other than Israel to have had two Jewish presidents in the 20th century. Home to 10,000–12,000 Jews, Panama’s is the largest continuously existing Jewish community in Central America, growing with the recent arrival of Jews from other Latin American countries fleeing political and economic instability. The session offers a historical, demographic, social, gastronomic, and spiritual visit to this small but prosperous community.