The first Birthright group from Suriname paid an emotional visit on Sunday to a new exhibit at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem showcasing the unique heritage of that nation’s Jewish community.
Several of the group’s 15 members wept as they entered a room where curators had reassembled an 18th-century synagogue that originally stood in Suriname’s capital, Paramaribo. It is one of four synagogues chosen by the museum to highlight the diversity of Jewish communities around the world."
