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“It’s very important that our history is documented. It will also be a place where Dominican schoolchildren can come and learn about Judaism.”

About 1,000 Jewish refugees fleeing the Nazis landed on the island country's shores. With few relics of that time left, a small Jewish museum wants the government to help it reopen

(JTA) Sitting inside a small wood-frame shul just around the corner from Playa Alicia, where tourists sip rum punch while watching catamarans glide by, Joe Benjamin recounted one of the

Joe Benjamin, who grew up a refugee in “tropical Zion,” is pushing the Caribbean country’s government to fund the project, which he’s pitching as a tourist draw.