Camille Pissarro was born in Saint-Thomas, Virgin Islands, on July 10, 1830 to a Jewish French father (Abraham) of Portuguese origin, who had settled in this Danish colony of the West Indies a few years earlier, and to a creole mother named Rachel Manzano-Pomie native of Danish Antilles.

The 1st International Workshop on the European Itinerary of Jewish Heritage was held in Oviedo, Spain on 4th and 5th November, 2008. It was a great event organized by the European Association for the Preservation and Promotion of Jewish Culture and Heritage (AEPJ) with the support of Caminos de Sefarad – Red de Juderias de España and the wonderful hospitality of the City Hall of Oviedo and the Oviedo Auditorium where the workshop took place.

The Czech capital of Prague, once a center of thriving Jewish life, still boasts numerous synagogues, many of which now serve as museums commemorating a Jewish community that has largely disappeared.