My husband and I traveled by Royal Caribbean to Curacao. We were fortunate to make tour arrangements with GiGi who is a member of the Congregation. I must point out that Royal Caribbean has a Jewish Heritage tour for this port but it was cancelled for a lack of participation. She shared with us her family history which is amazingly... more

We're celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary this year. Wow! 10 happy years out of 12! Lorri has realized what a great, talented, yet humble guy I am & has, for some reason, agreed to do it again. I guess there's no accounting for taste. Anyway, we've chosen to renew our vows at this historical synagogue. We've been in touch with... more

Mikve Israel-Emanuel Synagogue is still there and welcoming visitors. The last reviewer must have seen the nearby Temple Emanual, formed in 1864. They rejoined the original Curacao congregation in 1964. and ultimately sold their building in 1989. It does indeed now house offices. ------- more

It's such a pity that the previous reviewer was obviously directed to the wrong synagogue. He visited the Tempel Emanu-El built by the Dutch Reformed Israeli Community Emanu-El which had separated from the orthodox Sephardic community "Mikve Israel". Jacob Abraham Jesurun laid the first stone of the Tempel on 17 December 1865 and it was inaugurated on 12 September 1867.... more

I was in Curacao March 2005 and tried to visit the synagogue that is mentioned in the travel books. It is now offices and is no longer open to the public. The new location (also in Punda) might offer tours and have a museum, but, of course, cannot replicate the architecture of the old building. more