[In 1993 I keep Pesach in NY with a friend. I knew Rabbi Marc Angel from Anousim conference in NM. He took me to the old Synagogue bench's & sat me on the spot where Gershom Mendes. Seixas, “Rabbi of the Revolution” sat. Do you think he knew something?]
https://www.jta.org/archive/shearith-israel-oldest-synagogue-here-rich-with-hoary-memories
Shearith Israel, Oldest Synagogue Here, Rich with Hoary Memories - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
For years as a child the writer cherished an illusion that the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue in New York was a dreadful place, mysteriously haunted by the dark-skinned members of the Latin race who spoke and prayed and thought exclusively in Spanish. Today’s impressive structure on Central Park W..
https://www.jta.org/archive/shearith-israel-oldest-synagogue-here-rich-with-hoary-memories
