The Isthmus of Panama sits at the crossroads of the Americas and is home to its world-famous Canal is one of the busiest trading routes in the world.

Its Jewish Community has existed openly only since the end of Spanish colonial rule in the 1820s. Home to more than 10,000 Jews, it is the largest continuously existing Jewish Community in Central America and the Caribbean. The Panamanian Jewish community has seen consistent demographic growth due to recent arrival of Jews from other Latin-American countries fleeing political and economic instability.

This presentation will give a historical, demographic, social, gastronomic, and spiritual visit to this small but outstanding community.