A small party of Gibraltar Jews, under the leadership of David Benaim, vice-president of the Gibraltar Hebrew Congregation, left for Madeira when the island was evacuated, The Jewish Chronicle reports, and they have established a compact little community at Funchal.
As there was no constituted Hebrew congregation there, Benaim procured Sifrei Torah and other ritual appurtenances from Gibraltar and Lisbon and instituted regular services.
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