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Bermuda Christian Jewish Alliance – Interviewing Deborah Levine

Here are the comments by the leader of the Alliance:
“On behalf of the BCJA (Bermuda Christian Jewish Alliance), I’m delighted to express our heartfelt gratitude for tonight’s captivating Zoom talk.
BCJA flyerYou were absolutely brilliant, sharing your family’s remarkable Jewish heritage and contributions, both locally and globally.
Your engaging presentation and dialogue were truly inspiring! I especially enjoyed your exchange with Fiona.
We’re grateful for the insights into your family’s rich history and legacy, which have undoubtedly left a lasting impact on our community and beyond.”

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Bermuda Jews Part 2: The Immigrants — by Deborah Levine

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(The Bermuda Jews History Series was originally published in The Bermudian Magazine)

In the early 1900s, Jewish tailors among the Eastern Europeans who arrived in America in droves. Only one tailor, my great grandfather, ended up as one of few Bermuda Jews. Picking up an Americanized version of his Russian last name, he became Axel Malloy passing through Ellis Island in New York City. He was better known by the first name of David, a name change that happened when he seriously ill. The family kept to the Eastern European Jewish tradition changing one’s name to hide from the Angel of Death.

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