The Netherlands Portugese Congregation “Mikve Israel” has completed its celebration of three hundred years of uninterrupted existence here. In a special ceremony preceding the Chanukah Thanksgiving service of the congregation, the Governor of the Netherlands West Indies conferred on Rabbi Izak Jessurun Cardozo the title of “Knight of the Order of Oranje Nassau,” on behalf of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands.
Rabbi Cardozo, who was called to the pulpit here in 1939, is a native of Amsterdam who served as rabbi in a Tel Aviv congregation and as secretary of the Netherlands consulate there. Government officials and representatives of all Catholic and Protestant Churches here took part in the tercentenary observance. As a special mark of honor to the Congregation, the Protestant Church planted 300 trees in the Curacao Forest in Israel.
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