The spiritual leader of Jamaica’s 300-member Jewish community died of a heart attack at the age of 67 after celebrating Sabbath services Saturday. A photographer by profession, Ernest de Souza led the Carribean nation’s Jewish community since the last ordained rabbi left in 1978.
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