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island, attended by such
notables as Kendall Nottage,
a member of Parliament. The
dedication was a front page
story in the newspapers of
Nassau and Freeport and also
was covered by the Jewish
Floridian; Freeport is just 76
miles east of Palm Beach, Fla.
In the synagogue office, Mr.
Turner gets out the news-
paper account from the Dec.
9, 1974 issue of the Tribune,
published in nearby Nassau.
"Mr. Nottage said the
building showed the faith of
the Jewish people in the
Bahamas," wrote the reporter.
"And it was right that the
Jewish faith, too, should take
its place in the community."
It has kept that key place in
the community. Because this
synagogue is on an island
where tourism is the biggest
industry, it functions as much
for tourists as for residents.
On a typical Friday even-
ing, those attending services
include the few year-round
Jewish residents, the "snow-
birds" who live here for the
winter months, a few Baha-
mians — Mr. Turner, for in-
stance, has invited members
of his Rotary Club to services
— and a number of tourists.
They come from far-flung
places. The synagogue's guest
book is signed by visitors
from Australia, Germany,
Switzerland, Canada, Argen-
tina, Israel. "We've had
visitors from all over the
world," says Mr. Turner, a
retired musician from Hart-
ford, Conn., who bought a
home in Freeport 15 years
ago and lives here each year
for five months.
In such a small congrega-
tion, he serves both as lay
rabbi and as president — and
sometimes as a one-man
welcoming committee for
Jewish tourists, too. Even
though Shabbat services
don't begin until the tourist
season starts in November,
when he and his wife Edi ar-
rive in October, they faith-
fully go to the synagogue on
Friday evenings. "Even if we
don't have enough people for
a minyan, we want to be there
for the tourists," he says.
Besides welcoming tourists
to services and to the Oneg
Shabbat held afterwards, the
small congregation has
varied activities, including an
elaborate brunch every
March sponsored by the
sisterhood and attended by
many natives as well as con-
gregants and tourists.
During Passover, members
share a community seder at a
local restaurant, the Ruby
Swiss. Owner George Wipf, a
Swiss native who's not
Jewish, arranges for the food.
"He goes out of his way to get
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