Talk:Demographics of Guadeloupe/Archive 1

Archive 1

Dubious data about ethnic groups, languages and religions

There are no official statistics for ethnic groups, languages and religions in France (except in New Caledonia) but this article mentions very precise percentages without any source. --Minorities observer (talk) 18:54, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

Agreed. France has taken great pains in its constitution and civil law to establish an egalitarian society where race and national origin are unimportant to what it means to be French. In the regards to Judaism in Guadeloupe, however, there are other sources, which may be helpful in establishing a rather accurate assessment of the number of Jews on the island.

For example, the Virtual Jewish History website (http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vjw/guadeloupe.html) has a fairly interesting summary of not only the current Jewish community on Guadeloupe, but also a history of Judaism on the island. This may be read at one’s leisure as we are just concerned here with the size of the Jewish community on Guadeloupe at present and not necessarily the history behind it.

According to the site, however, the Jewish community on Guadeloupe numbers about 50. The World Jewish Congress (http://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/communities/show?id=65) also provides us with essential information in this regard. Both sites also indicate that after the decree “Code Black” issued by King Louis XIV, the island had no Jews living there until they began to come back in the mid-20th century.

The World Jewish Congress goes on to say, “In 1988 the synagogue Or Sameah was founded together with a community center, Talmud Torah, kosher store, and cemetery.” This is 403 years after King Louis XIV issued the decree, Code noir, resulting in the expulsion of Jews from the island. ProfMoron (talk) 14:42, 23 February 2015 (UTC)