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The Mikvé Israel-Emanuel Synagogue in Willemstad, Curaçao is the oldest synagogue in the Americas, known as Snoa. Founded in the 1650s by Spanish and Portuguese Jews, the Mikvé Israel community joined a reformist dissent in the 19th century, forming the current congregation in 1964, affiliated with Reconstructionist Judaism. The current synagogue building, acquired in 1674 and dating from 1730, stands out for its interior similar to the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam. Attached to the synagogue, the Jewish Cultural History Museum displays collections including replicas of tombstones from the oldest Jewish cemetery in the Western Hemisphere, Beit Chaim Bleinheim on Curaçao. On other Dutch islands, such as Sint Eustatius, there are historic synagogues, but no longer in use.
