Barbados: The Tombstone

Jewish Pirates Dept: Moss-covered and cracking, the tombstone was wedged between hundreds of others, many of them only centimetres apart, in this crowded 357-year-old Jewish cemetery crammed into bustling downtown Bridgetown, the seaside capital of Barbados, according to Montreal Gazette. It's true that it is possible to enjoy Barbados without ever leaving the beach. From bathing and surfing to shopping and golf, there is more than enough to occupy any visitor to this, the most easterly of the Caribbean islands and it was the sinister skull-and-crossbones carving on one tombstone that made it so conspicuous. Were there Jewish pirates in Barbados? It's easy enough to imagine. After all, there were Jewish pirates in other Caribbean islands. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.