The photographs capture the Jewish community in Envigado, one of Colombia’s wealthiest municipalities. The town is home to a synagogue and a Jewish school, where businessmen gather each morning for prayer, followed by a communal breakfast of Colombian fruits, cheeses, cakes, and, occasionally, salmon from the U.S. The synagogue’s former cantor, Cantor Paul Heller, later moved to London’s Belsize Square Synagogue.

During Medellín’s drug cartel violence, many Envigado Jews relocated to Boca Raton, Florida, forming a lasting diaspora. The synagogue also houses a Jewish high school named for Theodore Herzl.

The community includes both established Jewish families and newer arrivals, descendants of Anusim (forcibly converted Jews) reclaiming their heritage. Among those photographed are a sculptor known for The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and a former smoked salmon maker turned pie baker, reflecting the community’s diversity.