Introduction to the Bridgetown Synagogue: The Barbados Synagogue (Bridgetown Synagogue) is just a few yards away from Broad Street in Bridgetown, the capital. In 1627, shortly after the British colonists landed, they came from The church was built by the Jews of Recife, Brazil. The church includes a cemetery where Jews who immigrated here in the 1730s are buried. The Bridgetown Synagogue is believed to be the oldest synagogue in the Western Hemisphere.