owner (Jewish mother) Jacob De Cordova - founder of the Jamaica Daily Gleaner newspaper George Stiebel - trader and entrepreneur who became a black millionaire H. G. de Lisser, CMG - prominent author and journalist, editor of Jamaica Daily Gleaner newspaper Moses Cohen Henriques - pirate, escapee from Spanish Inquisition Myer Lyon - hazzan and opera tenor Charles Palache - mineralogist, descended from Jamaican landowner and grandfather John Palache Sean Paul Francis Henriques - Jamaican dancehall/reggae singer (Jewish grandfather) Yehoshua Sofer - Jewish martial artist and hip hop recording artist Bob Marley - musician and songwriter (his father was of Syrian-Jewish ancestry) See also Charles Palache Pallache family References External links Jews in Jamaica Brief History - from Chabad of Jamaica's website Chabad of Jamaica Jews Jamaica United Congregation of Israelites in Jamaica The Jews of Jamaica -- Then and Now Jews Jamaica Jamaica