Jacob DeCordova, the Jewish Jamaican who founded the Jamaica Daily Gleaner newspaper

The official motto of Jamaica “Out of Many, One People” is one that is readily apparent in the faces of the people of Jamaica.  Indeed our strength as a nation is a result of Jamaica’s unique ability to rise above color and race and in so doing create institutions that stand the test of time.  No more is that more evident that in the Jamaica Daily Gleaner a newspaper founded by a Jewish Jamaican, Jacob DeCordova in 1834 and which is still going strong 176 years later in 2010.