History of the Jews in the Dominican Republic centuries. The current population of known Jews in the Dominican Republic is close to 3,000, with the majority living in the capital, Santo Domingo, and others residing in Sosúa. Since Jews mixed with those already living in the Dominican Republic, the exact number of Dominicans with Jewish ancestry isn't known. In spite of the Jews intermarriage with the Dominican people already living there, some spouses have formalized their Judaism through conversions and participate in Jewish communal life while other Sephardic Jews converted to Catholicism, still maintaining their Sephardic culture. Some Dominican Jews have also made aliyah to Israel. There are
Ministries of the Dominican Republic normally act as an advisory body to the presidency. 23 ministries exist in the Dominican Republic. All ministries are listed by their present-day name and only ministries with past or present cabinet-level status are listed. Ministries of the Dominican Republic The Ministries of State of the Dominican Republic (Spanish: Ministerios de Estado de la República Dominicana) are the primary units of the executive branch of the government of the Dominican Republic. This was formerly known as the Secretaries of State (Spanish: Secretarias de Estado) but that denominations change from January 26, 2010 with the reformation of the Constitution. The Change