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My Friend Luis
by Arturo López Levy
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The Aftermath of the Elian Gonzales Affair:
A Jewish Perspective

Dana Evan Kaplan

Reprinted with permission of the American Jewish Congress

Estoy buscando material histórico acerca de la población judía en Cuba. Estaré agradecida por cualquier información proporcionada. Mil gracias. Mi e-mail: Danakaplan@aol.com Dana Evan Kaplan, Programa Danciger de Estudios Judíos, Universidad de Missouri-Kansas City

I am currently researching material on Cuba's Jewish population. If anyone would be willing to provide me with information, please contact me. My email is: Danakaplan@aol.com. Thank you so much. Dana Evan Kaplan, Danciger Program in Jewish Studies, University of Missouri-Kansas City

Watch the video from the Joint Distribution Committee
on Touching the Future - Jewish Renewal in Cuba
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Excerpts from "Trading with the Enemy: A Yankee Travels through Castro's Cuba"

"So I committed myself to New Year's services at one synagogue in the evening and at the other the following morning.... I must admit I did laugh to myself a little when each, on the same day, implored me to come to their services. For one brief moment, I was the hottest Jew in Havana."

NEW - CUBAN JEWS CELEBRATE CENTER'S RENOVATION AND COMMUNITY'S REVIVAL
This article is reprinted with permission from
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Inc.

NEW - CUBAN JEWS SURVIVE YEARS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY DESERT
An article by Dan Freedman for Hearst Newspapers

Link to Dan Heller's website

Dan Heller's coverage of orthodox services in Havana's Adath Israel
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Canadian Jewish Congress:
40 years of support to Cuban Jewry

"The motivation for this annual effort can be found
in the pages of the Passover Haggadah, the narration of the exodus from Egypt
that is a central piece of the festival."