Posts Tagged: Cuba Jews
Cuban-Jewish Women ‘Lit Up Their Souls’ in Israel
JNS.org - Dr. Sara Bedoya was raised in a small Cuban town. She was a member of the town’s only Jewish family. Though she knew of...
Cuban-Jewish Women Make Landmark Visit to Israel
JNS.org - Ten Jewish women from Havana, Cuba, arrived in Israel on Tuesday as part of what organizers called an unprecedented nine-day visit sponsored by The...
Little Left of Cuban Jewry’s Rich Past
JNS.org - The new U.S. policy of rapprochement with Cuba, which was accompanied by the celebrated release of imprisoned Jewish aid worker Alan Gross,...
A Prayer for Alan Gross on Passover 2014
I never met Alan Gross. But on Monday night, when I gather with 700 other American Jews in Phoenix to celebrate the Passover Seder, his...
Lawyer: ‘Virtually No Serious’ U.S. Engagement With Cuba Since Alan Gross Imprisonment
JNS.org - The lead attorney for Alan Gross said the recent freedom attained by Jacob Ostreicher, who was held for more than two years...
Group Leads First Kosher Tour to Cuba
JNS.org - It started with a mutual fascination with Cuba, especially its tiny Jewish community. Now two Jewish women, separated by a generation in...
Maccabiah Games: Uniting Jews from Near and Far
Every four years, the Maccabiah Games, the world's third largest sporting competition (after the Olympics and FIFA), are held in Israel. Also called the "Jewish...
