Cuban Jews endure the island nation’s precipitous decline
By MICHAEL A. APPLEMAN I had thought that the crisis and collapse of Cuba’s economy could not get worse, but ...
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Jewish Cubans survive the island’s economic collapse
By MICHAEL APPLEMAN During my December humanitarian mission to Havana, Cuba, after visa and immigration impediments at José Martí International ...
Letter to my Israeli children
By NEAL GOSMAN When I returned from the American war in Vietnam, it took me several years to actually come ...
In Cuba, Jewish foods — from kosher meat to bagels with holes — are hard to come by
By STEPHEN SILVER HAVANA (JTA) — The remaining Jewish community in Cuba has much to contend with — a lack ...
Rebirth of the Cuban Hebrew School
Hella Eskenazi, director of the Albert Einstein Hebrew School in Havana, discusses the revival of Jewish education in Cuba by ...
The Jews of Cuba
By MICHAEL A. APPLEMAN, Ph.D Improved relations with Cuba are escalating. The Minnesota Orchestra has been to Cuba. President Barack ...
Cuban art exhibit to benefit Talmud Torah
An event on Oct. 13 will feature more than 100 pieces of original Cuban art By MICHAEL A. APPLEMAN, Ph.D. ...
Federation seeks a CEO
A Minneapolis Jewish Federation search committee has begun to interview candidates for the group’s top professional job By MORDECAI SPECKTOR ...
White House throws two Hanuka parties
President Obama emphasizes freedom — of Alan Gross from a Cuban prison — and food By RON KAMPEAS WASHINGTON (JTA) ...
Castro nearly wiped out Cuba’s Jewish schools
Traveling to Cuba with resources that can be used for Jewish education is a ‘profound mitzva’ By MICHAEL A. APPLEMAN ...
