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Completed in 1953, Temple Beth Shalom is the main synagogue serving Havana's Jewish community of 1,500 people. The congregation was founded in 1904 and it has been an epicenter of Jewish life in Cuba. The synagogue welcomes thousands of visitors each year for both Shabbat and tours of Jewish Cuba. [2]
Cuba has one kosher butcher shop on the entire island. For a time it had no rabbi, but by 2007, one was based in a Havana synagogue. He often encourages visiting Jewish peoples to give tzedakah (charity) for the Jewish Cubans and for Israel. [2] Alan Gross traveled to Cuba to help the small Jewish community, but he was detained in Cuba from ...
In 2007 Centro Hebreo Sefaradi Synagogue was described as “…the only remaining institutional legacy of the Sephardic presence in Cuba.” [citation needed] As of 2010, the synagogue had eighty families constituting 320 members. The majority of congregants were 60 or older. [2]
Former synagogues in Cuba (1 P) H. Synagogues in Havana (3 P) Pages in category "Synagogues in Cuba" This category contains only the following page.
The Chevet Achim Synagogue (Spanish: Templo Union Hebrea Chevet Achim) is a former Jewish congregation and synagogue, located on Calle Inquisidor, in the Old Town of Havana, Cuba. Established in 1914, it is the oldest synagogue in Cuba.
Cuba: Adath Israel , Beth Shalom Temple , Centro Hebreo Sefaradi , Chevet Achim , Communida Hebrea Tifereth Israel , Communidad Hebrea Hatikva (Santiago de Cuba) Cyprus: Larnaca Synagogue ; Czech Republic: Great Synagogue , Old New Synagogue , Pinkas Synagogue , Maisel Synagogue , Klausová Synagogue , Jubilee Synagogue (also known as the ...
Pages in category "Synagogues in Havana" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Category: Synagogues by country. 40 languages. ... Synagogues in Cuba (2 C, 1 P) Synagogues in Cyprus (1 P) Synagogues in the Czech Republic (4 C, 1 P, 1 F) D.