Beth Shalom Temple (Havana, Cuba)
Temple Beth Shalom, built in 1952, is a synagogue located near downtown Havana. Much of the original building was sold, and only part remains in Jewish hands today. Extensive repairs were undertaken in the 1990's. Beth Shalom is considered the headquarters of the Cuban Jewish Community.
Kol Nidrei at Beth Shalom in Havana, Cuba
Kol Nidrei, performed at the famous Beth Shalom synagogue in Havana, Cuba, on October 16, 2014.
Havdallah in Havana at the Patronato Synagogue
From the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle's
Mission to Jewish Cuba
March 25-29, 2015
Beth Shalom Temple Havana Cuba 12 21 2014
Chanukah Celebration
Old Havana Cuban Jewish Synagogue
Temple Adath Israel in Old Havana, during Sukkoth.
Rabbi Michael Beals - Congregation Beth Shalom
Congregation Beth Shalom, founded in 1922, was established to provide the growing Wilmington, Delaware Jewish Community with an alternative to the existing Orthodox and Reform congregations. Members support many services and activities throughout the synagogue and, with pride and honor, have served in leadership and volunteer roles throughout the greater Jewish and secular community. In this, one of four holiday programs presented by Content Delaware, Rabbi Michael reflects on concepts of forgiveness, charity, love, and community service.
יהדות הוואנה, עוזי טאובר - The Jewish Community of Havana
ביקור חטוף בבית כנסת בית שלום בהוונאה, בירת קובה. A short visit to Beit Shalom Synagogue in Havana
The Jews of Cuba
Jewish tourism to Cuba is growing. The community of remaining Cuban Jews may be small, but Havana still boasts both a Sephardic and Ashkenazi synagogue, a symbol of the diversity of Jews who called the island home. This is the story of Cuba's Jews.
Cuba's Jewish Community
Annenberg Media reporter Eytan Wallace visits a synagogue and a Jewish community center in Havana that serve the small population of Jews on the island.
#ICATL Promo by Mission to Cuba
Jewish Synagogue in Old Havana
Adath Israel Synagogue of Cuban Jews in Old Havan, on Acosta St. Sukkoth services, oops maybe I shouldnt have videotaped :-)
Dr. Maritza Corrales: The Chosen Island - Jews in Cuba - Part 1 of 2
Maritza Corrales is a Cuban historian who has dedicated her life's work to researching the history of Jews in Cuba. Born in 1948, she is a graduate of the University of Havana (1972) and lives in Havana. She has been a consulting scholar to numerous research and academic institutions in Cuba and has published numerous articles on the history of Cuban Jews, and she has lectured at universities in Israel, Spain, Mexico and Cuba.
Cuba Now: Buena Suerte Y Hasta Luego
On February 19, 2015, after a morning visit to joyous Fusterlandia (see our video), we head back into Havana, destination Revolutionary Square. Though a cool and windy day we are in high spirits. Waves are splashing against the sea wall and on to the Malecón. When completed, during the Batista era, the enormous square was called Civic square. Castro renamed it. Here on occasion more than a million people (nearly 10% of the island’s population would listen to his speeches. There are tall buildings and monuments to the heroes Che Guevara, José Marti, and Camilo Cienfuegos (a key fighter in support of Fidel Castro. The tallest is a 358 ft. tower in the center.
Next we are serenaded at lunch while enjoying a lobster tail lunch.
After lunch, we go the cavernous San José Art Market looking for last minute gifts and souvenirs.
Then we drop in on an after school program at a “Boys and Girls Club”in an inner city neighborhood. We meet the upbeat Director, 6 vibrant and friendly girls and one boy, and their roaming cat.
It’s a short drive past some sad looking streets, the buildings, definitely not the people, and to El Capitolio which sits dominates one end of Paseo Prado. El Capitolio, completed ~1930, was inspired by the US Capitol. It housed Batista’s Parliament. Under the Communists El Capitolio was underutilized an allowed to fall into a state of disrepair. However, in January 2015, an effort at major renovation began, and we heard talk of the El Capitolio once again becoming Cuba’s Parliament building. We strolled along the Prado and it’s “Central Park.” Boasting landmark hotels, embassies, theaters and mansions, it retains a measure of it’s former grandeur.
On the way back to our hotel, our guides drove us over what is left of a once thriving Jewish neighborhood. Our bus stopped briefly at the Bet Shalom, a Conservative, Ashkenaski synagogue were we had a look around and a good conversation with a congregation elder.
That evening, the last item on our itinerary before flying home the next day, was dinner at an excellent government run in the Old Town.
On the way back to our hotel, our guides drove us over what is left of a once thriving Jewish neighborhood. Our bus stopped briefly at the Bet Shalom, a conservative, Ashkenaski synagogue were we had a look around and a good conversation with a congregation elder.
That evening, the last item on our itinerary before flying home the next day, was dinner at an excellent government run in the Old Town.
All video was shot on location in 1080HD with stero sound. Unless otherwise noted they were taken on location by Hessie and Tony Guida.
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Malecón Cuba Tour Havana Antique Cars San José Art Market “Boys & Girls Club” El Capitolio Paseo Prado Bet Shalom Synagogue
Dr. Maritza Corrales: The Chosen Island - Jews in Cuba - part 2 of 2
Maritza Corrales is a Cuban historian who has dedicated her life's work to researching the history of Jews in Cuba. Born in 1948, she is a graduate of the University of Havana (1972) and lives in Havana. She has been a consulting scholar to numerous research and academic institutions in Cuba and has published numerous articles on the history of Cuban Jews, and she has lectured at universities in Israel, Spain, Mexico and Cuba.
Cantor Lori Frank performs Ich Zing in Havana, Cuba on 1/10/2019
Cantor Lori Wilinksy Frank performs Ich Zing (Picon, Ellstein) at Patronato Beth Shalom in Havana, Cuba on January 10, 2019
Members Of Pinecrest Temple Travel To Cuba To Connect With Jewish Community There
CBS Miami’s Tiani Jones reports.
Between Revolution and Tradition.mov
Between Revolution and Tradition
Documentary about the struggle of the Jewish community in Cuba to preserve its identity. After the revolution of 1959, 90% of the 15.000 Cuban Jews left Cuba. The New Cuban constitution prohibited all form of religion, a ban that brought the remaining Jewish community close to extinction. Chanukah, a symbol for freedom of faith, is portrayed as a background theme while the film illustrates the Jewish community's struggle to maintain its identity. A successful struggle, which reached its climax with the famous visit of Fidel Castro to the Patronato synagogue in Havana.
Every Generation - Beth Shalom Northbrook
CUBA
A visit by the Rotenberg family to the Beit Shalom synagogue and community center in Havana, Cuba, on 14.4.2017
Interviewer Dalit Rotenberg
Photo by Yochai Rotenberg
Heaven: A View From Earth LIVE WEBCAST
Join us for the LIVE webcast of this year's inter-faith panel discussion from Beth Sholom Synagogue in Toronto with Rabbi Aaron Flazraich, Fr. Thomas Rosica, CSB and Justin Trottier of the Freethought Association of Canada, as they share a view from earth, with a look at heaven.
Watch it LIVE: Wednesday, March 14, 2012
7:30pm ET (4:30pm PT)
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