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'''Shmuel Szteinhendler''', a [[rabbi]] in [[Santiago, Chile]], is considered the current [[Chief Rabbi]] of [[Cuba]] as well as the regional director for [[Masorti Olami]] in [[Latin America]].<ref>[http://www.masortiworld.org/news/monthly-report/12-05/update-activities.htm Rabbis of Chilean Masorti Forum meet with Mr. Zeev Bielsky] Masorti World{{ |
'''Shmuel Szteinhendler''', a [[rabbi]] in [[Santiago, Chile]], is considered the current [[Chief Rabbi]] of [[Cuba]] as well as the regional director for [[Masorti Olami]] in [[Latin America]].<ref>[http://www.masortiworld.org/news/monthly-report/12-05/update-activities.htm Rabbis of Chilean Masorti Forum meet with Mr. Zeev Bielsky] Masorti World {{wayback|url=http://www.masortiworld.org/news/monthly-report/12-05/update-activities.htm |date=20080820020338 }}</ref> <ref>[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vjw/Cuba.html The Virtual Jewish History Tour Cuba] Jewish Virtual Library</ref><ref>[http://www.hadassah.org/news/content/per_hadassah/archive/2005/05_JAN/traveler.asp The Jewish Traveler: Havana] Hadassah Magazine{{Dead link|date=August 2011}}</ref> |
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Szteinhendler was born in [[Argentina]] and trained as a [[Conservative Judaism|Conservative]] rabbi in [[Buenos Aires]].<ref name="jo">Ozzie Nogg, [http://www.jewishomaha.org/page.aspx?id=119280 A Visit to Jewish Cuba: It’s Impossible to Come Back Unchanged], Jewish Press, The Jewish Federation of Omaha. Accessed August 15, 2011</ref> |
Szteinhendler was born in [[Argentina]] and trained as a [[Conservative Judaism|Conservative]] rabbi in [[Buenos Aires]].<ref name="jo">Ozzie Nogg, [http://www.jewishomaha.org/page.aspx?id=119280 A Visit to Jewish Cuba: It’s Impossible to Come Back Unchanged], Jewish Press, The Jewish Federation of Omaha. Accessed August 15, 2011</ref> |
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Revision as of 00:33, 23 January 2016
Shmuel Szteinhendler, a rabbi in Santiago, Chile, is considered the current Chief Rabbi of Cuba as well as the regional director for Masorti Olami in Latin America.[1] [2][3]
Szteinhendler was born in Argentina and trained as a Conservative rabbi in Buenos Aires.[4] He started visiting Cuba regularly since 1992, operating from his base in Guadalajara, Mexico, and oversaw a revival of the Jewish culture there, serving as an informal spiritual head of the Jewish community in Cuba.[5][6][7] Szteinhendler's visits to Cuba were sponsored by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.[7][8]
References
- ^ Rabbis of Chilean Masorti Forum meet with Mr. Zeev Bielsky Masorti World Archived 2008-08-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Virtual Jewish History Tour Cuba Jewish Virtual Library
- ^ The Jewish Traveler: Havana Hadassah Magazine[dead link]
- ^ Ozzie Nogg, A Visit to Jewish Cuba: It’s Impossible to Come Back Unchanged, Jewish Press, The Jewish Federation of Omaha. Accessed August 15, 2011
- ^ Jerry Berke, Havana Synagogue Dark for Decades is Once Again Aglow in the Light of Shabbat Candles, The Jewish Federations of North America. Accessed August 15, 2011
- ^ Dana Evan Kaplan, A Jewish Renaissance in Castro's Cuba, Judaism, Spring 2000. Accessed August 15, 2011
- ^ a b Kenneth Bandler, Argentine rabbi ignites fervor in dormant Cuban communities, The Jews of Cuba, 1996. Accessed August 15, 2011
- ^ Ruth Behar, An island called home: returning to Jewish Cuba, New Brunswick, N.J., Rutgers University Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8135-4189-1; p. 179