Shmuel Szteinhendler Explained
Shmuel Szteinhendler, a rabbi in Santiago, Chile, is considered the current Chief Rabbi of Cuba and one of the most notable Rabbis 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]
Notes and References
- http://www.masortiworld.org/news/monthly-report/12-05/update-activities.htm Rabbis of Chilean Masorti Forum meet with Mr. Zeev Bielsky
- http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vjw/Cuba.html The Virtual Jewish History Tour Cuba
- http://www.hadassah.org/news/content/per_hadassah/archive/2005/05_JAN/traveler.asp The Jewish Traveler: Havana
- 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
- 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, ; p. 179