Kenny Vance\’s multimillion-dollar beach house has stood proudly on the Long Island shore and weathered all manner of storms since 1916. Then came Sandy.
At San Juan\’s Congregation Sha\’are Zedeck, religious services are conducted from a bimah graced — on special occasions — with the flags of the United States, Puerto Rico and Israel. Yet 90 percent of the congregation\’s 255 member families trace their heritage to a fourth country — Cuba.
With up to 2,300 Jewish inhabitants, Puerto Rico has both the largest Jewish community in the Caribbean and the richest. It also is the only Caribbean island on which the Reform, Conservative and Orthodox movements are represented.
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