Shmuel Szteinhendler

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]

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^ Rabbis of Chilean Masorti Forum meet with Mr. Zeev Bielsky Masorti World Archived August 20, 2008, 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 Archived 2011-10-02 at the Wayback Machine, 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 Archived 2011-08-12 at the Wayback Machine, 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

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[1] Rabbis of Chilean Masorti Forum meet with Mr. Zeev Bielsky Masorti World Archived August 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

[2] The Virtual Jewish History Tour Cuba Jewish Virtual Library

[3] The Jewish Traveler: Havana Hadassah Magazine^{[dead link]}

[jo-4] Ozzie Nogg, A Visit to Jewish Cuba: It’s Impossible to Come Back Unchanged Archived 2011-10-02 at the Wayback Machine, Jewish Press, The Jewish Federation of Omaha. Accessed August 15, 2011

[5] Jerry Berke, Havana Synagogue Dark for Decades is Once Again Aglow in the Light of Shabbat Candles Archived 2011-08-12 at the Wayback Machine, The Jewish Federations of North America. Accessed August 15, 2011

[6] Dana Evan Kaplan, A Jewish Renaissance in Castro's Cuba, Judaism, Spring 2000. Accessed August 15, 2011

[jc-7] Kenneth Bandler, Argentine rabbi ignites fervor in dormant Cuban communities, The Jews of Cuba, 1996. Accessed August 15, 2011

[8] 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

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