The Youth Of Cuba's Tiny Jewish Minority
On a Friday night at Beth Shalom in January 2020, only 70 of the 270 synagogue seats were filled at least a quarter of them by tourists. Adriana Quiones, 19, led the evening services, chanting at the bema in Hebrew beside her ex-boyfriend, Jonathan, in a highlighter-yellow dress. While Quiones can read Hebrew beautifully,