International Association of Jewish
Genealogical Societies - Cemetery Project
PUERTO RICO
THE JEWISH COMMUNITY
http://www.haruth.com/JewsPuertoRico.html
Shaare Zedek Synagogue-Community Center
903 Ponce de Leon Avenida
Santurce 00907.
Tel. 809 724 4157
Source:
Select the Puerto Rico link at
http://www.worldjewishcongress.org/comm_north.html:
"When the island passed from Spanish to American rule at the end of the
Spanish-American War in 1898, there were practically no Jews there.
However, with the rise of Nazism in Europe, Jewish refugees made their
way to Puerto Rico. The Jewish Community Center was founded in 1942. In
the 1950s and 1960s, the community was bolstered by the arrival of Jews
from the United States and Cuba. Most of the Jews live in the capital,
San Juan. There are a few families in Ponce and Mayaguez."
THE CEMETERIES
TOWN?
A cemetery with Jewish burials exists according to Yahrzeit supplied by Dr. Leonard Spialter spialtel@dmapub.dma.org. [The location is unspecified.]
All individuals involved in the creation of this project are volunteers.
The right to make one copy for personal use with full citation is hereby granted;
however, no profit is to be made from the use of this website's information.
No reply will be made to inquiries about specific burials. All information that we possess is on the website. We have no other information so please do not write requesting any on either burial sites or individual burials.
Revised Tuesday, November 15, 2005 01:53:06