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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 625

Fidel Castro

US President John F. Kennedy waves from his car in a motorcade approximately one minute before he was shot, in Dallas, November 22, 1963. Riding with President Kennedy are first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, right, Nellie Connally, second from left, and her husband, Texas Gov. John Connally, far left. (Jim Altgens/AP)
March 19, 2025, 10:39 am
Trump administration makes public thousands of files related to JFK assassination
About 2,200 files of over 63,000 pages posted to US National Archives but no narrative-changing revelations expected; some documents deal with CIA ploys against Cuba’s Castro
By Agencies
Genie Milgrom holding a plate of Chuletas. (Courtesy of Genie Milgrom)
December 29, 2024, 1:37 am
Cookbook author proves it’s possible to make delicious — and kosher — Cuban cuisine
New recipe compilation ‘Salsa!’ is the result of decades of trial and error to adapt beloved Cuban dishes so that they retain their layered flavor — minus the pork and shellfish
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Juan Bradman, center, with his brother Saloman and their father Julio, at their family’s shoe store in Matanzas, Cuba, 1949. (Courtesy Miriam Bradman Abrahams via JTA)
September 27, 2023, 6:47 pm
Juan Bradman, Cuban-Jewish exile whose life inspired a novel, dies at 90
Son of refugees was a circuit judge in rural Cuba when he fled Castro’s revolution for the US to start a new life as a social worker, then was a Holocaust and immigration educator
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
James Franco at the premiere of HBO's 'The Deuce' third and final season in New York, September 5, 2019. (Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
August 8, 2022, 10:45 pm
Fidel Castro’s daughter says kosher for James Franco to play her father
Alina Fernández, the dissident offspring of the Cuban dictator, defends selection of Jewish star for part, rejecting criticism from Latino actors
By ToI Staff
Raul Castro, first secretary of the Communist Party and former president, waves to members at the VIII Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba's opening session, as Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, right, applauds at the Convention Palace, in Havana, Cuba, Friday, April 16, 2021. (Ariel Ley Royero/ACN via AP)
April 17, 2021, 2:42 pm
Era ends as Raul Castro steps down as Cuba’s Communist Party chief
Departure leaves the island without a Castro guiding affairs for first time in more than six decades, handing control of the party to a younger generation
By Andrea Rodrguez
A father and her daughter, fans of Argentinian football legend Diego Maradona, mourn as they gather by the Obelisk to pay homage on the day of his death in Buenos Aires, on November 25, 2020. (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP)
November 26, 2020, 8:48 am
Argentines mourn Maradona, ‘the most human of gods’
Three days of national mourning called for star soccer player, a national icon who struggled with drugs throughout his career 
By Liliana Samuel
Gal Gadot at the 'Wonder Woman' premiere at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, California, May 25, 2017. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images/via JTA)
May 24, 2018, 1:06 pm
From superhero to producer: Gal Gadot signs on to Fidel Castro drama
The Israeli actress is partnering with former Warner Bros exec Sue Kroll and husband Jaron Varsano to create the Cuba-based journalism thriller, ‘My Dearest Fidel’
By Tracy Frydberg
Cuba's new president Miguel Diaz-Canel, left, and former president Raul Castro, raise their arms after Diaz-Canel was elected as the island nation's new president, at the National Assembly in Havana, Cuba, April 19, 2018. (Irene Perez/Cubadebate via AP)
April 19, 2018, 9:32 pm
Diaz-Canel replaces Raul Castro as Cuba’s president, marking end of an era
After over 60 years in which the Castro family ruled communist country, little-known 57-year-old takes over
By Michael Weissenstein and ANDREA RODRIGUEZ
Adela Dworin with Fidel Castro in Havana, in August 2010. Journalist Jeffrey Goldberg is at right. (Cubadebate state media)
February 19, 2018, 6:23 pm
When our woman in Havana asked Fidel Castro to the synagogue Hanukkah party
Adela Dworin doesn’t have to live in Cuba. Her friends left for Miami long ago. So why does she stay, running and schnorring for the Jewish community? Here’s her story, and Cuba’s
By David Horovitz
File photo taken on June 1, 2016 of Cuban Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart, son of Cuban leader Fidel Castro. (AFP/Adalberto Roque)
February 2, 2018, 7:21 pm
Fidel Castro’s eldest son commits suicide
A scientist who studied physics in the former Soviet Union, Fidel Jr. helped usher in nuclear power in Cuba; he reportedly suffered from ‘deep depression’
By AFP
Illustrative: An Israeli flag hangs on the wall of the Jewish Community Center in Havana, Cuba, where two men are speaking on August 1, 2004. (Serge Attal/Flash90)
December 25, 2017, 10:30 pm
Israel, Cuba sought to reestablish diplomatic ties — report
Channel 10: Following US lifting of embargo in 2015, with Canada as broker, Jerusalem sent delegate to Havana; talks ended with election of Trump
By ToI Staff
This file photo taken on October 24, 1962 shows US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy signing the order of naval blockade of Cuba at the White House in Washington, DC, during the Cuban missiles crisis. (AFP)
October 27, 2017, 5:23 pm
New JFK files reveal mafia plots, FBI warning on Oswald
Some documents remain classified for security reasons, but Trump gives agencies six months to make a case for keeping them secret
By Chris Lefkow
US President Donald Trump signs policy changes he is making toward Cuba at the Manuel Artime Theater in the Little Havana neighborhood on June 16, 2017 in Miami, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP)
June 17, 2017, 8:16 am
Trump thrusts US, Cuba back toward hostile relations
President denounces communist regime in Havana, vows to overhaul Obama’s ‘one-sided deal’
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Michael Weissenstein and Josh Lederman
An undated file photograph of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, left, and late Cuban Pesident Fidel Castro, made available by the Palestinian Authority in Gaza City of the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Palestinian Authority)
December 7, 2016, 3:27 am
Ramallah to name street after Fidel Castro
PA announces ‘gesture of gratitude’ to late Cuban leader for his support over the years
By JTA
The motorcade carrying the ashes of the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro makes its final journey towards the Santa Ifigenia cemetery in Santiago, Cuba, on Sunday, December 4, 2016. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
December 4, 2016, 4:16 pm
Fidel Castro’s ashes interred in a private ceremony
Event ends week-long national mourning of former Cuban leader that reached near-religious peaks of adulation
By CHRISTINE ARMARIO and Michael Weissenstein
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