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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 568

Puerto Rican Jewish community

The Jewish creators of 'West Side Story,' Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents, on the opening night of the original Broadway musical, on September 26, 1957. (Ben Martin/Getty Images/ via JTA)
December 12, 2021, 2:53 am
Jews were behind the original ‘West Side Story’ and today’s remake. Should they be?
Originally titled ‘East Side Story,’ the musical was about warring Jews and Catholics and was altered to reflect a changing NYC. Now, critics ask: Is the classic truly ‘timeless’?
By Jordyn Haime
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (L) helps light a candle at a Hannukah celebration on December 9, 2018 ( Jews for Racial & Economic Justice/Twitter)
December 10, 2018, 8:52 am
Ocasio-Cortez tells Hannukah party she has Sephardi roots
Newly elected US congresswoman says her ancestors fled to Puerto Rico during Spanish Inquisition
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Family members collect belongings after hurricane force winds destroyed their house in Toa Baja, west of San Juan, Puerto Rico, on September 24, 2017 following the passage of Hurricane Maria. (AFP PHOTO / Ricardo ARDUENGO)
October 4, 2017, 6:48 am
Jewish group flies aid to San Juan, gets stranded man to son’s wedding
UJA-Federation of New York brings food, water and other supplies to ‘desperate’ Puerto Rico, gives firefighter who had been stuck on island ride back
By JTA
Eli Rowe's team of 12 delivered supplies to the San Juan Chabad, as well as to vulnerable areas throughout Puerto Rico's capital, September 25, 2017. (Courtesy of Rowe/via JTA)
October 1, 2017, 12:21 am
Puerto Rico’s Jews turn to helping neighbors ravaged by Hurricane Maria
With all of the island’s 1,500 Jewish community members safe and accounted for, the next step is distributing food and water to those in need
By Ben Sales
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