A Jewban’s Story, the Cuba I Remember:: The Memoirs Of Joseph Shuman

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“There are Jews in Cuba?”

People ask Dr. Joseph Shuman this question innocently enough after they find out he’s from Cuba, but few are prepared for his dramatic story.

It begins together with his mother and father fleeing Eastern Europe. Both witnessed horrifying pogroms—violent riots through which Jews were murdered and their homes and businesses destroyed. To flee the terror, they emigrated within the 1920s, landing in Cuba, which had fewer immigration restrictions than the US.

Many immigrants stayed only so long as they needed to before heading to the US. Shuman’s parents, who met and married within Cuba’s close-knit Jewish community, chose to stick. Shuman grew up within the Cuba of the 1940s, a carefree and joyful decade.

But Shuman’s circle of relatives watched in dread as the political climate turned toxic within the 1950s, culminating in Fidel Castro seizing power and transitioning Cuba’s government to communism. Jewish citizens who had fled communism before were on edge, and Shuman and his circle of relatives joined the flood of refugees hoping to make a new life in the US.

A Jewban’s Story is a powerful look into the persecution and successes of a resilient people across continents, decades, and cultures.

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