A Mezuzah for Every Jewish Door in Cuba

An ongoing program started in 2002, Gary has worked with a number of organizations to help provide Judaica to those in Cuba without.

Stan Cohen of the B'nai B'rith Cuban Jewish Relief Project describes his and Gary's involvement:

"As International Chairman of the B’nai B’rith Cuban Jewish Relief Project, it has been a great honor to work with Gary Rosenthal, who is not only the leader in design of Judaica but a true humanitarian.

Attorney Richard Popkin, who has worked with the Jewish Community of Cuba and myself came up with the ambitious idea of seeing that every Jew in Cuba should have a piece of Judaica and a mezuzah for their home.

There are 1500 Jews in Cuba with little or no Jewish relics. We approached Gary Rosenthal with our idea and he said “There is no problem. I will supply you with anything that you need for the Jewish community.”

Gary and others came up with an idea to make the project even more meaningful by enlisting the Jewish Youth Philanthropy to help make the mezuzahs with the materials Gary would supply.

Over 100 sixth and 8th graders would complete these under Gary’s auspices. The rest is history.
The mezuzahs were taken to Cuba and distributed with great love to the families.

We and the Jewish community will forever be grateful to the wonderful tzedaka which was made possible by the Collections of Gary Rosenthal."

Stan is doing great work for the Jewish community of Cuba that extends well beyond Judaica and into community and individual support. We are proud to be a part of his work. If you are interested in a mitzvah project to help the Cuban Jewish community contact bbrelief@earthlink.net.