Reply #22: Interesting hotel catering to Jewish clientele open in Cuba

[Judi Lynn]

With rooms named from Bible,
historic Cuban hotel caters to Jews
By Larry Luxner



HAVANA, Oct. 30 (JTA) — Care for an authentic Cuban mojito at the L’chaim bar? How about Israeli salad, matzah-ball soup and cheese blintzes?
They’re all now on the menu at the Hotel Raquel, Cuba’s first boutique hotel catering specifically to adventurous Jewish tourists.

Richly illustrated passages from the Old Testament cover the walls of the small but elegant property, located in what was once a thriving Jewish neighborhood of Old Havana.

The 25-room hotel originally was built as a bank in 1908, a time when thousands of impoverished Jews from Eastern Europe, Turkey and Syria were immigrating to Cuba. (snip/...)

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