Cuba - Jewish Relief Mission - Get Involved

How can you help B'nai B'rith and the Cuban Jewish Relief Project?

You can help in small ways, or you can help in big ways.
 
Over the past several years B'nai B'rith has provided glasses for Alexandra, who has a rare visual problem. The synagogues need religious supplies and books. The books should be in Spanish and Hebrew.
An immediate and personal way to get involved is to participate in the Tzedakah Project, assisting elderly Jewish Cubans in coping with their daily lives. Government retirement benefits in Cuba equal approximately ten (10) United States dollars a month.

A new pair of glasses for Alexandra; cloth for a a new dress for Sarah; these are some of the small ways in which you can become involved. But these small items have a great impact in the lives of individuals. Alexandra can now read without struggling to see the words; Sarah has a new sense of pride and dignity. You can help children like Alexandra and Sarah as they struggle to cope in the poverty of Cuba, where the salary of a doctor is only $35 a month.

If you wish to help, we will arrange to have your gift delivered to the community. If you wish to help on more specifically, we will make certain that a congregation of your choice receives your donation. (See the list of synagogues on our sponsoring site.)

We also need educational materials in Spanish.

Individual families need the basics that many of us take for granted: toiletries, cooking utensils, writing paper, pens, envelopes, cloth, sewing supplies, good shoes. Look around at at the things you use every day, and that is what is needed. We ask that you not send your "yard sale" items but donate new materials or almost-new materials.

You can help a child, a family, a religious community. You can help in both small and large ways.

Maimonides Chapter President Issac Rousso (left) and Stan Cohen (center) with members of the Jewish community.

Director Steven Spielberg attended a film festival in Havana and visited the Patronato synagogue and the Ashkenazi Cemetary. Speilberg is shown here with a young congregant and Jose Miller, Community President. During his visit, Speilberg remarked, "When I meet Jews in Cuba, I'm reminded of why I'm proud to be Jewish." Photo By Errol Daniels.

Volunteer pharmacist Jerry Weisman has taken responsibility for separating all prescription medicine and providing brief descriptions of what the medicines do.

Contact Us

For more information on the Cuban Jewish Relief Project or to RSVP to a mission, please contact:

B'nai B'rith Cuban Jewish Relief Project
2020 K Street, NW, 7th Floor
Washington, DC 20006
(800) 656-5561 (toll-free number)
(202) 857-6609 (fax number)
travel@bnaibrith.org