The Jewish community in Cuba, numbering 10, 000 persons before the Castro regime, has now been reduced to 2, 383 persons, according to reports reaching here today from Havana. The data are based on the distribution this year of Passover products sent to Cuba by Jewish organizations in Canada.
The report expressed the belief that about 400 Jews have left Cuba this year. This figure is also based on the distribution of matzohs and other Passover products. Last Passover there were 2, 785 recipients of such products, while this Passover their number decreased by 402. Considering that there is a shortage of food in Cuba, it is assumed that no Jew there, religious or non-religious, refused acceptance of Passover food. Of the 2, 383 recipients, 1, 907 were resident of Havana, while 476 resided in provincial towns. They constituted 760 families in Havana and 211 families in the provinces.
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