A Jewish youth, Manuel Stolik Novygrod, 22, veteran of the Cuban revolution, is Premier Fidel Castro’s diplomatic representative in Canada, according to a report in the Western Jewish News published here.
Novygrod claims pride in his Jewish origin and deems himself loyal to the Jewish faith despite his marriage to an observant Catholic girl. The Cuban official asserts that because of his preoccupation with the revolution he had to forego his Jewish education. He emphasizes, however, that an older brother “was truly Yiddish and that a younger brother is being sent to heder in Havana.”
He says that he is “inspired and proud of the Jewish state of Israel,” and stated that Cuba’s 15, 000 Jews have a beautiful synagogue, two Yiddish newspapers as well as publications in Spanish.
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