Twenty teen-agers from Long Island, N.Y.; Miami; and San Juan, Puerto Rico, recently returned from what is believed to be the first Jewish teen mission to Cuba. In a five-day trip sponsored by the Union of American Hebrew Congregations and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, the group brought books, medication and clothing.
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