Talk:History of the Jews in Puerto Rico

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	A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on November 15, 2008. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Jewish immigration to Puerto Rico began in the 15th century and that Puerto Rico has the largest and richest Jewish community in the Caribbean?

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This article is extremely interesting. I never had the opportunity to know about this topic about my own island of Puerto Rico and its people. Ah? we are an small island but very famous because our people in lots of disciplines. I am not who to rate any article in Wikipedia but I think is A⁺ .In fact I never knew that Freddie Prinze, Jr. and Geraldo Rivera were Puerto Rican's in descend. I once heard that George Romero (Filmmaker) had some Puerto Rican blood but I am not sure. Mi hermano, this article is awesome. Congratulations! ~~Io_Wiki2007~~ (talk) 20:34, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I concur, this article is definitely one of the best articles in the entire Project Puerto Rico. In fact, Tony has done a superb job with the immigration in Puerto Rico articles in general, which were the weakest of the specialized articles.

As to any missing information, this is not a static thing so just add anything that is sourced relevant and of good quality. Thanks! --Cerejota (talk) 13:06, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

George Romero has ZERO Puerto Rican ancestry. "I heard" is not a fact. I have no clue where you heard that. His parents were both of Castilian ancestry and lived in Cuban. Freddie Prinze, Sr, had ZERO Jewish ancestry. This has been refuted multiple time. He claimed Jewish ancestry because he perceived it to be an advantage in show business. (166.155.87.202 (talk) 21:20, 7 April 2022 (UTC))[reply]

Why use people that can't support your article? How can you claim that some of these people are jewish puertorican's without research. Research is an important part of putting out correct information. Most of the people mentioned in this article where in fact born in the mainland of the U.S. from a jewish parent and a puertorican parent. This does not qualify them to be jewish puertoricans from the island. Gerald Rivera was born and raised in Brooklyn New York from a Puertorican father and a Jewish Mother. The same goes for Brenda K. Starr who was born in New York and Freddie Prinze father and son. Freddie Prinze Sr was born in New York and his son was born in Los Angeles California. This article needs to be rewritten and reposted with correct info.

• Why don't you learn to take the time to read what has been clearly stated:

  "The following is a list of notable Puerto Ricans who are of Jewish descent. This list also includes people of Puerto Rican and Jewish descent born in the United States as well as Jews who adopted Puerto Rico as their homeland."

  For your information Rivera, Prinze and Starr have always indentified themselves as Puerto Ricans and all names are cited with reliable verifiable sources as required by Wikipedia policy. Tony the Marine (talk) 21:34, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Joaquin is Puerto Rican by birth. his mom just happen to be there when he was born. he's not a real Puerto Rican. much like Obama was born in Hawaii but he's not Polynesian. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.245.120.217 (talk) 00:36, 16 February 2009 (UTC) >[reply]

• You don't even know what you are talking about. "Joaquin is Puerto Rican by birth, he's not a real Puerto Rican". You don't make any sense. You don't even know what a Puerto Rican is, because if you did you wouldn't have written that nonsense. Tony the Marine (talk) 02:02, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The original poster is correct. He's of Jewish heritage from his American-born mother (nee Dunetz) and his parents are not of Puerto Rican heritage. John McCain was born in Panama but is not identified as a Panamanian. --47.156.92.162 (talk) 01:40, 1 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Nearly all of the individuals named in this article as examples of prominent Puerto Rican Jews would neither be considered to be Jewish under traditional Jewish law (e.g., born to a Jewish mother) nor considered themselves to be Jewish (i.e., accepted the beliefs and followed the practices of the Jewish religion, or saw themselves as members of Puerto Rico's Jewish community). In most cases, these are the children of Jewish fathers who were raised as Catholics in the general community. So these individuals are NOT Puerto Rican Jews, but rather Puerto Ricans who have Jewish ancestors.

This distinction needs to be made clear in this article, which would also benefit from more information on individuals who actually consider themselves to be members of Puerto Rico's Jewish community. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.47.167.219 (talk) 03:20, 12 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Provide us with the reliable verifiable sources which proofs that most of the individuals named in this article are not considered to be Jewish nor considered themselves to be Jewish. Thank you. Tony the Marine (talk) 03:13, 1 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Rabbi A. Spiegel, Ph.D.  was the Rabbi and Minister at Congregation Sbaarei Zedek of Harlem in New York City. However,  In 1898 when the U.S. won Puerto Rico from Spain in the Spanish-American War he stayed on to set up the first Jewish Synagogue in Ponce, Puerto Rico. While the Synagogue was being build, he was holding services at the facilities of the local Elks Club until it was finish.

Source is in the history books. I know this to be factual because he is my Great Grandfather.

• Very interesting. Thanks for the info. Tony the Marine (talk) 01:17, 29 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]