Article: TRAVEL: Celebration In The West Indies

Gabe Levenson
The Jewish Week
09-01-1994
TRAVEL: Celebration In The West Indies.

GABE LEVENSON

TRAVEL WRITER

Preparations are far advanced to celebrate 200 years of organized Jewish life in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The yearlong event, scheduled to begin next August, will be launched with a pilgrimage to Israel by virtually every member of the 150-family community.

The program that follows should make the historic synagogue in Charlotte Amalie, the Virgin Islands' capital, on the island of St. Thomas, a major destination for American Jews. Among the highlights are a concert by famed violinist Itzhak Perlman, a speech by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg and, possibly, a Yom HaShoah ...

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