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Analysis: The Unwelcomed Jewish Cubans In Miami

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The Unwelcomed Jewish Cubans in Miami
When people need to relocate to a new home, let alone another country, for the second time, the move is going to come along with a variety of struggles. For instance, for many Jews moving to another place meant they had to adjust to new languages, customs, people, climate, etc. because they moved to a completely new continent, not just country. Nevertheless, a successful arrival depended on what connections they had, and if they were Ashkenazi or Sephardic made a huge impact on how fast they adjusted to a new home. Furthermore, when Cuban Jews arrived in Miami, American Jews acted unhospitable towards the Jewish refugees. On this paper, I argue that Jewish Cubans received a lukewarm welcome when they …show more content…

When the first immigrants arrived in Miami from Cuba in the 1960s, they did not have the appearance of needing help to be established in the United States because the American Jews saw them as wealthy (Bettinger-Lopez 3). However, the Cuban Jews did not have their belongings or a place to live in, since they had to evacuate Cuba in a rushed matter because Castro took over Cuba. Many of them did not speak English either, so there was a language barrier as well. Nonetheless, “they received a lukewarm welcome from the established American Jewish community” when arriving in Miami (Bettinger-Lopez 4). The new comers were ignored, judged, and discriminated against. This was the fate for most of the Jewish Cubans, and the way to avoid the lukewarm welcome was to either have family or friends who would help them get …show more content…

Not even because they were Jewish, Ashkenazi or Sephardic, would the Jews in America accept the Jewish Cubans. On the contrary to the Spanish speaking Sephardic Jews coming in from Cuba faced discrimination from the Jews of Miami. There was a lack of interest compounded by an “anti-Latin sentiment” in the large Ashkenazi American Jewish society in Miami towards the Jewish Cubans (Bettinger-Lopez 4). It was not acceptable to be speaking Spanish according to American Jews, but that was the only language Cuban Jews knew or the language they spoke amongst themselves. It is not even a matter of the people in Miami just ignoring the Cuban refugees, but they would make it known they were not welcomed. The people coming in to the U.S. were foreign, and had an accent, which automatically meant they were not one fit to be one of them (Bettinger-Lopez 5). Furthermore, American Jews would even suggest to the Jewish Cubans they should return to Cuba, knowing well they could not do so. American Jews did not even offer moral support which did not cost them money to do

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