The Shocking History of the Jews in Puerto Rico

You can know the songs, shop at the stores, and walk through Santurce without knowing much about Puerto Rico’s Jewish history. Parts of it are woven into places and names that already feel familiar. Other parts are harder to trace: faith practiced in secret, family customs whose meaning faded, refugees starting over after another forced departure. The question of what survives—and what a family stops talking about—stays with you.