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First Time Buyer deducted from price where applicable to qualified buyers. 6.9% for up to 48 months in lieu of rebate on select models. Based on approved credit. Prices Expire May 11, 1990. - 281 1 "I TELEGRAPH AT 12 MILE & 1-696 SOUTHFI ELD H E U N E A T A B E D A L E R THE UNBEATABLE DEALER 10 FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1990 THE UNBEATABLE DEALER THE UNBEATABLE DEALER ars climb slowly up hilly Crystal Gade street in St. Thomas. Pedestrians walk slowly, too, especially in the tropical sun. Halfway up the hill, a sign reads "Synagogue" and an ar- row points the way. Then around a bend, the synagogue itself is visible: a simple, one-story structure with unusual circular brick columns. Steps lead the way to a gate. And beyond it, more steps - marble ones this time - lead to the entrance. Despite the climb - and then the steps - tourists who finally enter the sanctuary of St. Thomas' only synagogue always feel the trek was worth it. Soft sand covers the floor. An 18-arm candelabra hangs from the ceiling. The arched windows surrounded by brick, the polished wooden pews, the sturdy central bimah - all create a sense of beauty and of solid, enduring history. "Many tourists are at first surprised that such a beautiful synagogue exists on this small island and that it has such an illustrious history," Rabbi Stanley Relkin says. Built in 1833 after fire destroyed an earlier struc- ture, the synagogue has been the spiritual home of Jews on the island ever since. Travel brochures for St. Thomas call this the second oldest synagogue in the Western Hemisphere. The oldest is on Dutch-owned Curacao. But the rabbi puts it differently. "The is probably the oldest synagogue building in continuous use under the American flag," says Relkin, who's been rabbi here since 1976 and helped edit a history of the congregation. His phrasing is careful. Curacao's synagogue is older, but that's a Dutch island. St. Thomas, part of the U.S. Virgin Islands, has been an unincorporated American ter- ritory since the United States purchased it from the Dutch in 1917. "I like to call it new wine in old skin," Relkin says, referr- ing to the way a modern Reform congregation has adapted to the "old skin" of a historic synagogue. Because of its history and beauty, the synagogue is a prime tourist destination. It's visited by Jews and non-Jews alike, Relkin says. Cruise ship passengers, beachcombers, shoppers who come to St. Thomas for duty-free bargains, sightseers - all make their way to the sanc- tuary on Synagogue Hill, as the street is popularly know. "We recently estimated that we get about 10,000 visitors a year," Relkin says. And some visitors, he says, are so enthusiastic that they join the Hebrew Congrega- tion of St. Thomas even though they're tourists. "We have honorary and associate members from all over the world who have enrolled as supporters of this small congregation," Relkin says. While resident members number just 200, the associate membership, Relkin says, now numbers 1,500 and is still growing. As for the full-fledged resi- dent members, most are "con- tinentals" from the main- land, who came to establish businesses since the 1960s when the island began its economic development. "Some people are surprised to find a modern congregation that's alive and thriving," Relkin says. "They sometimes