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Because it meant a big move — and the need to live tem- porarily apart from her husband, Stanley, an English teacher in Westfield — she talked it over at length with her husband and her adult sons, Rami, 24, and Ilan, 21. "And the more we thought about it, the more enthusiastic we were," says Rabbi Friedman. Her congregants are a diverse group. One third are Puerto Ri- cans who are married to "conti- nentals," the term used for those Okemos Travel 800-798-7040 ISRAEL *PLUS • • RESTRICTIONS APPLY• PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE Internotioriul Airlines Travel > Lt Network I• ust like many rabbinical students, Susan Friedman wanted her first rabbinical assignment to be challeng- ing and special. But she never imagined just how unusual it would be. On January 31, Rabbi Fried- man of Westfield, N.J., was in- stalled as the first full-time rabbi of a small Reform congregation far from home — on a tropical is- land in the Caribbean. She's now rabbi of Temple Beth Shalom in San Juan, Puer- to Rico. It's one of only two Re- form congregations in the Caribbean, the other being in nearby St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Meeting the rabbi and visiting this small but flourishing con- gregation was one highlight of a recent trip to San Juan. From earlier visits, I was al- ready acquainted with Beth Shalom and its dedicated con- gregation. They had transformed a former run-down bar, the Ninth Inning Bar, into a simple but beautiful sanctuary, where they worship every Friday evening— Domestic & European Destinations Minimum 20% Discount Off Lowest Published Fares BEST /WW • • - lEAILAC*IE PR06RAM S.F.1111a111411G San Juan Congregation Welcomes First Rabbi PHOTO BY RU TH ROVNE All Tours Include: * FUT via EL AL * Deluxe Hotels 2x Newest Air - Cond. Luxury Coaches 42 Israeli Breakfasts & Kosher Dinners Daily *Inspiring Sightseeing with the BEST Licensed Guides & Drivers * 2 HR. 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"These are people who have Beth Shalom was founded in had a sense of adventure about 1967, and for more than 30 years, their lives. They've come here the congregants got along with- from many parts of the world," out a rabbi. But now for the first she says. time, they have one. This was just the type of con- "This congregation is so open, gregation with which she wanted warm and full of energy," says to work. "I like to pose challenges Rabbi Friedman, who was or- to people; I like them to stretch dained by Hebrew Union College themselves," says the rabbi. r/