History of the Jews in Puerto Rico of them fled to Miami, Florida; however, Puerto Rico also received a large influx of Jewish emigres from Cuba. Abe Fortas, who was an associate judge for the United States Supreme Court, and the son of Orthodox Jews, was a friend of Luis Muñoz Marin and frequented Puerto Rico often during Roosevelt's, Kennedy's, and Lyndon B. Johnson's administrations. He participated in the drafting of the Constitution of Puerto Rico and gave Luis Muñoz Marin and his administrators legal advice whenever called upon. According to Abe Fortas's biographer Laura Kalman, "Puerto Rico engaged Fortas. It became the one cause to which
Convention of Southern Baptists of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands SBC then uses gifts collected from all SBC state conventions to fund missions in the United States as well as send missionaries around the world. The Cooperative Program provides the opportunity for even the smallest church to be a part of fulfilling the Great Commission. Convention of Southern Baptists of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands The Convention of Southern Baptist of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (Spanish: Convención de Iglesias Bautistas del Sur en Puerto Rico e Islas Vírgenes) (CSBPR) is a group of churches affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention located in the U.S. territory of Puerto