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
United States Custom House (Mayagüez, Puerto Rico) United States Custom House (Mayagüez, Puerto Rico) The U.S. Customs House or "Edificio Aduana" is a historic Custom House building located at Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. As of February 10, 1988, the building was owned by the U.S. Customs Service, Washington, D.C. It was built in 1838 to accommodate and lodge distinguished visitors that reached the port of Mayagüez. In 1898 the building became a Custom House. It originally had two floors but the second story was destroyed by the earthquake of 1918. Its present architectonic line is from the year 1924, being the work of engineers Huiguera and Besosa, being