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Ten Cuban Jews found themselves standing in awe at Judaism's holiest site on Thursday, after a year of tough negotiations to bring the first group of Cuban Jews to Israel. Israel and Cuba have had no diplomatic ties since Cuba severed relations following the 1973 Mideast war. The Cuban government was reluctant to give the Jews permission to make the trip, fearing they would not return. Taking in the site where the biblical Jewish Temples stood, by coincidence on the day when Jews mourn their destruction, Yohandi Crespo, 25, said, "This is just wonderful, very emotional." Crespo came from the...