From the beginning, the creators of the project knew that the new Jewish Community Center would be a religious, institutional and cultural center for the Jewish population of Costa Rica's capital city of San Jose and beyond. It was designed according to standards outlined in the Kaballah, and it includes a range of hand-crafted stonework.
“We used Jerusalem Cream and Jerusalem Gold limestone,†the architect explained through an interpreter. “It was used in many finishes - polished, bushhammered, flamed, honed and in its natural cut state.†The material was quarried in Israel by Alony Marble, and all of the stone was supplied through Rocazul, which has branches in Costa Rica, Venezuela and the U.S.