Privacy Policy, 3-day trip to Historic Circuit Jewish Colonies in Entre Rios, Jewish experience in La Boca - Buenos Aires - Jewish Tour Buenos, Modern Jewish Community - Community Jewish City Tour in Mexico, Judaic Tourism in Latin-America - Jewish Tours, Jewish Tour - The Royal Jews of Seville and the Barrio de Santa Cruz, Jewish Cadix - From the Phoenicians to the New World. A couple of Jewish tombs can even be spotted at Buenos Aires famous Recoleta Cemetery, those of Benjamn Breitman, and the Uribe y Lecea family, both decorated with a Star of David. They bought land and established a colony named Moises ville. Comedian Adolfo Stray (birth name: Straijer) also characterized the Porteo Jew on stage and in his popular 1968 TV comedy program, El Superejecutivo Don Jacobo (The Super Executive, Mr. Jacobo). The private Buenos Aires Heritage tour starts with a visit to the Plaza de la Memoria, which was the location of the Israeli embassy before the devastating 1994 terrorist attack there. [37] On 9 August 2013 the words "Fuck Jewish" were found spray painted on the Temple Libertad synagogue in Buenos Aires, and on 17 August 2013 Swastikas were found painted on monuments, walls and private homes in Maip. Jewish Entertainment in Argentina The former city dwellers continued to struggle, living out of abandoned train wagons, and reaping little from the land. 20, 2021 Past Event Time: 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm EDT Cost: Free Add to The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) is a Jewish humanitarian organization working in 70 countries. One of the graffiti was "Be a patriot, kill a Jew",[46] and one another had swastika sprayed on the passage leading to the house of the Crdoba rabbi. When they finally headed north, malnutrition and a Typhus epidemic caused the death of 67 community members, mostly children. Jewish participation in the sport grew out of the citys social and sporting clubs and was key to the assimilation of new arrivals from Eastern Europe. History of the Jews in Latin America and the Caribbean Israel maintains an embassy in Buenos Aires and honorary consulates in Cordoba and Mendoza. Much of the Great European immigration wave to Argentina came from Western Europe, especially Italy. And for Argentine Jews like Leiva, the impact of the assistance cant be overstated. All rights reserved. In March 2016, the WJC held a special plenary assembly in Buenos Aires. The more residential Jewish neighborhood of Villa Crespo is sometimes affectionately referred to as Villa Kreplach by locals. Eighty-five, mostly Jewish people, died and around 300 were injured. [54] Towards the end of the year, a young Jewish man was violently attacked by a student in the private University of San Andrs who also shouted "long live the Holocaust". While Buenos Aires is the focal-point of Jewish life in Argentina, synagogues and Judaic community organizations can be found in a number of provincial capitals throughout the country. On the same block at Paso 745, Tov Lev features Kosher Shawarma, pastrami, apple latkes and Italian-inspired Argentine specialties prepared under the supervision of Rabbi Daniel Oppenheimer. [56], The Buenos Aires Jewish community was established in 1862 and held its first traditional Jewish wedding in 1868. Along with 20 other Angelenos on our 10-day excursion to Chile and Argentina, I visited the cities of Valparaiso, Santiago, and Buenos Aires. An organized Jewish community, however, did not develop until after Argentina gained independence from Spain in 1816. Within a week, his government had apprehended those responsible. Although not strictly Kosher, chef Toms Kalika offers a modern twist on traditional Ashkenazi and Sephardic recipes including kugel, kreplach, borscht, gefilte fish and pastrami cooked the Argentine way on a grill. Living in Mendoza with his wife and two young children, 39-year-old Maximiliano Leiva and his family struggled to make ends meet when the pandemic caused him to lose his job in the hospitality industry. The number of Jewish victims may have been as high as 3,000. The remaining 15 % are Sephardic, descendants of those from the Iberian Peninsula, the Middle East and North Africa. Those who follow South American football will be familiar with Jose Peckerman, former Argentinos Juniors player and manager of Colombias national team. [55], In April 2016 it was announced that Jewish community center and Temple NCI-Emanu El, which serves both Conservative and Reform branches, unanimously agreed to hold a same-sex wedding at the site, the first official same-sex Jewish wedding at a religious setting in Latin America. The Delegacin de Asociaciones Israelitas Argentinas (DAIA) is the formal Argentinian affiliate of the World Jewish Congress, but there is a long-standing cooperation between the DAIA and the Asociacion Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA), which participates actively in meetings of the WJC Plenary Assembly and Governing Board under the DAIA umbrella. Celebrating Jewish Life in Mendoza, Argentina Discover Mendoza, Argentina's largest wine region, nestled in the foothills of the Andes and famous for its Malbec red wine, and learn more about. How Buenos Aires' Jews have weathered the pandemic The decision also cited his denial of the Holocaust. Supporting Argentina's At-Risk Jewish Communities | JDC I cant stress how important that help was, she said. This growing secular group typically embraces their culture heritage, including the food, music and literature of Judaism while leaving the religious aspects aside. As Sephardic communities became more established, women's educational opportunities expanded, and women played important roles in philanthropy and Zionism. 80% of Argentine Jews reside in the City of Buenos Aires, with an additional 11,00 Jews living in Rosario and Cordoba. For kibbeh, and other traditional Israeli and Sephardic foods in simple surroundings, try the popular Yafo Kosher at Paso 747.