Jewish tour

Did you know that Argentina is the home to the largest Jewish Community in Latin America?
Did you know that in Buenos Aires there is a Kosher McDonald’s?

Did you know that Police stations located in the traditionally Jewish neighborhoods of Buenos Aires have their signs written in Hebrew?

This tour is not only about visiting meaningful sites, but more about learning and diving into the History of the Jewish immigration to Argentina, deeply exploring the tragic episodes that dramatically changed the community and celebrating the active dynamic life of the Argentinean Jewish Community as it is today.

During the itinerary, we will visit the place where the Israeli Embassy was located before a terrorist bombing attack destroyed the building in 1992. We will see the Israeli Embassy Plaza, a memorial devoted to the victims of that cruel attack.

Then, we will visit the  traditional Jewish neighborhood of "ONCE". There, we will visit the new AMIA building (Mutual Association Israelite Argentina - Community Center), which was bombed in 1994, leaving 85 victims.

At AMIA we will be hosted by a representative of the Vaad Hachinuch Hamerkazi, the Central Board of Jewish Education in Argentina.

Then, we will visit  the most emblematic synagogues of the area: The Great Temple of Paso St. (Ashkenazi; built in 1929) and Yesod Hadat (Sephardic; opened in 1936).

Near the Teatro Colon, the Opera House of Buenos Aires, is located the synagogue which belongs to the oldest congregation in the country, the Israelite Congregation of the Argentinean Republic. We will take a guided visit to this magnificent synagogue, opened in 1932 and to the Jewish Museum of Buenos Aires.

The AMIA was founded in 1894 as a Chevra Kadisha, a burial society which main goal was to create a Jewish Cemetery in Great Buenos Aires. We will visit the Tablada Cemetery, the largest Jewish Cemetery of Argentina.