Salud! Celebrating Jewish Life in Mendoza, Argentina A comprehensive listing of Mendoza Synagogues, Mendoza Shuls and MendozaJewish Temples from MavenSearch, the Jewish Directory There are also sizable Jewish communities in the cities of Santa Fe, Corrientes, La Plata, Baha Blanca, Mendoza and Mar del Plata. A plaque lists their names in Spanish and Hebrew. Until a couple of years ago Cafe Bernardo was open 24 hours, much like other historic bars such as San Telmos Bar Britanico, but after 60 years of never closing, they now close for a well-deserved siesta at 5 a.m. for a few hours. Argentinas most popular soccer team, the Boca Juniors. The Ashkenazi Jews from Eastern Europe who settled in Argentina were called rusos (Russians) by the local population.. History of the Jews in Argentina - WikiMili, The Best Wikipedia Reader The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) is a Jewish humanitarian organization working in 70 countries. Thats when Sandra reached out to the Jewish Community of Cordoba, a city located 500 miles northwest of Buenos Aires, which was part of the welfare network set up by JDC and local partners to help the Argentine Jewish community, providing them with medical care, food boxes and vouchers, and giving Werner the tools she needed to get back on her feet. History of the Jews in Argentina - Wikipedia How Buenos Aires' Jews have weathered the pandemic He was known to admire the Italian Fascist leader, Benito Mussolini. [51] On the beginning of March a Jewish center and a cemetery was desecrated with antisemitic graffiti in Rosario. Whilst we do not display any advertising on the WJC website, allowing marketing cooking may allow other sites to see that you have visited our site. Despite Argentinas shrinking Jewish population, Weinstein says, Judaism can be felt and lived in so many ways and that is still the case today. Of the 1,510 Argentines surveyed, 82% agreed with statements "that Jews are preoccupied with making money," 49% said that they "talk too much about what happened to them in the Holocaust", 68% said that they have "too much power in the business world", and 22% said that the Jews killed Jesus.