This virtual Zoom tour of Jewish Argentina will occur over two sessions, the first on April 28, beginning at 8:00PM, and the second on May 5,2021, also starting at 8:00PM.
Session 1 will cover the immigration and history of the Jews in Argentina between the 16th century and WWII, the Inquisition in Latin America, Jewish Gauchos and a pogrom in Buenos Aires.
A Q & A will follow.
Session 2 will cover Argentina during WW II, Nazis in Latin America, Eichmann, terror attacks, political and economic crises, emigration waves, Anti-Semitism and Jewish life and culture today in Argentina.
Q & A will follow.
Sponsor: EBJC, Cong Beth Israel; W Hartford, CT; Highland Park Consv Temp, NJ; Houston Cong Reform Judiasm, JCC of Paramus