Jewish Buenos Aires Tours
by Local Private Tour Guide from the Comunity-Andrea liz Roiter
A LITTLE INTRODUCTION
Jewish in Argentina
Argentina is home to nearly 200,000 Jews, making it the largest community in Latin America and the seventh largest in the world. The majority of Argentine Jews are Ashkenazi, with roots in Central and Eastern Europe, although there is a sizable Sephardic minority

Life in Argentina
The primary Jewish political institution is the Delegación de Asociaciones Israelitas Argentinas (DAIA), which lobbies for the interests of the community and its constituent organizations. Also there is the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentin (AMIA) responsible for social services, including education, healthcare, employment, burial services and more. The headquarters of the Latin American Jewish Congress are located in Buenos Aires.
Let´s discover the history....
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In 1992 the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires was bombed. The United States blamed Hezbollah
Two years later, a car bomb exploded in front of the AMIA building in downtown Buenos Aires, It was the largest terrorist attack in.
In 2015, following years of judicial irregularities, government prosecutor Alberto Nisman, accused President Cristina Kirchner of covering information to achive the truth of those attacks. Soon after, Nisman was found dead in his Buenos Aires apartment.
