Today is our tour of Jewish Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires has a
large and thriving Jewish community. The heart of this community is the AMIA
cultural center building. The building we visit has very tight security,
following it’s rebuilding after a terrorist bombing in 1994. This organization
supports the charitable and cultural pursuits of the Jews in Buenos Aires. The Israeli Embassy had been bombed as well
in 1992, and we visited the site where it had been. We also entered two beautiful synagogues, one
Sephardic and one Ashkenazi. Another Jewish twist was that in one of the pews
of the Catholic Church of Buenos Aires there is a tribute to the Jews that lost
their lives during the Holocaust.
Our afternoon was free, and we had lunch in the Palermo Soho
neighborhood, and did a little shopping. However, the 100 degree temperatures
wilted us a bit. Max & Sabrina
attempted to visit the incredible Teatro Colon, but it was sold out! L That is definitely
someplace we all should have gone!
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