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Jewish Tour Buenos Aires 2024-2025

The agency specialized in Jewish Tours

We pick you up at your hotel with a modern private car or van 

Jewish Quarter  / AMIA-Jewish Federation /  Central Libertad Sinagogue ( Ashk. Reform. ) /  Israel Embassy Sq. / Jewish Museum /  Shoah Memorial at Buenos Aires Cathedral

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Buenos Aires has a genuine yiddishkeit that cannot only be expressed by words. From synagogues to Jewish food, we invite you to take part on the Argentinian Jewish experience. We offer private Jewish tours in Buenos Aires. In this tour you will also learn about:  Antisemitism in Argentina  The Arrival of the Holocaust Survivors Jewish first immigration to Argentina Current Situation of the Jewish Community in Argentina

Jewish Tour Inclusions

-Private tour guide -Private car or van with private driver -Pick up and drop off at your hotel or Airbnb -Guided visit to: Once – Jewish ‘quarter’, Paso Synagogue, Libertad Central Synagogue & Jewish Museum (same buidling), Israeli Embassy Square Memorial, Metropolitan Cathedral, Plaza de Mayo

*Covid-19 Safety Protocol

-All our tour guides and drivers are vaccinated

-We desinfect the vehicles before every tour

-If you have any further questions or concerns regarding COVID-19 protocol, please let us know.

Tour Itinerary / Jewish Heritage Buenos Aires

This private Jewish tour is focused on the history of the Argentinian-Jewish community, right from where it started, when the first immigrants arrived in the 19th century up to nowadays. During the tour, you will learn about the history of the first colonies in Argentina, along with the formation of the first Jewish community in Buenos Aires.

From the beginning of past century Jews settled up in Buenos Aires. But most significative Jewish organizations were held in Once, which still has a strong Jewish presence.

Jewish Quarter: We will start with the tour visiting and walking through the Jewish Quarter. Mezuzot are affixed to most of the textile storefronts in “Once”, the Jewish ‘quarter’. Kosher butcher shops, synagogues, yeshivas and Jewish schools are ubiquitous. Along our route, we will come upon the Paso Synagogue and AMIA (the JCC) . We enter to Paso Synagogue.

A vaulted ceiling showcase the second level seating and a third level of arched stained glass windows. But the true focal point is the magnificent multi-storey Aron Kodesh.

Jewish Museum: The collection focuses on Jewish culture and has an exhibit that sheds light on the Jewish Argentine cowboys (gauchos). The museum also holds a very rare collection of Sephardic toras from the Middle East.

AMIA : Argentine Israelite Mutual Association- Jewish Community Center. The AMIA bombing was an attack on the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA) building in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 18 July 1994, killing 85 people and injuring hundreds.

Next to Plaza Houssay we can appreciate the murals painted by Mariano Antedoménico, Martín Ron, and Mariela Ajras. The first mural depicts the moment after the explosion, the second shows the hospital who received the victims, and the third is a plea for justice.

Shoah Mural at the Metropolitan Cathedral : It is a Mural commemorating the victims of the Shoah installed within the Metropolitan Cathedral. On the fifth anniversary of its inauguration and in coincidence with the Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Plaza de Mayo: The Plaza de Mayo is a city square and main foundational site of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was formed in 1884 after the demolition of the Recova building, unifying the city’s Plaza Mayor and Plaza de Armas, by that time known as Plaza de la Victoria and Plaza 25 de Mayo respectively.

Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo is a movement of Argentine mothers who campaigned for their children who had been desaparecidos (disappeared) during the military dictatorship, pursuing the government for answers between 1977 and 2006.  At the Buenos Aires Jewish Tour you will learn what was the situation of the Jewish community in the last dictatorship.  10% of the desaparecidos were Jewish while Jews where less than 1% of Argentina’s total population.

The Jewish Buenos Aires tour takes approximately 3 hours

1-2 Passengers : u$d 200 (total price)

3-12 Passengers:  u$d 300 (total price)

13-18 Passengers:  u$d 350

Also, if you are looking for a walking tour, please contact us

Exclusions : 

-Jewish Museum and Central Synagogue  fee  (same building) , u$d 10 per person

-AMIA-JCC entrance fee. Visits at the JCC are available upon previous reservation

  Please let us know if you have a special  request or you need a special program

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Buenos Aires has the largest Jewish population in Latin America, and one of the seven largest in the world, and the Jewish community has made many contributions to the city’s culture and history. This itinerary takes in some of the most significant landmarks of Jewish Buenos Aires.

Start at Plaza Embajada de Israel, a square at the junction of Arroyo and Suipacha in the Retiro neighbourhood. This is a very poignant spot, not just for the city’s Jewish population, but for all in Buenos Aires. The Israeli Embassy after which the square is named was destroyed by a terrorist bombing that killed 22 people on March 17, 1992. Part of the wall of the original building has been preserved in memory of the attack, and 22 linden trees commemorate each of the people who were killed.

This terrible event, together with the bombing of the Jewish association AMIA in July 1994, left an indelible mark on all Argentine society irrespective of religion. Tributes to those who died in each attack can also be found in the Metropolitan Cathedral and the chapel Nuestra Señora del Carmen respectively.

From that poignant start, we can take a step back and explore the history of Buenos Aires’ Jewish community. Construction of the city’s oldest synagogue, the Sinagoga de la Congregación Israelita Argentina at Libertad 769, San Nicolás, began in 1897. The building was restructured in 1932. It has a Roman-Byzantine style and a facade with two rounded arches, sculptural mouldings, the Star of David and a mosaic depicting two hands with outspread fingers, representing the way that the priests of Jerusalem made blessings. The central nave faces Jerusalem and the synagogue has space for 1,000 worshippers.

Next to the synagogue is the Buenos Aires Jewish Museum , which tells the story of Jewish immigration to Argentina, the establishment of Jewish colonies, and the beginnings of the community in Buenos Aires. Another important museum in the city is the Holocaust Museum , a few blocks away at Montevideo 919. This museum exhibits various artefacts on the horror of the Holocaust and also runs courses to raise awareness against discrimination. The museum’s archives include testimonies from Holocaust survivors who migrated to Argentina.

The museum is close to the neighbourhood of Balvanera. Between 1907 and 1925, 60 per cent of the inhabitants of this area were Jewish, and today there are still many Jewish-run businesses in the area. At Pasteur 633, you can find the headquarters of the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA), a major Jewish association that was attacked in 1994 in the worst terrorist atrocity Argentina has experienced. The Pasteur metro station, at the junction with Avenida Corrientes, is decorated with art works commemorating the atrocity.

There are two Jewish cultural spaces in the neighbourhood that seem to remain immune to the passing of time: the theatre IFT (Boulogne Sur Mer 549), one of the pillars of independent theatre in the city, and the Fundación IWO (Ayacucho 483), which boasts a library of more than 40,000 volumes.

Lastly, it’s a worth getting off the beaten path and heading to the quiet neighbourhood of Coghlan to visit the Centro Ana Frank  Argentina (Superí 2467). Inaugurated in 2009 in commemoration of the 80 th anniversary of Anne Frank’s birth, this educational centre forms part of the Dutch organisation that preserves the Frank house in Amsterdam.

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Buenos Aires is home to what was once the most important Jewish community in South America. Join the tour guide, Mariana, virtually in Houssay square, two blocks away from the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA). Here, attendees talk about how the community arrived in this neighborhood and introduce the tragic attacks on AMIA by showcasing some fantastic murals that pay homage to the victims and the community. Then, travelers will set off to explore the many memorials and synagogues that surround the area. As attendees walk into the garment district of Buenos Aires, they’ll talk about parallels between Buenos Aires and New York City, including the local Jewish deli. Did you know potato knishes are round in Argentina?

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