The Jewish World

The Jews of Argentina | Silvina Frydlewsky of Buenos Aires

Rabbi Elchanan Poupko Season 1 Episode 13

Who are the Jewish Gauchos and cowboys of Argentina?
Do Argentina’s Jews get Kosher meat from their own country or do the shoemaker’s children go around barefoot?
What Jewish education options are there for Jews in Argentina? 
Is it safe to walk with a Kippa in the streets of Buenos Aires? 
How do the 1994 AMIA Jewish community center bombing and the Argentinian government’s cover-up of it continue to affect Jewish life in Argentina?
Is the impact of Nazi war criminals who fled to Argentina still felt today? 
Is there a distinct Jewish Argentinian cuisine? Has sushi taken over Argentina’s Jewish community?
Are young Jews staying in Argentina or moving elsewhere?

How does Argentina’s relationship with Israel and other large Jewish communities change Jewish life in Argentina? 

All that and more with Silvina Frydlewsky from Buenos Aires, in conversation with Rabbi Elchanan Poupko