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Records of the Israelite Community of Uruguay Kehilá Ashkenazí (Comunidad Israelita del Uruguay Kehilá Ashkenazí)

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2019.97.1 | RG Number: RG-73.005

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    Overview

    Description
    Marriage and death registers, minutes of the General Assembly, (Yiddish), minutes of the Board of Directors, proceedings of the General Council, records of the Commission of Education, and minutes of the Plenary Council,.
    Date
    inclusive:  1917-2016
    Collection Creator
    Comunidad Israelita del Uruguay, Montevideo
    Comunidad Israelita del Uruguay Kehilá Ashkenazí
    Biography
    The first Jews arrived in Uruguay at the end of the 19th century from neighboring countries. From the twentieth century began to arrive from overseas pushed by the crisis of the Ottoman Empire and the persecution of the Tsarist Empire. Later the Jews came from Hungary, and finally from Germany with the assumption of Hitler to power in January 1933 in Germany. The degree of religiosity was an especially differentiating feature since among these immigrants there were strict orthodox believers who maintained only the most important traditions, freethinkers and agnostics. Despite these differences, they built a deep sense of solidarity. Little by little synagogues, schools, libraries, Yiddish, Ladino and Spanish newspapers, and a Jewish cemetery were built.
    These immigrants came mostly from modest homes and when they arrived in Uruguay, they worked in the most diverse jobs: in the refrigeration industry, in the streetcar company, in street vending, in commerce and in small clothing and carpentry workshops. .Also, those who settled in the interior of the country formed some agricultural cooperatives. Uruguay was a country that had opened its doors to immigrants from all backgrounds and where the Church was separated from the state. The economic possibilities offered by the country helped a social ascent. With a clear sense of identity, the Jews were gradually integrated into society. Their children were starting to be born in the new Latin American country where they had decided to take root. The disturbing European situation with the growth of Nazism and fascism, and the social consequences in our country, made the Judeo-Uruguayan community organized and waged an intense struggle, in collaboration with the democratic sectors of Uruguayan society.
    Since 1940, the Central Committee of Israel has played an important role in these difficult years and, to this day, it is the representative entity of the Uruguayan Jews and of the Jewish Zionist institutions.
    The Committee also actively contributed to the task that made possible the creation of the State of Israel.
    Today the majority of the Jewish population lives in Montevideo. However, there are population centers in Paysandú in an organized way. The Jewish population of Uruguay is 1% of the total Uruguayan population.
    Kehilá was founded on July 18, 1916, with the mission of satisfying the needs of the members of the Jewish community of Uruguay: to promote their development as whole people, seeking a harmonious balance in all its dimensions: physical, emotional, mental and spiritual

    Physical Details

    Language
    Spanish Yiddish
    Extent
    13,147 digital images : TIFF ; 27.1 GB .
    System of Arrangement
    Arranged in three groups: 1. Marriage and death registers, 1917-2016; 2. Minutes, 1948-2017; 3. Records of creation of various commissions,1976-2001.

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. No other access restrictions apply to this material.
    Conditions on Use
    Fair use only.

    Keywords & Subjects

    Geographic Name
    Montevideo (Uruguay)

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Source of acquisition is the Israelite Community of Uruguay Kehilá Ashkenazí (Comunidad Israelita del Uruguay Kehilá Ashkenazí). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in March 2019. Note: This is a cooperative project with the Arkhiyon ha-merkazi le-toldot ha-ʻam ha-Yehudi (Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People (CAHJP) Jerusalem).
    Record last modified:
    2023-06-09 13:37:44
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