\” . . .In Argentina, we don\’t think that one country has to base its relationship with another country on a relationship which that country has with a third nation . . .\”
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In the 1950s, a few years after Yiddish culture in Europe had been decimated, there was a bustling metropolis in the Western Hemisphere that still had a thriving Yiddish culture. This city had a number of schools in which classes were taught in Yiddish; there was an active theatrical scene, a couple of daily newspapers, books, literary magazines, songs and musicals — all in Yiddish. There were Yiddish comedians, as well as cafes where Yiddish-speakers gathered to chat and drink tea with a bissel (little) lemon. And there were vacation resorts, a few hours\’ drive from the city, where Yiddish was regularly heard. New York? Montreal? Actually, Buenos Aires.
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Community briefs.
Nathan Englander\’s new novel, \”The Ministry of Special Cases\” (Alfred A. Knopf), begins on a dark night in a dangerous time: \”Jews bury themselves the way they live, crowded together, encroaching on one another\’s space. The headstones were packed tight, the bodies underneath elbow to elbow and head to toe.
Meyer was a disciple of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel and carried on the humanistic teachings of his mentor.
Today, Rabbi Daniel Mehlman is trying to continue that same tradition.
For most Americans — or even American Jews — the date July 18, 1994 does not strike the melancholy chord that Sept. 11, 2001 does, for the Jewish population of Argentina it is a date as infamous as any in the history of the Argentine nation.
Imagine that you live in Latin America and you\’re Jewish. Typically, you and your family would belong to a full-service Jewish club with cultural, recreational, educational and athletic activities for all ages. The club is reasonably priced, promotes Jewish identity in a secular manner and is the backbone of your social life.
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