The Yiddish Cowboys of Argentina

The Jewish farmers who escaped the pogroms in Eastern Europe and Russia rebuilt their lives in Latin America. Learn about Baron Maurice de Hirsch and the Jewish Colonisation Association, his connection to Theodor Herzl and the once thriving town of Moisés Ville. Hear excerpts from Alberto Gerchunoff’s famous book Los Gauchos Judíos (The Jewish Gauchos of the Pampas).

Thank you to Kehila Latina.

Campesinos de Moisesville, provincia de Santa Fe, pionera de las colonias judías, fundada en 1889. Wiki Commons

A Jewish gaucho. Credit: AMIA

Baron Hirsch synagogue in Moises Ville

Jewish school in Moises Ville. Credit: FLLL, Wiki Commons

NOTES:

• Kehila Latina community Jerusalem - Facebook page

• Kehila Latina: Bringing Jerusalem's Latino immigrants together - Jerusalem Post

• Moisés Ville wants to be a World Heritage Site

• The Jewish gauchos of the pampas by Alberto Gerchunoff - full text

• La MISTERIOSA ciudad JUDÍA de Argentina | Moisés Ville - video

• Outpost on Pampas Where Jews Once Found Refuge Wilts as They Leave

• OLEI: Tu Aliado en la Aliá y la Integración en Israel

• Jewish Gauchos’ ‘legacy’: Film Recalls Argentina’s Immigrant Colonies

• Jewish Charitable Association (formerly the Jewish Colonization Association)