Comunidad Bet El
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Comunidad Bet El is a Conservative Jewish congregation in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was founded in 1962[1] as a result of tensions within the Synagogue of the Israelite Argentine Congregation caused by the arrival of rabbi Marshall Meyer, who instituted changes to ritual practices that were broadly popular with youth but not with more conservative members of the synagogue.[2] Meyer was the founding rabbi of Bet El;[3][4] having previously resigned as rabbi of the Congregación Israelita de la República Argentina, he was convinced to take the post by a group that also left that congregation to found a new one.[2][5]
The Seminario Rabinico Latinoamericano, which was formally founded in 1962, was built near Bet El. Many youth studied at the Seminario after their b'nai mitzvah. Bet El and the Seminario were involved in the Instituto de Diálogo Interreligioso along with Protestant and Catholic groups.[6]
In 1972, Comunidad Bet El had a 600-family membership and broke ground for the construction of a new synagogue and school complex.[7] In June 1973, it opened its new sanctuary, dedicating it to Abraham Joshua Heschel.[8] In 1974, it opened the first Jewish day school in South America and ran a Camp Ramah summer camp program.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ Avni et al. 2011, p. 530.
- ^ a b Avni et al. 2011, p. 645.
- ^ Green, David B. (December 29, 2015). "This Day in Jewish History | 1993: Trail-blazing U.S. Rabbi Who Would Defy the Argentine Regime Dies". Haaretz. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
- ^ Palmer, Joanne (January 4, 2018). "Remembering Dr. King and Rabbi Heschel". Jewish Standard. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
- ^ Tank-Storper, Sébastien (2005). "La conversion prohibée: mariages mixtes et politiques de conversion dans le champ religieux juif argentin" [The prohibited conversion: mixed marriages and conversion politics in the Argentine Jewish religious field]. Archives de sciences sociales des religions (in French). 50 (131/132): 123–142. doi:10.4000/assr.3262. ISSN 0335-5985. JSTOR 30116711.
- ^ Avni et al. 2011, p. 647.
- ^ Meyer, Naomi F. (1973). "Argentina". The American Jewish Year Book. 74: 325. ISSN 0065-8987. JSTOR 23605687 – via JSTOR.
- ^ Meyer, Naomi F. (1974). "Argentina". The American Jewish Year Book. 75: 367. ISSN 0065-8987. JSTOR 23604253 – via JSTOR.
- ^ Meyer, Naomi F. (1976). "Argentina". The American Jewish Year Book. 76: 270–271. ISSN 0065-8987. JSTOR 23605442 – via JSTOR.
Bibliography[edit]
- Avni, Haim; Bokser, Judit; Bejarano, Margalit; DellaPergola, Sergio, eds. (2011). Pertenencia y alteridad [Belonging and otherness] (in Spanish). Vervuert Verlagsgesellschaft. doi:10.31819/9783954872794. ISBN 9783954872794.
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