The former president of the Republic of Uruguay, Dr. Jorge Batlle, speaking at a Chabad lunch and learn program in Montevideo.
Uruguay Jews ‘Lunch & Learn’ with Former President
In April 1936, as Nazi persecutions were battering the Jews of Germany and active anti-Semitism was on the rise throughout Europe, the Jewish community of Montevideo, Uruguay, founded the “Inca Shul,” formally known as Asociación Religiosa Israelita Beis Hakneseth Harischona. It attracted community residents and, over the next decade, appealed to hundreds of Jewish families fleeing Europe.
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