Touring Chile’s ‘Little Israel’
Culture of Tolerance: From kosher wineries to sprawling synagogues, Santiago, Chile is rife with Jewish history.
“They say 20,000, and I say where?” tour guide Claudia Kravetz says of Chile’s Jewish population as we drive through the intersection of Las Condes and La Dehesa streets in Santiago’s Lo Barnechea neighborhood. With its wide, palm-tree-lined boulevards, reminiscent of Los Angeles, the area is nicknamed Little Israel for its concentration of synagogues.
