The HBI Project in Latin American Jewish & Gender Studies (LAJGS) is a pioneering initiative for the study and exploration of Jewish life and gender in Latin America (Mexico, Central America, South America and the Caribbean) and among Latin American Jewish immigrants worldwide.

In the late 1800s during the Spanish–American War many Jewish American servicemen gathered together with local Puerto Rican Jews at the Old Telegraph building in Ponce to hold religious services. Many Central and Eastern European Jews came after World War II.

The holiest holidays of the Jewish faith — Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah — are a time of repenting for one’s sins at the start of the New Year on the Jewish calendar. Coincidentally, they often occur during Hispanic Heritage Month in September or October. While you might not think that Hispanic

Ran and Morad 2016 is an important collection of essays on Latin, Jewish, and American music. While it doesn’t address literature directly, it depicts a valuable picture of the cross-fertilizing strategies encountered by Jewish-Latin American writers. Lockhart 1997 is a valuable biographical dictionary, although it needs updating.

Jewish immigration to Latin America began with seven sailors arriving in Christopher Columbus’ crew. The Jewish population of Latin America is today (2018) less than 300,000 — more than half of whom live in Argentina , with large communities also present in Brazil , Chile , Mexico , Uruguay and Venezuela .

Our members and subscribers include major research libraries as well as individual scholars and others with expertise in the field of Latin American Jewish Studies. LAJSA sirve como red para investigadores que trabajan sobre temas afines pero que se encuentran geográficamente distanciados.

British Latin American topic. British Latin Americans (Spanish: latinoamericano británico ; Portuguese : Latino-americano britânico ) are Latin Americans of British ancestry. British immigration to Latin America occurred mostly in the 19th and 20th centuries and went primarily to Argentina , Chile and Brazil .

Throughout Latin America and even in the United States, the influx of Jewish immigrants have led to Jewish-Latino fusions.

Some 298 leaders from Jewish communities in 16 Latin American countries were surveyed for the report, with most respondents from Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Paraguay.

The foundation of the Latin American Jewish Studies Association (LAJSA) in 1982 has served to bring together those interested in Latin American Jewish communities, with a focus on scholars in Latin American, the United States, and Israel (Avni, et al. 2011).