International Association of Jewish
Genealogical Societies - Cemetery Project
BOLIVIA
THE JEWISH COMMUNITY
The
Círculo Israelita de La Paz, which represents the Jewish
community, maintains two synagogues, a home for the aged and a
cemetery. The Colegio Boliviano Israelita with a kindergarten,
primary and secondary school, has a majority of non-Jewish
students.
"Bolivia's Jews mostly
live in La Paz, the capital, but there are smaller communities in
Santa Cruz and in Cochabamba. The majority of Bolivian Jews are
Ashkenazim of central and eastern European descent. The Jewish
community of Bolivia has decreased significantly since its peak
of 10,000 in the late 1940s. The Circulo Israelita de Bolivia is
the central Jewish communal organization and is recognized by the
Bolivian government. This organization is a union of its
predecessors, the Circulo Israelita de La Paz, established by
east European Jews, and the German Comunidad Israelita de
Bolivia. The Circulo maintains a cemetery, the bikur cholim, two
synagogues, and a home for the aged. There are branches of WIZO
in La Paz and Santa Cruz and Maccabi sports clubs in La Paz and
social organizations. " 2003 Jewish population is 500.
Source:
Bolivia link at http://www.worldjewishcongress.org/comm_latin.html [October 2005]
Circulo Israelita de La Paz
P.O. Box 1545
La Paz
Tel. 591 2 325 925
Fax 591 2 342 728 [April 2004]
Comunidad Israelita Synagogue
Calle Canada Stronguest 1846
La Paz [April 2004]
Circulo Israelita de Bolivia
Casilla 1545
Calle Landaeta 346
PO Box 1545
La Paz
Phone: +2-32-5925
Fax: +2-34-2738
Associacion Israelita de Cochabamba
PO box 349
Calle Valdivieso
Cochabamba
Associacion
Israelita de Cochabamba
Calle Junin Y Calle Colombia
Casilla 349
Cochabamba [April 2004]
http://www.kosherdelight.com/Bolivia.htm
[August 2003]
http://www.haruth.com/JewsBolivia.html
[October 2000]
THE CEMETERIES
LA PAZ:
Circulo Israelita de La Paz,
P.O. Box 1545,
La Paz,
Tel. 591 2 325 925,
Fax 591 2 342 728.
The Circulo maintains a cemetery.
The first Jews arriving in La Paz in the late 1930s, mainly
from Germany and Austria, began a Jewish cemetery, located away
from the synagogue in the Miraflores section of the city, in the
1940s. Source: Washington Jewish Week, March 2, 2000 pages
36-37.
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