International Association of Jewish
Genealogical Societies - Cemetery Project
COLOMBIA
THE JEWISH COMMUNITY
http://www.haruth.com/JewsColumbia.html [October 2000]
http://members.tripod.com/~sefard in Spanish [October 2000]
Select the Colombia link at http://www.worldjewishcongress.org/comm_latin.html [October 2005]
Bogota, Cali, Barranquilla, and Medellin have Jewish populations.
THE CEMETERIES
BOGOTA:
In Bogota are three cemeteries: one in Bosa (a suburb of Bogota), the
Ashekanazi in the north and Sepharadic in downtown Bogota.
The Museum of Alfredo de la Espriella has a gallery dedicated to Judaism and Jewish subjects.
Centro Israelita de Bogota,
Apartado Aereo 12.372,
Santa Fe de Bogota,
Tel. 57 1 625 4377, Fax 57 1 274 9069
Email: centrocib@tutopia.com.
Local information: http://www.americas.org/item_12841 [September
2005]
BARRANQUILLA:
4 synagogues see: http://www.maven.co.il/synagogues/synagogues-search.asp?R=X&C=370&Y=1521
Barranquilla has two Jewish cemeteries,
one Ashkenazi and one Sephardic,
an important distinction for people from Barranquilla.
Sinagoga Netzer Israel is the Sephardic synagogue at
Calle 68-64-24, Barranquilla,
Tel: 3443301.
Casa Lubavitch-Baranquilla,
CRA. 57 # 79 -304, Baranquilla,
Tel: 57-5-358-5268 Fax: 57-5-355-23-87 [September 2005]
Community background: http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=215985&contrassID=2&subContrassID=16&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y [September
2005]
BOSA: a suburb of Bogota
- Cementerio Hebreo de Bosa: The country's Ministry of Culture declared
Bosa Jewish cemetery in southern Colombia a national cultural landmark.
Inaugurated in 1932, the site contains 892 tombs in a triangular lot at
the center of which is a monument to Holocaust victims. Source: , October 1998. World Jewish Congress, 501 Madison Ave., NY, NY 10022
UPDATE: http://www.kosherdelight.com/ColombiaCemeteries.shtml
has photo of entrance and cemetery. [September 2005]
CALI:
Comunidad Judia de Cali,
POB 8918,
Cali, Columbia,
tel. 601 930 [October 2000].
Union Cultural Israelita,
Apartado Arereo 5552
Tel: 02-668-9830 Fax:
02-661-6857 [September 2005]
Centro Israelita de Beneficiencia,
Calle 44a. 5a Norte Esquina
Tel:
02-664-1379 Fax: 02-665-5419 [September 2005]
Sociedad Hebrea de Socoros,
Av. 9a Norte # 10-15
Tel: 02-668-8518 Fax:
02-668-8521 [September 2005]
MEDELLIN:
All individuals involved in the creation of this project are volunteers.
The right to make one copy for personal use with full citation is hereby granted;
however, no profit is to be made from the use of this website's information.
No reply will be made to inquiries about specific burials. All information that we possess is on the website. We have no other information so please do not write requesting any on either burial sites or individual burials.
Tuesday November 15 2005
Has a Jewish cemetery. Synagogue: Congregacion Bet-Or Source: http://www.jta.org/page_view_story.asp?intarticleid=12997&intcategoryid=5 [September
2005]