International Association of Jewish
Genealogical Societies - Cemetery Project
URUGUAY
THE JEWISH COMMUNITY
Comite Central Israelita del Uruguay,
Casilla de Correo 743,
Rio Negro 1308 piso 5 Esc.5,
Montevideo,
Tel. 598 2 916 057,
Fax. 598 2 906 562
http://www.haruth.com/JewsUruguay.html [October 2000]
also select the Uruguay link at http://www.worldjewishcongress.org/comm_latin.html [October 2005]
"Nearly all the Jews of Uruguay live in Montevideo. There are
several hundred families living in Paysande and in other small towns.
... For many Jews Uruguay was a temporary station on their way to
Argentina or Brazil. In 1909, there were 150 Jews living in Montevideo.
By 1916, there were enough Ashkenazi Jews to form a chevra kadisha, and
in 1917 to open the first synagogue."
Source: virtualjerusalem.com - link no longer available [October 2000]
THE CEMETERIES
CANELONES:
- Cementerio Israelita de la Paz: "Within the Jewish
cemetery there are monuments in memory of the victims of the Shoah,
Israeli soldiers who fell in battle, and victims of the terrorist
attack on the AMIA building in Buenos Aires."
Source: http://www.virtualjerusalem.com/communities/wjcbook/uruguay/index.htm - October 2000 [link no longer available]
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.
Revised Monday October 10 2005
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