The history of the Jews in Uruguay goes back to colonial times. In the 1700s, Jews escaping from the Inquisition arrived in the Banda Oriental, territory of present-day Uruguay. However, the most impo
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1932 Uruguayan Rosh Hashana greeting card in Yiddish.
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Montevideo, is the capital and largest city of Uruguay. As of the 2023 census, the city proper has a population of 1,287,452, making up about 36.8% of the country's total population, in an area of 201
History of the Jews in Uruguay
…destination for Jews due to the secularism and prosperity following the reforms carried out during the Batlle era. The largest Jewish population was in Montevideo, whose Villa Muñoz neighbourhood received a large amount of the European Jewish immigration that came to Uruguay, which led it to become the Jewish…
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Obelisco de los Constituyentes de 1830