The La Tablada Israelite Cemetery ( es, Cementerio Israelita de La Tablada), also known simply as the La Tablada Cemetery, is a
Jewish cemetery located in the city of
La Tablada
La Tablada is a city in Argentina. It is located in La Matanza Partido and is part of the Greater Buenos Aires metro area.
Overview
La Tablada initially developed around the Buenos Aires Western Railway ( es, Ferrocarril Oeste de Buenos Aires) ...
, in the
Greater Buenos Aires conurbation of
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
. It was established in 1936 and is operated by the
Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina
Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA; ) is a Jewish Community Centre located in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Established as ''Jevrá Kedushá'' in 1894, its mission was conceived to promote the well-being and development of Jewish life in Ar ...
(AMIA).
Housing over 150,000 graves, it is the largest Jewish cemetery in Latin America.
Vandalism
La Tablada Cemetery has been subject to frequent vandalism, often of anti-semitic nature. In 1999, 62 headstones were damaged on the eve of
Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur (; he, יוֹם כִּפּוּר, , , ) is the holiest day in Judaism and Samaritanism. It occurs annually on the 10th of Tishrei, the first month of the Hebrew calendar. Primarily centered on atonement and repentance, the day' ...
. In 2021, over 100 headstones were smashed, echoing a similar vandalic event in 2009. In 2022, over 300 plaques were stolen and a monument in remembrance of the
1994 AMIA bombing
The AMIA bombing occurred on 18 July 1994 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and targeted the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA; ), a Jewish Community Centre. Executed as a suicidal attack, a bomb-laden van was driven into the AMIA build ...
was damaged.
Notable burials
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Pepe Eliaschev (1945–2014), journalist and writer
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Jorge Guinzburg
Jorge Ariel Guinzburg (3 February 1949 – 12 March 2008) was an Argentine journalist, theatrical producer, humorist, and TV and radio host.
Background
Guinzburg was born on 3 February 1949 to a Jewish family in Buenos Aires. He finished the hig ...
(1949–2008), journalist and TV host
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Natacha Jaitt (1978–2019), model and TV host
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Miguel Najdorf
Miguel Najdorf (born Mojsze Mendel Najdorf) (15 April 1910 – 4 July 1997) was a Polish–Argentinian chess grandmaster. Originally from Poland, he was in Argentina when World War II began in 1939, and he stayed and settled there. He was ...
(1910–1997), chess champion
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Alberto Nisman
Natalio Alberto Nisman (5 December 1963 – 18 January 2015) was an Argentine lawyer who worked as a federal prosecutor, noted for being the chief investigator of the 1994 car bombing of a Jewish center in Buenos Aires, which killed 85 people, t ...
(1963–2015), lawyer and prosecutor
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Alejandro Romay (1927–2015), businessman and media mogul
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Alejandra Pizarnik (1936–1972), poet and translator
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Efim Schachmeister (1894-1944), jazz violinist and conductor
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Mauro Viale (1947–2021), journalist
References
External links
Burial search
{{Authority control
1936 establishments in Argentina
Jewish cemeteries in Argentina
Cemeteries in Buenos Aires
Jews and Judaism in Buenos Aires
La Matanza Partido
Cemeteries established in the 1930s