The Synagogue of the New Jewish Congregation ( es, Sinagoga de la Nueva Congregación Israelita, often known by its acronym NCI) is a
synagogue
A synagogue, ', 'house of assembly', or ', "house of prayer"; Yiddish: ''shul'', Ladino: or ' (from synagogue); or ', "community". sometimes referred to as shul, and interchangeably used with the word temple, is a Jewish house of worshi ...
in
Montevideo, Uruguay
Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...
.
Overview
The New Jewish Congregation was founded in 1936 mostly by German and Austrian Jews who fled Nazism. It established two synagogues, the big one on Wilson Ferreira Aldunate Street is
Conservative
Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization i ...
, the smaller one was Orthodox.
In the 21st century, a new Temple was established in the neighbourhood of Pocitos, at Cipriano Payán street.
See also
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List of synagogues in Uruguay
This is a list of synagogues in Uruguay.
Montevideo
* Sephardic Jewish Community
* Uruguayan Jewish Community
* New Jewish Congregation
* Vaad Ha'ir
*Yavne
* Beit Jabad
* Adat Israel
* Anshei Yeshurun
* Pocitos Sephardic Temple
Punta del Este
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References
External links
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Austrian-Jewish diaspora
Conservative Judaism in South America
German immigration to Uruguay
German-Jewish diaspora
Synagogues in Montevideo
Conservative synagogues
Centro, Montevideo
Pocitos, Montevideo
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