This metro area of around 15 million is home to Latin America’s largest Jewish community (around 200,000), shaped largely by immigration between the 1880s and 1930s. Its epicenter is the Balvanera/Once district just west of the city´s historic core, and the institutional heart of Argentine Jewish life is the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (AIMIA, top), a venerable community center founded in 1894. It was rebuilt after being devastated by a suicide bombing in 1994 linked to Iran and the Lebanese Islamic group Hezbollah, and symbolizes both the resilience and continued vitality of the community, while the surrounding neighborhood remains filled with kosher bakeries, bookstores, and synagogues. Visitors can tour the building and its interpretation center.
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