Jewish gauchos
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Jewish gauchos (Spanish: gauchos judíos) were Jewish immigrants who settled in fertile regions of Argentina in agricultural colonies established by the Jewish Colonization Association.
Baron Maurice de Hirsch purchased the land and arranged for the settlement there of Russian refugees. Among these colonies are Colonia Lapin and Rivera in the Province of Buenos Aires and Basavilbaso in Entre Ríos. Most of these immigrants were from Podolia and Bessarabia, in Imperial Russia.
The first eight families arrived in Argentina in October 1888. In August 1889, 824 Jewish immigrants arrived from Russia on the steamer "Weser", and settled in the Moïseville colony (today the town of Moisés Ville) in the province of Santa Fe.[1]
[edit] See also
- History of the Jews in Argentina
- Immigration in Argentina
- Jewish agricultural colonies in the Russian Empire
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- Jewish Encyclopedia (1901-1906). Agricultural colonies in the Argentine Republic (Argentina). West Conshohocken: JewishEncyclopedia.com. Accessed: 27 April 2007.
- Jewish Encyclopedia (1901-1906). Jewish Colonization Association. West Conshohocken: JewishEncyclopedia.com. Accessed: 27 April 2007.
- Jewish Encyclopedia (1901-1906). Hirsch, Clara de (Baroness de Hirsch-Gereuth). West Conshohocken: JewishEncyclopedia.com. Accessed: 27 April 2007.
- Jewish Encyclopedia (1901-1906). Hirsch, Baron Maurice de (Moritz Hirsch, Freiherr auf Gereuth). West Conshohocken: JewishEncyclopedia.com. Accessed: 27 April 2007.
