"Dr Salvador Kibrick " Jewish Museum of Buenos Aires

Libertad 769
Tel. 4372-2474 / 4372-0014
Open Tuesdays through Thursdays from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Holidays: January and February

This Museum is unique in its kind in Latin America. It was brought to life in 1967 within the Israelite Congregation of the Argentine Republic, adjacent to the Temple on Libertad street, upon the initiative of Mr. Salvador Kibrick. This gentleman was the first Jewish lawyer in the country (he died in 1982), and he donated his valuable collection of objects, which was enlarged by successive donations from other sources. It was therefore possible to assemble a collection of prayer books, documents and manuscripts, religious ornaments, liturgical musical compositions, archives, a library, etc.
Special attention is given to the work carried out by the Jewish Colonisation Association and by philanthropist Baron Mauricio de Hirsch, in the settlement of colonies and agricultural cooperatives in several Argentine provinces.
Among the liturgical objects exhibited, the following are worthy of mentioning: sabbatical candelabra; receptacles for aromatic spices; ceremonial velvet altar cloths; a Moroccan Torah; an Eliahu cup for ritual wine, and specimens of numismatic art.
Argentine Jewish intellectuals are remembered through original manuscripts of writers such as Alberto Gerchunoff, César Tiempo, Samuel Eichelbaum, María Rosa Lida and others. There are also original letters written by philosophers, writers and scientists of the stature of Martin Buber, Max Nordeau and Albert Einstein. There is also an illustrated version of "Martín Fierro" in Hebrew. A heart-rending exhibit is that of the badge that the Jews were forced to wear under the Nazi regime, and the paper money issued by Nazi authorities, that was never used as legal tender.