The La Tablada Israelite Cemetery (Spanish: Cementerio Israelita de La Tablada), also known simply as the La Tablada Cemetery, is a Jewish cemetery located in the city of La Tablada, in the Greater Buenos Aires conurbation of Argentina. It was established in 1936 and is operated by the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA).
| La Tablada Israelite Cemetery | |
|---|---|
Cementerio Israelita de La Tablada | |
 "Old Part" of the cemetery | |
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| Details | |
| Established | 1936 |
| Location | La Tablada, Buenos Aires |
| Country | Argentina |
| Coordinates | 34°41′14″S 58°31′33″W / 34.68722°S 58.52583°W |
| Type | Jewish |
| Owned by | Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina |
| No. of graves | +150,000 |
| Find a Grave | La Tablada Israelite Cemetery |
Housing over 150,000 graves, it is the largest Jewish cemetery in Latin America.[1]
Vandalism edit
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.[2] In 2021, over 100 headstones were smashed, echoing a similar vandalic event in 2009.[3] In 2022, over 300 plaques were stolen and a monument in remembrance of the 1994 AMIA bombing was damaged.[4]
Notable burials edit
- Pepe Eliaschev (1945–2014), journalist and writer[5]
- Jorge Guinzburg (1949–2008), journalist and TV host[6]
- Natacha Jaitt (1978–2019), model and TV host[7]
- Miguel Najdorf (1910–1997), chess champion
- Alberto Nisman (1963–2015), lawyer and prosecutor[8]
- Alejandro Romay (1927–2015), businessman and media mogul[9]
- Alejandra Pizarnik (1936–1972), poet and translator[10]
- Efim Schachmeister (1894-1944), jazz violinist and conductor
- Mauro Viale (1947–2021), journalist[11]
References edit
- ^ "Cementerio de Tablada: un lugar único, una responsabilidad de todos". amia.org.ar (in Spanish). 24 May 2012. Archived from the original on 27 October 2016.
- ^ "Profanaron el cementerio judío de La Tablada". Diario Río Negro (in Spanish). 20 September 1999. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ Liphshiz, Cnaan (9 September 2021). "More than 100 headstones smashed at Jewish cemetery in Argentina". Times of Israel. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ "Robaron más de 300 placas del cementerio de La Tablada y dañaron un monumento a víctimas del atentado a la AMIA". Tiempo Argentino (in Spanish). 10 January 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ "Hasta siempre". Perfil (in Spanish). 30 November 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ "Admiradores y famosos despidieron a Guinzburg". La Nueva (in Spanish). 14 March 2008. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ "El cuerpo de Natacha Jaitt fue sepultado en el cementerio de La Tablada". Infobae (in Spanish). 24 February 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ "Homenaje a Nisman en el cementerio de La Tablada". Página 12 (in Spanish). 19 January 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ "Llevaron los restos de Romay al cementerio israelita de La Tablada". Télam (in Spanish). 26 June 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ "Alejandra Pizarnik y su tumba en La Tablada (Buenos Aires)". El Correo de Andalucía (in Spanish). 16 May 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ "Último adiós a Mauro Viale: trasladaron su cuerpo al cementerio de La Tablada". Clarín (in Spanish). 12 April 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
External links edit
- Burial search (in Spanish)