Congregational Jewish Tour to Buenos Aries, Argentina
B'nai Israel is traveling to Argentina with Sharon and Rabbi Michael Safra!
March 4-12, 2024 with optional extension to Iguaçu Falls: March 12–14, 2024
Tour Highlights Include:
- ITW Expert Guide and the Dean of the Rabbinical School, Rabbi Yattah
- Study and Discussions at the Seminario
- Plaza de Mayo (the birth-place of the City of Buenos Aires and the historical and political center of the country)
- Cabildo (the colonial House of Government)
- Metropolitan Cathedral (last pope’s Church) with memorial for victims of the Shoah
- Casa Rosada, The Pink House (the official presidential residence and government headquarters)
- El Obelisco, the Obelisk (memorial monument with Argentine history engraved on each of its four faces)
- Masorti Schools and Congregations (Weitzman, Lamroth Hakol, Natan Beit Hilel, etc.)
- Colon Theatre (the largest theater in the southern hemisphere)
- Tomb of Evita Peron
- Day Trip to Tigre Delta (lush scenery, a relaxing atmosphere, and boat rides)
- Tango Class at Tango Porteno
- 'Fiesta Gaucha’ (gaucho party, a traditional ranch in the Argentina countryside)
- …and more!
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