Colombia

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COLOMBIA. Republic in northwestern South America. Marranos—converted Jews who practiced the faith of their fathers in secret—lived in Colombia during the 16th and 17th centuries. Their community was suppressed by the Inquisition established in 1910. During the 1850’s Sephardic Jews from Curacao settled in Colombia. They were joined by immigrants from Greece, Romania, and Turkey after World War I, and by refugees from Germany and East Europe during the 1930’s. Colombia, whose total population in 1998 was 35.6 million, is the home of 4,000 Jews, most of whom live in the cities of Bogota, Baranquilla, Cali, Cartagena, and Medellin. Each of these has its own synagogues, religious schools, and charitable organizations.

SYNAGOGUES IN COLOMBIA: Casa Lubavitch-Baranquilla CRA. 57 # 79 -304 Barranquilla Chabad Lubavitch Tel: 57-5-358-5268 Fax: 57-5-355-23-87

Comunidad Hebrea Sefaradi de Barranquilla Calle 68 # 64-27 Barranquilla 3443479 Sephardi

Netzer Israel Calle 68 # 64-27 Barranquilla Sephardi Tel: 3443779

Asociacion Israelita Montefiore Carrera 20, No 37-54 Bogota Aish Hatorah Tel: 571-245-5264

Casa Lubavitch-Bogota Calle 94 #9-52 Bogota Chabad Lubavitch Tel: 57-1-635-8251 Fax: 57-1-635-4065

Centro Israelite de Bogota Transversal 29, No 126-31 Bogota Tel: 01-274-9069 update

Communidad Hebrea Sefaradi De Bogota Website Calle 79 No. 9- 66 Bogota Sephardi Tel: 011-571-256-2629 Fax: 011-571-218-9558

Congregacion Adath Israel Carrera 7a, No 94-20 Bogota Tel: 01-257-1600

Centro Israelita de Beneficiencia Calle 44a. 5a Norte Esquina Cali Sephardi Tel: 02-664-1379 Fax: 02-665-5419

Sociedad Hebrea de Socoros Av. 9a Norte # 10-15 Cali Orthodox Tel: 02-668-8518 Fax: 02-668-8521

Union Cultural Israelita Apartado Arereo 5552 Cali Masorti Tel: 02-668-9830 Fax: 02-661-6857

Casa Lubavitch - Medellin Carrera 43a #14 -143 Medellin Tel: 574-2668640 Fax: 574-3116608