Brazil
Despite laying claim to Latin America’s second-largest Jewish community with 120,000 Jewish citizens as of 2017, Brazil’s Jewish community makes up a tiny fraction of the country’s total population. The Jewish presence in Brazil dates back to the 16th century, with the arrival of Portuguese Jews who had been forcibly converted to Christianity and expelled from their native land. However, most of Brazil’s current Jewish population is comprised of Jews from Morocco and Alsace-Lorraine whose ancestors arrived in the 19th century, along with Jews fleeing the Holocaust in the 20th.
The largest Jewish communities in Brazil today are in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro where several synagogues, schools, community organizations, and kosher restaurants and stores support a thriving Jewish community.
SYNAGOGUES
- Congregação Israelita Paulista, Reform,
R. Antônio Carlos, 653 – Cerqueira César, São Paulo – SP, 01309-011, Brazil
PLACES TO EAT
- The Brazil Kosher list can be accessed here.
- Deleite Pizza and Pasta
R. Anita Garibaldi, 83 – Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro – RJ, 22041-080, Brazil
- Shelanu Kosher Restaurant
R. Barata Ribeiro, 489 – 2º andar – Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro – RJ, 22040-002, Brazil
- Nur Restaurante Mediterrâneo Kasher
Rua Tupi, 792. Consolacao, Sao Paulo
- Kosher Planet
Rua Constante Ramos 93A, Copacabana, Río de Janeiro
- Bar-Ilan Restaurant
R. Pompeu Loureiro, 48
- Deleite Pizza & Pasta
Rua Anita Garibaldi, 83
RESOURCES
- Confederación Israelita de Brasil CONIB
Rua Joaquim Antunes, 490–conj. 43/45, 05415-001, Sao Paulo – Brazil.
Telephone: (55-11) 3063-2852/53, Email: conib@conib.org.br
- There are many branches of Chabad in Brazil.
February 19, 2019
