Hebrew Community of San Martín de los Andes, Patagonia

A group of Jews living in San Martín de los Andes, Patagonia have inaugurated the first-ever synagogue in their city. The Hebrew Community of San Martin de los Andes opened its synagogue after meeting in homes, in 2021. The small venue, just 1,200 square feet, is located in the center of the city, just a few minutes’ walk from both the bus terminal and Lacar Lake. This is the first new synagogue in all of Argentina in years and is Conservative. Services and events attract a mix of locals and a significant flow of Israeli backpackers and tourists. The synagogue's founders have gotten support from the Latin American Rabbinical Seminary in Buenos Aires. Argentina has the world’s sixth-largest Jewish population, estimated at 180 000 according to a 2019 report. But most of those Jews live in the Buenos Aires area and there are no reliable estimates of the number of Jews living in Patagonia.

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