After passing through various Jewish communities in the country, the traveling exhibition “Community Traces: Images of Jewish Heritage in Argentina” was officially inaugurated in the city of Concordia, Entre Ríos, last Wednesday, May 22.
Produced by AMIA’s Vaad Hakehilot, the exhibition brings together 33 photographs that Michele Migliori captured of synagogues, communities and cemeteries located in the provinces of Entre Ríos, Santa Fe, Buenos Aires and La Pampa.
“In this new edition, photographs from Colonia Rusa (Río Negro), Roque Sáenz Peña (Chaco), Corrientes, San Salvador (Entre Ríos), Rosario and Ceres were added,” they expressed from the Vaad Hakehilot.
“We thank the Jewish Museum, the Sephardic kehillah of Concordia and the Israelite Union of that same town, for the space and commitment to this project,” they added.
In the exhibition, each photograph presents a QR code, which allows the visitor to access the website to learn in detail where that image was recorded and the annotations made by the artist.
With free admission, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, between 9 and 12, the exhibition can be visited at the Jewish Museum, located at Entre Ríos 476, city of Concordia.
The coordination reported that the exhibition will soon be seen in the town of San Salvador, Entre Ríos. Last year the exhibition toured the communities of Resistencia, Moisés Ville, Lomas de Zamora, Rivera, and Córdoba.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Michele Migliori was born in Florence, Italy; After living for several years in Central Europe, he moved to Israel to pursue a doctorate at the Department of Jewish Art at Bar-Ilan University. His research focuses on the art and architecture of the synagogues of the former Jewish colonies and other small settlements in the interior of Argentina, and their relationship with European synagogues.
In addition, he has worked for Jewish Heritage Europe since 2019, an online portal for news, information, and reports on Jewish monuments and heritage sites in Europe. She also worked for ESJF – European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative, writing a catalog of good practices for the preservation of Jewish cemeteries; and for The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization she produced texts related to Jewish cultural heritage.
Michele lives in Jerusalem, Israel, and is currently in Argentina carrying out field research in different provinces of our country and at the AMIA Marc Turkow Center.
