Oy, My Buenos Aires: Jewish Immigrants and the Creation of Argentine National Identity

Illustrations

ix Illustrations ~ figures 1. Cartoon showing options for Jewish immigrants in Argentina | 24 2. A gaucho and his horse under an ombu tree in an ad for Max Glücksmann’s record stores | 54 3. Advertisement for Max Glücksmann’s recording of the tango “Buenos Aires,” picturing tango legend Carlos Gardel | 57 4. Advertisement for Jacobo Waiss’s Cafés y Tés Sión store | 61 5. “Shul Impression,” cartoon illustrating changes in religion and traditional identities among Argentine Jews | 69 6. A man purchasing premade food from a dispenser at an automat | 72 7. A man serving himself a drink at an automat, excited by the novelty of the space | 72 8. A program for a dance and concert celebrating the twelfth anniversary of the Unión Israelita “Bessarabia” | 97 9. “How Summer Is Enjoyed,” cartoon from Far Groys un Kleyn | 102 illlustrations x tables 1. Immigration to Argentina, 1857–1930 | 20 2. Population of Buenos Aires, 1855–1936 | 21 3. Comparison of estimates of the Jewish population of Argentina, 1895–1930 | 22 4. Bloch’s estimates of the Jewish population of Argentina, 1900–1930 | 22 ...