The Argentine Federation of Jewish Communities presented a Torah scroll today to the Jewish community of Asuncion, Paraguay, where a fire recently destroyed all the synagogue’s Torah scrolls.
In a solemn ceremony here today, Hirsch Triwaks, secretary of the Argentine Jewish Federation, and Rabbi Shlome Benhamu of Buenos Aires, personally handed over the scroll to Dr. Isaac Segla, leader of the Asuncion Jewish community. The Argentine Jewish leaders described the presentation as a symbol of the Federation’s solidarity with all other Jewish communities in Latin America.
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