Installation of Asuncion Lodge in the capital of Paraguay will mark the first time that B’nai B’rith has a lodge in every country of South America it was announced here today by the B’nai B’rith headquarters.
The new lodge will be installed at the end of this month, the announcement said. Paraguay with a Jewish population of 3,000, is the tenth county in South America to have at least one B’nai B’rith lodge. Argentina has five lodges; Brazil and Chile have four; Colombia Bolivia and Uruguay have two each; and Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela and Paraguay have one each, making a total of 23. The first B’nai B’rith lodge in South America was founded in Buenos Aires 25 years ago.
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