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This short article discusses Jewish religious currents present in Chile.
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What you will read below addresses the way the existence and coexistence of various religious currents found in Chile are perceived. This text can perfectly be inserted into what is called “participant observation,” considering that who writes is both a member of the Jewish community in Chile and also a scholar and university teacher of Judaism.
About Judaism in Chile
The Jewish community in Chile is relatively young, its existence being just over 100 years. Small in number, the estimates range according to different sources, between 16,000 and 20,000, even though the census conducted in 2002 indicated the presence of 14,976 people who openly declared their Jewish religion. (You can find different figures on the number of Jews living in our country or that are recognized as such. By examples we can mention the following: 21,000 Israelites (Le Monde Diplomatique, October 2002), 25,000...
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Tapia-Adler, A.M. (2016). Judaism in Chile. In: Gooren, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Latin American Religions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08956-0_311-1
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