Kehile newspaper clippings named after Boruch Hager Kehile prese oysshnitn on nomen fun Boruch Hager

Yiṿo in Argenṭine 

Hager was born in Romania in 1898 and died in Buenos Aires in 1985. He arrived in Argentina in1952 with a group of refugee artists. He was the mastermind behind the press project and a key person in the forging of the postwar organization of Jewish cultural life. 

Kehile newspaper clippings named after Boruch Hager Kehile prese oysshnitn on nomen fun Boruch Hager 

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Articles and press clippings organized by Boruch Hager, a Jewish refugee in Argentina. Records relate to antisemitism, the Holocaust, and the arrival of Jewish refugees and survivors to Argentina. Included in the collection are indexes, clippings, photographs, and other materials. The collection shows the strong influence of the survivors and the impact of the memory of the Holocaust in all aspects of community life. From 1952 until the decade of 1980, the material was systematically organized in fourteen categories and arranged in enveloped labeled with category number, month and year. For each year, an index was compiled. After the bombing in 1994, the project continued with a shift in focus. Material from the 1990s is still organized by month and year but focuses on the AMIA bombing, antisemitism and other events that impacted the community. When possible, the folders were re-arranged following the original order. 

Copyright Holder: Yiṿo in Argenṭine 

Arranged by fourteen subject categories: 1. Community of Buenos Aires; 2. Community affairs-Buenos Aires; 3. Neighborhoods, communities in the provinces, 4. Vaad hakehilot; 5. Education; 6. Cultural affairs; 7. Gests in Argentine; 8. Awards and tributes; 9. Deaths and memorials; 10. Elections in the Kehile; Argentine Jewish world; 11. Month of the Yiddish book; 12. Religious life; 13. Bibliographic news; and 14. Argentine-Israel relations. Organization of files: Each folder name is composed by: a designation code: kh_number of subject_year_month_ serial number in case of several folders. For example: kh_4_1972_noviembre_2. Keeps inside the clippings selected in November 1972 on education, and is the second part. The index folders are named as shlisl (Yiddish for index). Each folder name is composed by: a designation code:kh_shlisl_year_serial number. For example: kh_shlisl_1955 is the first part of the index for 1955; kh_shlisl_1955_2 is the second part of the index for 1955. Additionally one folder is named “Acto de desagravio Ben Hamu.” This folder was not labeled following the same categories like the rest of the materials. Probably it was considered an outstanding issue, not related to the fixed categories.