A port city of northern Colombia near the Caribbean on the Magdalena River.
In 1853, the Jews of Barranquilla were granted a plot of ground by the government to be set aside as a cemetery.
Barranquilla now has three Jewish cemeteries: the Old Sefaradi, the New Sefaradi, and the Ashkenazi [August 2020]
Traditional Synagogues:
Casa Lubavitch-Baranquilla - CRA. 57 # 79 -44, Barranquilla. Tel: 57-5-355-2955 [August 2020]
Sinagoga Bet El - Calle 87 # 42G - 46. Ashkenazi synagogue led by Rabbi Julian Vainstein and his wife Gabriela; photos. Built in 2005. [August 2020]
Sinagoga Shaare Sedek - Sefaradi Synagogue led By Rabbi Liberow, who also leads Lubavitch. Address: Calle 74 con Cra. 55
[UPDATE] "New" congregations in Barranquilla, documented in 2016. [August 2020]
History of the Jewish community. In Barranquilla, the third largest Jewish community in Colombia, the 1955 Jewish population was 865 Jews of whom approximately half were East Europeans, one-third Sephardim, and the rest Germans. Their organizations include the Club Unión, a social organization for the community as a whole; religious institutions maintained individually ; general organizations such as B'nai B'rith, etc.; and an umbrella organization that includes all of the organizations. The day school has a student enrollment of 300. [July 2009]
CEMETERIO HEBREO ASHKENAZI: Photos: Cementerio Hebreo Ashkenazi [Aug 2015]