Midday sits like a haze over Moisés Ville, Argentina – shop doors close, windows creak shut. When Moisés Ville was founded in 1889, it was composed of a few Eastern European Jewish families. Plaques in the Moisés Ville museum pay homage to these folkloric heroes, neatly constructing a linear story of struggle into prosperity. Moisés Ville was not the only colony of its kind, but it remains one of the most iconic for Argentine and international Jewish tourists alike. Today, Moisés Ville’s Jewish residents seem acutely aware of the fading relevance of the town’s cultural centres.

Source: The Argentina Independent September 27, 2016 18:00 UTC