Report Addressed to the Members of the JCA Council

Samuel Halphon

1910

Religion loses its sway over our brothers here each day. By the force of circumstances it is true, almost all of our coreligionists have already replaced Saturday with Sunday. This last day is dedicated to rest, but work continues not only on Saturdays but also on the other Jewish holidays. Even circumcision, which is still practiced among…

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Samuel Halphon

1876/7 to mid-20th Century

Not much is known about the early years of Rabbi Samuel Halphon, who was born in the Russian Empire and studied in Metz (France) at the Alliance Israélite Universelle’s École Rabbinique. In 1904, Halphon moved to Argentina to support the Jewish Colonization Association (JCA) initiatives as a religious leader and educator. By 1906, he was established as the rabbi of Congregación Israelita in Buenos Aires. He took an active role in work to support Jewish immigrants, to fight sex-trafficking in the Jewish immigrant community, and to support women’s rights as a member of the anti-trafficking organization Ezras Noschim. Halphon was a founder of Soprotimis (Society for the Protection of Jewish Immigrants) and an adviser to the Sociedad de Damas Israelitas. On behalf of AIU and JCA, he organized the first census of Argentinian Jews (1909) and spearheaded Jewish educational initiatives throughout the provinces. In 1927, while serving as the chief rabbi of the Jewish congregation and JCA colonies in Argentina, Halphon was designated an Officer of the French Legion of Honor.

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