Capital and largest city of Colombia; located in central Colombia on a high fertile plain.
Centro Israelita de Bogota Tel. 57 1 625 4377, Fax 57 1 274 9069. Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. [September 2005]
Ashkenazi, Sephardic, and German Jews each run their own religious and cultural institutions. In Bogota are three cemeteries.
CEMETERIES:
Ashkenzi cemetery: Bosa: Cementerio Hebreo de Bosa (Also known as Cementerio Hebreo del Sur): The country's Ministry of Culture declared Bosa Jewish cemetery in southern Colombia a national cultural landmark. Inaugurated in 1932, the site contains 892 tombs in a triangular lot at the center of which is a monument to Holocaust victims. Source: October 1998. World Jewish Congress, 501 Madison Ave., NY, NY 10022
Sephardic cemetery: downtown Bogota: Cra 25 no. 25-24. Contact: 571-256-2580.
Cementerio Hebreo del Norte: Calle 207 con Cra. 45. For information on this cemetery contact 57-1-625-4377.
There is a British cemetery where there are a few Jewish people buried, but it is not like a whole section or anything. The same goes for a German Cemetery. And in Bogota's central cemetery there are a couple of Jewish burials. Source: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. [August 2020]