We went to Bet-El Synagogue in Belgrano barrio (suburb) where Eli and Ester Bard met and drew their inspiration from. I took an outside photo, but was stopped from taking any others by a guard. It's a very simple sanctuary with minimal decoration. The rabbi Dany Goldman came to introduce himself to us.
It's amazing to me that you can walk into a synagogue anywhere in the world and still know the liturgy and melodies of the service and consequently feel at home. The congregants did turn around when saying the Amidah prayer ( I don't know which direction the synagogue faces).
After the service, we met an older couple who accompanied us to a local restaurant and we spent the evening socializing and learning about Jewry in Argentina from them.
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