Gregorio Rawin

The Jewish Rationalist League of Buenos Aires and its Relations with the Argentinian Anarchist Movement

The Racionalista Judia was a broad and productive movement in Argentina which was very closely related to the anarchist movement.  This paper looks at the origins of the organisation through the testimony of activists from both town and country who were active in it. How the Racionalista Judia appeared in the pens of the editors of Dos Freye Vort  particularly in the writings of Gorodisky and the main subjects dealt with in the 1960s.

It also considers the activities of the library, in publishing and of Jewish libertarians in Yiddish publications. Three areas will be looked at using texts of Peretz: 1) Revolution, 2) Zionism, 3) Yiddish language and culture.

In addition there is a personal account on the activities in the rationalist league and the vision of the Jewish community since its dissolution and the dispatch of the library to Israel. In conclusion it asks whether the Jewish libertarian diaspora can be said to have its own set of ideas.