The São Paulo Hebrew Congregation (Portuguese: Congregação Israelita Paulista, abbreviated as CIP) is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, with this to the Conservative movement,[1] located in São Paulo, Brazil.
The CIP is known for being the largest Jewish congregation in Latin America, estimated at ninety eight thousand Jews.[when?]
They promote a diverse number of activities: religious services, Jewish study groups, informal Jewish school, choir, activities for senior citizens, fields of study, Zionist youth groups (Chazit Hanoar), Boy Scouts and Girl Guides (in Avanhandava), distinguishing itself positively in São Paulo's Jewish community.
Maria Luiza Tucci Carneiro of the University of Sao Paolo, wrote that the congregation "is seen as a space of resistance and memory because it initially welcomed German Jews, persecuted by Nazism, and later Italian Jews, persecuted by fascism.
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