LEVEL 1
HISTORY OF BETAR IN URUGUAY
Founded in 1933, Betar Uruguay arises from the motivation of a group of Jews recently immigrated from Europe and the, at that time, newly created, Brit Hatzoar; a party that carried the banner of revisionist Zionism. Over the years Brit Hatzoar changed its name to Jerut and today we know it as Likud.
During Betar's early years, Boris Bacalash, a staunch Betari who immigrated from Europe, served as the movement's first netziv (Rosh Hanagá). At that time the Betar maoz was in Julio Herrera y Obes, although shortly afterwards in 1936 they moved to 840 Soriano Street. There the Brit Hatzoar headquarters were merged together with a small maoz that housed a handful of Betarim, all of them 20 years and up.
At this time, strong rivalries also began to develop between the country's tnuot, which even led to Betar having to change his brown tilboshet with menorah buttons for a version more similar to the current tilboshet.
In the following years Betar became independent from the Brit Hatzoar and moved to a humble basement on Marcelino Berthelot Street, in the heart of the Jewish quarter.
These were golden years for Betar Uruguay, since the number of haverim increased so much that a second maoz had to be added, this time at 1118 Durazno Street. At that time Betar had half an hour of transmission on the Springberg radio and he organized ballroom dances at the Palacio Salvo, attended by 2,000 people.
Maozim from Betar Uruguay
The Campings at Betar
The majanot were not a tradition that arose with the creation of Betar, but the first majané was made in 1942 next to the Pando stream bridge (very close to the location of our current majané), 9 years after the establishment in Uruguay. In this first majané, 70 haverim participated, ranging from 16 to 20 years of age. It was not until 1949 that they began to make annual majanot.
Swipe to see more photos
Creation of the State of Israel
Once the State of Israel was established, in 1949 Menahem Begin honored him with his visit to Uruguay. To welcome him worthy of his exploits, the Betarim organized an escort of 20 motorcycles and an event in the Israelite community hall.
Given the previous limitations to aliyah imposed by the English and the difficulties posed by the Second War, it was not until 1955 that the first batch of olim left Uruguay. This same year the first continental seminar was held where the Maozim from Uruguay, Argentina and Peru participated.
It is in 1975 that Betar moves to its current maoz, where it was previously the headquarters of the NCI. In these years the number of janijim increased substantially and peulot similar to those of the present day began to be dictated. In 1976 the currently known "closed court" was roofed where previously there was a wooded patio.
Starting in 1984, Betar began sending his janijim to Israel through the Tapuz Plan and the Majon Lemadrijim, a custom that continues to this day.
The years passed and our beloved Tnuá continued with its growth and development, establishing itself as one of the leaders of our country and the cradle of many of the leaders of the Uruguayan community. Today, in the year 2021, our beloved Betar takes another step towards the digitization and modernization of the institution, through the creation of the Betar Uruguay website.
Roshei Hanaga
Boris bacalash
Solomon Leinvoi
1953- Werner Leopold
1954- Maximum Dacks
1955- Gregorio Levi
1959- Ernesto Levi
1960- Nitza Benenheim
1961 / 5- Ignacio Deutscher
1965- Iehuda Ring
1966- Arie Kusman
1967- Mendel Ruchesman
1969- Guidon Klein
1970- Betzalel Feldman
1971- Herman Sonenstein
1972- Julio Ring
1973- Marcos Mendiuk
1974- Jaime Grodziski
1975- Emilio Kaplan
1976 - Lea Dreisis
1976 - Omar Burstin
1977- Ariel Hendel
1978- Alberto Norman
1979- Enrique Zezynsky
1980- Sergio Dodel
1981- Miguel Kurlender
1982- Gustavo Sapiurka
1983 - Ricardo Benenstein
1984 - Avi Greiver
1985 - Daniel Glass
1986 - Sergio Oberlander
1987 - Alejandro Grobert
1988 - Jacky Asallas
1989 - Israel Diament
1990 - Richard Kaufman
1991 - Fabián Schamis
1992 - Adrián Potasnik
1993 - Daniel Ejemberg
1994 - Jorge Mishne
1995 - Gabriel Kuzner
1996 - Manuel Aszyn
1997 - Javier Isemin
1998 - Manuel Aszyn
1999 - Leonel Melamed
2000 - Mauricio Janauskas
2001 - Diego Dodel
2002 - Mauricio Janauskas
2003 - Sebastián Kuzner
2004 - MatÃas Dodel
2005 - Ylan Archimowicz
2006 - Daniel Juli
2007 - Alan Gejer
2008 - Mariano Sommer
2009 - Brian Dodel
2010 - Brian Dodel
2011 - Yoel Bercovici
2012 - Matias Jurfest
2013 - Alexandra South
2014 - Fabian Zelniker
2015 - Javier Appel
2016 - Sebastian Gejer
2017 - Michelle Markowicz
2018 - Rafael Oltarz
2019 - Dario Zalovich
2020 - Dan Kamerman
2021 - Mateo Aguilera
Photos
