Javier Sinay

Award-winning journalist Javier Sinay investigates a series of murders from the nineteenth century, unearthing the complex history and legacy of Moisés Ville, the "Jerusalem of South America," and his personal connection to a little-known period of Jewish history in Argentina. In 2009, journalist Javier Sinay discovered an article from 1947, written by his great-grandfather Mijl Hacohen Sinay, detailing twenty-two murders that had occurred in Moisés Ville at the end of the nineteenth century. What starts out as an investigation into these murders turns into a deeper exploration of the history of Moisés Ville, one of the first Jewish agricultural communities in Argentina, and Sinay's own connection to this historically thriving Jewish epicenter. Seeking refuge from the pogroms of Czarist Russia, a group of Jewish immigrants founded Moisés Ville in the late 1880s. Like their town's prophetic namesake, these immigrants fled one form of persecution only to encounter a different set of hardships: exploitative land prices, starvation, illness, language barriers, and a series of murders perpetrated by roving gauchos who preyed upon their vulnerability. Sinay, though a descendant of these immigrants, is unfamiliar with this turbulent history, and his research into the spate of violence plunges him into his family's past and their link to Moisés Ville. He combs through libraries and archives in search of documents about the murders and hires a book detective to track down issues ofDer Viderkol, the first Yiddish newspaper in Argentina started by his great-grandfather. He even enrolls in Yiddish classes so he can read the newspaper and other contemporaneous records for himself. Through interviews with his family members, current residents of Moisés Ville, historians, and archivists, Sinay compiles moving portraits of the victims of these heinous murders and reveals the fascinating and complex history of the town once known as the "Jerusalem of South America."

The Murders of Moisés Ville

Gabriela Alemán

Leila Guerriero

Miguel Prenz

Juan Manuel Robles

Arturo Lezcano

Juan Miguel Álvarez

Sol Lauría

Luján Román Aponte

Joseph Zárate

César Bianchi

Hay aquí diez historias relacionadas con, entre otras cosas, la innovación, la educación, la ciencia y la tecnología en América Latina, contadas por algunos de los mejores periodistas de la región con el pulso narrativo de las grandes crónicas; historias de gente que lo pasa bien, mal y peor, intentando curar lo que parece incurable, llevar agua donde no la hay, educación donde tampoco, haciendo brotar tecnología en sitios impensados. Historias que hablan de las cosas extraordinarias que le pasan a la gente común y de las cosas comunes que hace la genta extraordinaria. Este libro no es un libro de científicos ni de maestros ni de investigadores ni de ingenieros, aunque es un libro repleto de científicos y maestros e investigadores e ingenieros. Es un libro sobre gente que vio, en medio del ruido y la confusión del tiempo presente, lo que nadie había visto: una necesidad, una falta, una carencia. Y tuvo el ingenio, la inteligencia, la ambición y la tozudez necesarias como para hacer algo con eso.

Diez crónicas de América Latina

Un mundo lleno de futuro

matar y morir antes de la adultez

Sangre joven

Javier Sinay

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