Asociación Israelita de Beneficencia | Kehilá Rosario

What Asociación Israelita de Beneficencia | Kehilá Rosario does

Asociación Israelita de Beneficencia, operating as Kehilá Rosario, is one of the largest and most established Jewish community organizations (Kehilot) in Argentina, headquartered at Paraguay 1152, Rosario, Santa Fe. Founded in 1903 and governed by a Comisión Directiva, it provides a vertically integrated suite of religious, educational, cultural, and social-welfare services to approximately 2,200 members across more than 1,600 families. Its portfolio spans worship and lifecycle ceremonies (Culto: Brit Milá, Bar/Bat Mitzvá, weddings, Iortzait), the Bialik ORT school and Escuela de Madrijim for religious leadership training, the Jibur youth movement, the Avot Project and Javaia seniors programs, community cemeteries (Cementerios Comunitarios), the Golda Meir camping/recreation complex, and social assistance (Desarrollo Social Comunitario). The multi-year HEMSHEJ community renewal project — collective writing of a Sefer Torá and housing renovation on the Grandoli property, involving 800+ participants from 16+ institutions since April 2023 — reflects an effort to anchor continuity and cross-institutional coordination.

The business model is a non-profit membership-fee annuity supplemented by donations, school/camping/cemetery fees, and lifecycle ceremony charges. As of April 2024, the published pricing schedule contains 10 tiers ranging from Category 1 at ARS 9,500/month to Category 10 at ARS 332,500/month, with a 13% automatic-debit discount. A 12-employee core staff supports operations, with distributed service delivery through physical facilities, an official website, email newsletters, a WhatsApp diffusion channel (added July 2025), and a YouTube channel (@KehilaRosario). Membership enrollment is conducted via email ([email protected]) or phone, consistent with a relationship-driven, single-country, domestically scoped operating model.

The organization has no disclosed API, software product, or technology platform in the conventional sense; its 'technology' footprint is communications and back-office infrastructure supporting community services rather than a scalable digital product. Revenue is not publicly disclosed, and growth signals are tactical (pricing tiering, channel additions, sub-brand reinforcement) rather than aggressive expansion, indicating an institutionally mature organization focused on member retention and service continuity rather than scale.

Name

Asociación Israelita de Beneficencia | Kehilá Rosario

Legal name

Asociación Israelita de Beneficencia - Kehilá Rosario

Website

https://kehilarosario.org.ar

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Kehilá Rosario is a 120-year-old Jewish community organization in Rosario, Argentina, serving roughly 2,200 members across 1,600 families with religious, educational, social, youth, senior, cemetery, and recreational services under a tiered monthly membership-fee model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious and Community Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (813110), Community Food Services (624210)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGAJAA

Local Congregations & Worship Communities (Churches, Mosques, Temples, Synagogues)

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Religious & Faith-Based Organizations

SECONDARYBPAGAJAL

Places of Worship & Religious Facilities Operations (Cemeteries, Retreat Centers, Pilgrimage Sites)

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Religious & Faith-Based Organizations

Keywords

• Jewish community services
• Religious congregation services
• Community education programs
• Senior care services
• Youth community programming

Headquarters

HQ city

Rosario

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Asociación Israelita de Beneficencia, operating as Kehilá Rosario, is a Jewish community organization that delivers religious worship and lifecycle ceremonies (Brit Milá, Bar/Bat Mitzvá, weddings, Iortzait), community social development programs (food, housing, scholarships), youth programming (Jibur), senior care (Avot Project, Javaia), cemetery services, educational programs (Bialik ORT school, Escuela de Madrijim), cultural activities, and recreational camping (Complejo Golda Meir) to its approximately 2,200 members across more than 1,600 families in Rosario, Argentina.

Product overview

Kehilá Rosario is a comprehensive Jewish community organization serving approximately 2200 members from over 1600 families in Rosario, Argentina. The organization operates as a unified community platform offering multiple interconnected services through distinct areas: religious worship (Culto), youth programming (Jibur), community social development with food/housing/scholarship assistance, educational services (including Bialik ORT school), senior care programs (Avot Project, Javaia), cemetery services, recreational facilities (Complejo Golda Meir camping), and cultural programming. The HEMSHEJ project represents a major community renewal initiative involving collective Torah writing and housing renovations. The organization also publishes the annual Luaj directory and maintains membership services with tiered fee structures.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Jibur: Youth division of Kehilá Rosario
• Escuela de Madrijim (EDM)
• Complejo Golda Meir
• Escuela Bialik
• Avot Project
• Javaia
• Hemshej

Products and services

• Kehilá Rosario Membership (Socios) Tiered monthly subscription membership for Jewish individuals and families in Rosario, providing access to all community services (religious, educational, cultural, social). Ten fee categories ranging from ARS 9,500 to ARS 332,500 per month, with a 13% discount for automatic debit.
• Culto (Religious Worship and Lifecycle Services)

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Kehilá Belgrano (Congregación Israelita del Norte / Masorti): Buenos Aires-based Jewish congregation affiliated with the Masorti/Conservative movement; comparable to Kehilá Rosario in congregation structure and lifecycle-event service mix but operationally distant from the Rosario market.
• Hebrew Congregation of the Deaf (Congregação Israelita Paulista): São Paulo Jewish community organization, a regional peer offering religious, educational, and social services in South America; comparable in model but geographically distinct from Kehilá Rosario.

Emerging players

• Fundación Tzedaká: Argentine Jewish community welfare foundation providing social services, food assistance, and community development programs to Jewish families — directly comparable to Kehilá Rosario's Desarrollo Social Comunitario division in scope and beneficiary base.
• ORT Argentina (Bialik ORT network): Jewish technical-education network that co-operates the Bialik school named in Kehilá Rosario's portfolio; comparable as a parallel provider of Jewish-affiliated education services in Argentina, relevant as both a partner and adjacent service provider.

Broad incumbents

• DAIA (Delegación de Asociaciones Israelitas Argentinas): Umbrella organization representing Jewish institutions across Argentina; comparable to Kehilá Rosario as a Jewish communal governance and advocacy body with overlapping membership and policy functions at the federation level.
• AMIA (Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina): Federation of Jewish community organizations in Buenos Aires; comparable as a large, established Jewish communal association in Argentina providing religious, educational, and social services to its members, though with a national-level scope rather than a single city.
• JCC Association (Jewish Community Centers Association of North America): North American federation of Jewish community centers offering an integrated bundle of religious, educational, youth, senior, and recreational services to member families — functionally analogous to Kehilá Rosario's community-center model.

Direct peers

• Comunidad Israelita de Córdoba: One of the other major Kehilot in Argentina serving the Jewish community of Córdoba; a direct peer operating religious worship, education, youth, and cemetery services through a similar community-center model in another Argentine city.
• Kehilá Buenos Aires (Comunidad Amijai / Templo Libertad): One of the largest Buenos Aires Jewish congregations; comparable to Kehilá Rosario in providing full lifecycle religious and community services through a temple-and-school model, though at materially larger scale.
• Comunidad Israelita de Mendoza: Regional Kehila in western Argentina offering a comparable mix of religious, educational, and social programming to Jewish families in its catchment area, structured as a non-profit association.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@KehilaRosario
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/aib-rosario

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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