Argentina

Holocaust survivor who became a bat mitzvah at 91 dies in Buenos Aires

In 2011, Eugenia Unger was declared Outstanding Personality by the Buenos Aires city parliament.

By DIEGO MELAMED/JTA
05/01/2024

Argentine President Javier Milei speaks at Jewish sports tournament’s opening ceremony

Other prominent attendees included Argentine Vice President Victoria Villaruel; the US and Israeli ambassadors to Argentina, Marc Stanley and Eyal Sela; and the mayor of Buenos Aires, Jorge Macri.

By JUAN MELAMED/JTA
30/12/2023

Milei’s maverick move for Argentina and its lessons for Israel - opinion

Milei, a fiery economist turned political disrupter, pledges warmer ties with Israel and the US, distancing Argentina from its erstwhile allies in the socialist bloc.

By ILAN ALON
24/12/2023
Rescue workers search for survivors and victims in the rubble of the AMIA building

US charges alleged Hezbollah member over deadly 1994 AMIA bombing

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan said Samuel Salman El Reda, 58, had coordinated Hezbollah's activities in South America, Asia, and Lebanon since 1993.

By REUTERS
20/12/2023

A scaled-back Israeli delegation is headed to the Pan American Maccabi Games in Argentina

Delegation of 74 Israeli athletes will head to Argentina, 45 live in communities close to the Gaza Strip, the area attacked on Oct. 7, according to a press release from the Maccabi World Union.

By JACOB GURVIS/JTA
19/12/2023

Grapevine December 17, 2023: Bye bye, Yentl

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

False bomb threat hits Buenos Aires Jewish center where 85 people died in 1994 bombing

Police in Argentina are investigating the emails to determine their origin and find the individual or individuals responsible for Wednesday’s threats.

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
07/12/2023

First Jewish university in South America to open in Buenos Aires next year

The seminary is named after American rabbi Marshall Meyer, a New York native who worked to revitalize the Conservative movement in Buenos Aires from 1958 to 1984.

By JUAN MELAMED/JTA
06/12/2023

Argentina's Milei gives top legal role to former justice minister who resigned over neo-Nazi ties

Javier Milei, a far-right upstart who backs Israel and has said he wants one day to convert to Judaism, has drawn a range of reactions from Jewish groups in Argentina.

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
05/12/2023

Israel thanks Argentina's Milei for pledge to move embassy to Jerusalem

Argentine President-elect Javier Milei also recently announced his plans to convert to Judaism.

By REUTERS
04/12/2023
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