Buenos Aires
50 years after the Dirty War, Argentinians remember the Jews who ‘disappeared’
As many as 1,900 Jews were abducted, tortured, and murdered by the military during Argentina's six-day Dirty War, with as many as 30,000 presumed to be disappeared.
The Great Mifgash: Building global Jewish connections amid crisis
Jewish artist expelled from Argentinian street fair after dispute over Palestinian flag
'More dignity': Argentine unions march against Milei's labor reform
Argentine businessman calls Jewish CEO a ‘Moishe’ in antisemitic post
Garin is a town in Buenos Aires Province where one of Insud’s laboratories is located. “Moishe” can be used as an antisemitic slur.
Marijuana plants seized from Argentine synagogue’s courtyard
The synagogue, built between 1913 and 1915, is designated a heritage site and was in the process of being turned into a museum before the pandemic struck earlier this year.
Rights group criticizes Buenos Aires for using surveillance tech on kids
HRW cited three cases of Argentine adults being erroneously detained by police due to the system's errors.
Jorge Kirszenbaum, former head of Argentina’s Jewish community, dies at 72
Kirszenbaum, an attorney and human rights activist who led the DAIA umbrella group in 2005 and ’06, died suddenly on Sept. 5 in his apartment in Buenos Aires. He was 72.
How is the Buenos Aires Jewish community coping with COVID-19?
Here’s how some other local Jewish institutions are faring as the pandemic drags on.
Buenos Aires synagogues get OK to stream services
Other non-Orthodox synagogues in the Belgrano neighborhood also will be broadcasting online.
Rally remembers Argentine prosecutor Nisman on 5th anniversary of death
Thousands attended a rally held Saturday in the center of Buenos Aires under the motto: “Justice You Shall Pursue: It was not suicide, it was an assassination.”
First Sephardi synagogue of Buenos Aires celebrates centennial
Located in the center of the Argentinean capital, the iconic “Great Temple of Piedras Street,” was established by Jewish immigrants of Moroccan origin.
American rabbi’s quote to be centerpiece of public mural in Buenos Aires
The city government and the Latin American Rabbinical Seminary held a contest to design the mural to honor human rights activist Rabbi Marshall Meyer.
Most of Nazi trove discovered in Buenos Aires are fakes
The German news service Spiegel reported that 62 of the 72 objects or sets of objects are “counterfeit or falsifications.”
