Buenos Aires
Argentine official who investigated death of AMIA prosecutor charged with covering up evidence
The death of Alberto Nisman, who was investigating the 1994 bombing on a Buenos Aires Jewish center, has roiled Argentine politics for a decade.
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Jewish library, Chabad center attacked in Argentina suburb
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.”
Argentina sees 107% spike in antisemitism
A poll found that 53% of locals believe that there is discrimination against the Jews
Jewish cemetery defaced in Buenos Aires over Rosh Hashanah
Historic synagogue overrun by squatters returned to Buenos Aires Jews
The rabbi, Shneor “Uri” Mizrahi, had worked to empty the synagogue without a fight by talking with the squatters in an attempt to convince them to vacate.
