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.

A man holds up a portrait of Luis German Cirigliano, who disappeared during Argentina's 'Dirty war', during a demonstration to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the 1976 military coup in Buenos Aires, March 24, 2016.
The Great Mifgash. Pictured: Tracy Frydberg, director, Tisch Center for Jewish Dialogue at ANU – Museum of the Jewish People; Yoni Alon, Israeli Jewish Peoplehood Coalition and found er of David Cards.

The Great Mifgash: Building global Jewish connections amid crisis

General view at Plaza Dorrego in San Telmo on Sept. 8, 2013 in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Jewish artist expelled from Argentinian street fair after dispute over Palestinian flag

DEMONSTRATORS ATTEND a protest organised by Argentina's General Confederation of Labor (CGT) against the government's proposed labour law reform, at Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 18, 2025.

'More dignity': Argentine unions march against Milei's labor reform


Swastikas painted in front of iconic barbershop in Jewish neighborhood

The Javerim barbershop is run by Jewish hairdressers and is an icon in the traditional Jewish neighborhood of Villa Crespo in Buenos Aires.

Nazi artifacts seized from a house in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in June 2017.

Israel’s booth at Buenos Aires Book Fair takes Best Site award

The 45nd Annual Buenos Aires Book Fair will present more than 1,500 events during 20 days and feature 2,500 lectures, book presentations and artistic events until its close on Monday.

A Star of David is seen outside the former Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina at an event to commemorate the 25th anniversy of the building's destruction by a car bomb, March 2017

Google blocks Iranian accounts claiming Israel experiments on Palestinians

The anti-Israel news website Hispan TV denounced it as “an act against freedom of expression.”

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Attackers threaten, curse worshipers at Buenos Aires synagogue

The attack was staged against worshipers leaving the Mikdash Yosef synagogue in the Palermo neighborhood of the city, following the end of Friday night Shabbat services.

A Star of David is seen outside the former Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina at an event to commemorate the 25th anniversy of the building's destruction by a car bomb, March 2017

Argentina Chief Rabbi Davidovich gives thanks for support following attack

“I want to thank you and all the Jewish people for all their prayers for us,” Davidovich told Herzog in a meeting on Sunday.

Herzog meets with Rabbi Gabriel Davidovich in his home in Buenos Aires on Sunday

Anti-Israel graffiti spray-painted on Buenos Aires subway station

Anti-Israel graffiti was spray-painted on a Buenos Aires subway station located in a heavily Jewish neighborhood.

Hundreds of people, most of them members of the Argentine Jewish community, attend the commemoration of the 13th anniversary of the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires July 18, 2007. The signs read, "Justice.

Kirchner to go on trial for allegedly covering up AMIA Jewish center bombing

The attack on the AMIA center killed 85 and left hundreds wounded. Iran has denied any involvement.

Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is suspected of covering up Iran's role in the AMIA bombing of 1994

Ex-Interpol chief: Argentina's Fernandez didn't try to clear Iranian bombers

Former Interpol chief Ronald Noble wants to testify that the government of former President Cristina Fernandez did not ask to have the arrest warrants lifted as part of a "memorandum" with Iran.

Interpol Secretary General Ronald Noble attends a news conference at the Interpol headquarters.

Hummus unites Jews and Muslims in Argentina

“Instead of importing conflicts, we are exporting coexistence.”

Hummus

Report to reveal prosecutor in investigation into bombing of Jewish center was murdered

Alberto Nisman was found dead two years ago before he was supposed to present a report on the 1992 AMIA Jewish center bombing to Argentine lawmakers.

Alberto Nisman