The role of Klezmer in the history of Tango is explored, the history of Argentinean Jewish colonies is explored in a new film available online, an Argentine town schedules a lecture on Eva Braun and Argentinean Jewish schools begin a new year.Read More
Argentinean Jews will have designated praying-areas in airports, the Argentinean journal “Milim” publishes articles about Yiddish culture, a new exhibition is debuting at Jewish schools and a symposium is held in honor of the founder of Jewish-Christian dialog.Read More
A new book argues that Hitler escaped Europe in a submarine and lived in Argentina and Paraguay under a false name until 1971, a Jewish initiative provides job training for tens of thousands of Argentineans and Israeli-Argentine relations improve.Read More
Anti-Semitism increasing in sports, forced Muslim converts to Christianity request Spanish citizenship, the Vatican is organizing a trip to both Israel and the Palestinian territories, the Pope is planning to release church documents related to the Holocaust, and Gabriel Rabinovitch, an Argentine Jewish doctor, makes major advancements in cancer research.Read More
Many Argentinean Jews inquire about receiving Spanish citizenship, a Zionist exhibition travels throughout Argentina, 19 firefighters are killed in a fire in Buenos Aires, the Holocaust museum commemorates Holocaust memorial day and the Jewish community of Buenos Aires celebrates its 120th anniversary.Read More
Argentina’s agreement with Iran that had upset the Jewish community has not led to revelations about the terrorist attack in Buenos Aires as was hoped, Jewish and Christian youth work together to renovate a neighborhood, an Israeli minister visits Argentinean Jewish schools, a prominent Israeli geologist visits Argentina and one of the Jews on Schindler’s list publishes a memoir in Argentina.Read More
The Argentinean government commemorates the Holocaust and Argentinean schools are preparing curriculum to better teach about the subject and a Chilean skinhead who attacked Jews in 2006 is caught in Argentina and extradited to his homeland.Read More
Tu Bishvat is celebrated in Buenos Aires, the Warsaw ghetto is commemorated, a Palestinian soccer-team in Chile is punished for wearing a jersey with an image of Palestine without Israel and Pope Francis meets with rabbis from Buenos Aires.Read More
Iran has still not begun its investigation of the 1994 terrorist attack against the AMIA in Argentina, the “Tragic Week” of 1919 is remembered, Anti-Semitic graffiti is found in Caracas and a priest who saved Jews from the Nazis is honored.Read More
A former ambassador says that Israel killed the terrorists who committed the 1994 terrorist attack in Buenos Aires, a short film on the Jewish community is shown, and marijuana is legalized in Uruguay.Read More