DAIA hosts governor of Salta, Juan Manuel Urtubey; over 1,000 Jewish and non-Jewish schoolchildren march in memory of the Holocaust; UN spokesperson against racism meets delegates of Jewish organizations.Read More
Klezmer musician Gustavo Bulgach leads klezmer workshop; YIVO replaces bust of Sholem Aleichem in the Garden of the Poets; Rabbi Abraham Cooper of the Simon Wiesenthal Center meets with President Macri.Read More
Anne Frank’s half-sister talks about her own experience under the Nazis; a Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Commemoration takes place in one of the largest halls in the city; a book by Jewish woman criticizing Nazism and Communism gets wide coverage in the Argentinian press.Read More
Volunteers collect wool to knit clothes for financially strapped families; 50 Holocaust survivors celebrate their Bar and Bat-Mitzvahs.Read More
Jewish organizations participate in a huge annual book fair; Buenos Aires honors Copenhagen hospital for saving Jews; a reception for Ian Kershaw’s book, “The Nazi Dictatorship.”Read More
The book “Yiddish Theater in Buenos Aires 1930-1950” reflects different aspects of Yiddish theater before, during and after the Holocaust; the first lesbian-Jewish wedding in Argentina generates controversy; International Ladino Day is celebrated in Buenos Aires.Read More
The goal of the national seminar was to stimulate and encourage Yiddish studies, especially in the interior of the country.Read More
The son of a famous Jewish psychotherapist gives a talk in Buenos Aires; a court reviews documents of Jewish community elections due to accusations of illegal activity; joint projects between Argentina and Israel are discussed.Read More
The Argentinian winner of the 1980 Nobel Peace Prize suggests awarding the prize to a terrorist, Marwan Barghouti; A book of Yiddish poetry is given to President Obama.Read More
President Obama honors those killed during Argentina’s military dictatorship; the Jewish community honors the memory of the 29 victims of the attack on the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires; the community Amichai is conducting a seminar on the history of Jewish women.Read More