Posts Tagged: Buenos Aires
Argentina Records Massive Spike in Antisemitism Following Oct. 7 Attack
Argentina experienced a 44 percent increase in reported antisemitic incidents last year, mostly after the Palestinian terror group Hamas's Oct. 7 massacre across southern Israel,...
Iran Showed Its True Colors in the AMIA Bombing 30 years ago
JNS.org - This month marks the 30th anniversary of the devastating bombing of the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (Spanish initials: AMIA), a Jewish community center...
US Leads Over 30 Countries in Adopting ‘Global Guidelines’ to Combat Antisemitism
More than 30 countries led by the United States adopted "global guidelines for countering antisemitism" during a gathering of special envoys and other representatives from...
‘We Love this Team’: Argentina Street Party Explodes after World Cup Win
Hundreds of thousands of Argentines poured into the streets on a sunny Sunday in Buenos Aires, ecstatic after a nail-biting victory on penalties in the...
Officials, Jewish Groups Mark Anniversary of 1992 Israeli Embassy Bombing That Killed 29
Israeli, Jewish, and Argentine leaders and institutions commemorated on Wednesday the anniversary of the March 17, 1992 bombing of the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires,...
Jewish Groups Mark 25th Anniversary of Buenos Aires Community Center Bombing, Call for Perpetrators to Face Justice
Major Jewish groups around the world marked on Thursday the 25th anniversary of the deadly bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires in...
Ex-Spanish Official Condemned for Insinuating Jews Might Be Behind Recent Death of Country’s Attorney General
A prominent US-based Jewish human rights group has expressed outrage over an ex-Spanish official’s insinuation that Jews might have been responsible for the recent death...
‘Fotonovela’ on Argentinian Jewish Center Bombing Shows the Camera May Be Mightier Than the Pen
JNS.org -- Do you know what a fotonovela is? I didn’t either, until I read Once@9:53am: Terror in Buenos Aires, a fascinating, mesmerizing book, whose new English edition...
Argentine Police Arrest Suspect Planning Attack on Jewish Center as Row Over AMIA Bombing Investigation Continues
Police in the Argentinian capital, Buenos Aires, have arrested a 57 year-old man suspected of planning an attack on the Sociedad Hebraica, a local Jewish...
Jewish Agency Smuggles 17 Yemeni Jews into Israel
JNS.org - As tensions run high and instability mounts in Yemen, the Jewish Agency for Israel on Wednesday orchestrated a complex covert mission, spanning two...
Argentine-Israeli Association Criticizes Engagement with Iran Over 1994 Bombing
JNS.org - On the 19th anniversary of the the bombing of the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) in downtown Buenos Aires, which killed 85 ...
Rabbi to Lead Argentinian Political Party
JTA - Rabbi Sergio Bergman will lead the ticket for the center-right PRO Party in Argentina's national elections. The PRO Party confirmed the decision on Saturday...
Ambassadors All: Jews in the 21st Century
In his poignant and insightful writings, outgoing UK and Commonwealth Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks often avers that Judaism serves as "the voice of hope in...
Cry for Argentina
Argentina has just approved a memorandum of understanding with Iran to jointly investigate the 1994 terrorist bombing of the AMIA, or Jewish federation, building in...
