Buenos Aires

Argentinian judge to be tried for antisemitism after calling Jews 'rats' and 'vipers'

On Wednesday, the plenary of the National Council of the Judiciary unanimously voted to begin removal proceedings against Judge Alfredo Lopez of Federal Court No. 4 of Mar del Plata (Buenos Aires).

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
JUDGE ALFREDO Lopez, accused of antisemitism.
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.

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.

|ByJUAN MELAMED/JTA
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

The Great Mifgash used AI-powered speed conversations to unite Jewish leaders across continents in just one evening.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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

The incident on Sunday at the San Telmo fair began when the artist, identified by local outlets as “Karina,” asked a fellow vendor to remove the flag, arguing that it “supports terrorism.”

|ByJUAN MELAMED/JTA

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.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017ByJTA
Alberto Nisman

Netanyahu in Buenos Aires: Iran remains source of world terror

Despite changes in the world since the 1990s attacks in Buenos Aires, Iran has stayed loyal to its theme of terror, Benjamin Netanyahu stated at the site of Argentinian terror attacks.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017ByHERB KEINON
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu speaks at the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, Argentina

PM to board first El Al flight to Argentina since Eichmann's 1960 kidnapping

National carrier will touch down in Buenos Aires for first time since the Holocaust mastermind was smuggled out of the country to be tried in Israel.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017ByHERB KEINON
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flies plane over West Bank

57 years after Eichmann's famous flight, El Al will fly again to Argentina

“We celebrate the historic event, which means that more Argentineans can travel to visit Israel and also we are happy to see the Argentinean flag in the Israeli sky soon.”

AUGUST 21, 2017ByJTA
An El Al Boeing 777 aircraft at Ben-Gurion International Airport

Argentinians in Israel call for justice for 1994 Buenos Aires bombing

Birthright holds ceremony in Tel Aviv to mark 23 years since deadly attack on Jewish center.

JULY 18, 2017ByTAMARA ZIEVE
AMIA remembrance ceremony, July 2017

Justice delayed

Twenty-three years after the AMIA attack, it is not too late to bring Iran to justice.

JULY 8, 2017ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Rescue workers search for survivors and victims in the rubble left after a powerful car bomb destroyed the Buenos Aires headquarters of the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA), in this July 18, 1994 file photo

New DNA from Argentina Jewish center bombing points to suicide attack

The discovery was announced two weeks before the 23rd anniversary of the AMIA bombing that also injured hundreds.

JULY 5, 2017ByJTA
Rescue workers search for survivors and victims in the rubble left after a powerful car bomb destroyed the Buenos Aires headquarters of the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA), in this July 18, 1994 file photo

A dream come true

For its 10th anniversary, Israeli quartet Pitango performs the tango opera Maria de Buenos Aires.

MAY 2, 2013ByBARRY DAVIS
Pitango 370