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Editor's Notes: Milei’s torch should push Israel to think about its extra nine million

A country that was built to gather exiles should be better at recognizing the people standing near the edge of the camp, waiting to see whether anyone inside is ready to speak to them.

ARGENTINIAN PRESIDENT Javier Milei sings during an Independence Day ceremony this week in Jerusalem. His grandfather found out he was Jewish a short time before he passed away.
The ongoing war in Gaza and the resurgence of anti-Semitism cast a long shadow, reminding us that the Jewish people continue to face a dual struggle

A Two-Fold Struggle In The Shadow Of Memory

 Two of the three suspects arrested in Argentina for planning a terror attack on the Jewish community in Buenos Aires

Argentina arrests three from Lebanon, Syria in Maccabi Games terror plot

 A general view of Puerto Madero neighborhood, in Buenos Aires, Argentina November 21, 2023.

First Jewish university in South America to open in Buenos Aires next year


Argentina police shut down Nazi and antisemitic bookseller

After the war, many Nazi officials including death camp supervisor Adolf Eichmann also emigrated to Argentina to avoid trials for war crimes.

  Argentina's Anti-Terrorist Investigation Unit Department after a raid on a propaganda distribution operation, in Buenos Aires, Argentina September 13, 2023.

Among those celebrating Argentina’s World Cup win, ‘cabala’ practitioners and a Jewish sportscaster

Andres Cantor, a prominent soccer announcer, responded to Argentina’s game-winning penalty shot with his signature elongated “Gooooooool!”

Argentina forward Lionel Messi (10) dribbles the ball against France during the first half of the 2022 World Cup final at Lusail Stadium, Lusail, Qatar, Dec 18, 2022

Yad Vashem makes historic strides in Argentinian Holocaust education

Yad Vashem chairman Dani Dayan met with Argentine President Prof. Alberto Ángel Fernández and other high-ranking Argentinian officials in the Latin American Forum to Combat Antisemitism.

 Visitors seen at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem on April 26, 2022, ahead of Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Vandals steal Anne Frank statue in Buenos Aires

“If this were a case of antisemitism, there should be some vandalization of the statue... It is for the metal,” senior says in report to the crime.

Anne Frank in 1940, while at 6. Montessorischool, Niersstraat 41-43, Amsterdam

North Korea could consider an inter-Korean summit if mutual respect is assured

Addressing the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, South Korean President Moon Jae-in repeated a call for a formal end to the war but later said time is running out to achieve such progress.

 South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shake hands at the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, South Korea, April 27, 2018.

From Buenos Aires to Jerusalem: Meet the soccer star who made aliyah

“There is no road, the road is made by walking, by walking one makes the road, and upon glancing back one sees the path.” – “Wanderer” by Antonio Machado

Yael Katz plays in a soccer match

American rabbi’s quote to be centerpiece of public mural in Buenos Aires

The city government and the Latin American Rabbinical Seminary held a contest to design the mural to honor human rights activist Rabbi Marshall Meyer.

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Historic synagogue overrun by squatters returned to Buenos Aires Jews

The rabbi, Shneor “Uri” Mizrahi, had worked to empty the synagogue without a fight by talking with the squatters in an attempt to convince them to vacate.

The Star of David is seen on the facade of a synagogue in Paris

25 years after the Buenos Aires terror attack: U.N. remembers those fallen

The attack killed 85 people and injured hundreds at a Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires.

Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon with Argentinian Ambassador Martín García Moritán.

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