Cremation of first Jewish virus victim in Argentina stirs controversy
Death of Ruben Bercovich, 59, subsequent cremation triggered started a dialogue between rabbis and officials over a possible compromise to uphold Jewish law
View ArticleWorldwide population of 14.7 million Jews falls short of pre-Shoah numbers
Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics reports that today's Jewish population, ahead of Yom HaShoah, is still short of the 16.6m before the war
View ArticleArgentina adopts international definition of Antisemitism
Ministry of foreign affairs adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition on Monday
View ArticleInter Aliyah, club of Olim founded by two Brits, takes on Israeli football
Friends Sam Sank and Matt Keston help run Inter Aliyah, Israel's first all-Olim sports club, who are considered among favourites to get promoted from Liga Gimmel this year
View ArticleArgentina rugby stars suspended over antisemitic tweets, before being reinstated
Offensive messages sent by Pablo Matera, the team’s captain, as well as Guido Petti and Santiago Socino discovered this week
View ArticleSouth American immigrants arrive in Israel after 40 days in limbo
Group of 137 Olim from Brazil and Argentina finally made aliyah after waiting due to covid restrictions
View ArticleArgentine aliyah spike amid inflation
Country has one of the world’s largest Jewish populations and classes managed by Israel’s Department of Aliyah Promotion saw a 50 percent increase in popularity in 2020.
View ArticlePolice stop planned neo-Nazi attack on Argentine shul on Shabbat
Authorities arrested two people from the 'Goy Group Unleashed' who wanted to blow up a synagogue
View ArticleThousands of youngsters mark annual day for Jewish education network World ORT
From Panama to Ukraine and Russia to Argentina, children exchanged messages and postcards of where they live 'to share a feeling of togethernes'
View ArticleArgentina’s Vice President rails against AMIA bombing trial on 27th anniversary
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner called the imminent trial into her alleged efforts to cover up Iran’s role in the attack a “monumental scandal.
View ArticleTo mark 100,000 COVID-19 deaths, Argentina turns to a Jewish cemetery tradition
'The March of the Stones' in Buenos Aires came together spontaneously through social media conversations protesting how the Argentine government has handled the pandemic.
View ArticleThieves caught trying to take 200 headstones from Argentine Jewish cemetery
Community leaders anger over security breaches at Buenos Aires site with latest break-in happening just before Yom Kippur
View ArticleCould a survivor’s great-grandson be one to watch at Wimbledon?
Diego Schwartzman is the first Jewish hopeful in a while and Ben Stiller is his biggest fan
View ArticleOh my ‘Goooooooooooooooooooool! Argentina campion mondial!’
Lionel Messi provided the talent that turned Argentina into world champions, while Jewish sportscaster Andrés Cantor provided the voice
View ArticleAdolfo Kaminsky, French resistance forger, dies at 97
Tributes to Argentine-born photographer who saved the lives of 14,000 Jews during the Holocaust
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