Jewish buenos aires

A Two-Fold Struggle In The Shadow Of Memory

As the 30th anniversary of the horrific AMIA bombing in Argentina approaches, this year's remembrance carries even greater weight.

|ByHADASSA GETSZTAIN
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
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

This planned attack came multiple months after an Iraqi national was arrested for lurking outside of the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, shortly after a series of bomb threats.

|ByJOANIE MARGULIES
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

The seminary is named after American rabbi Marshall Meyer, a New York native who worked to revitalize the Conservative movement in Buenos Aires from 1958 to 1984.

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

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.

|ByREUTERS

Qui a tué Alberto Nisman ?

Le Hezbollah et le gouvernement argentin pointés du doigt après la mort du procureur chargé de l’affaire AMIA

JANUARY 27, 2015ByURIEL HEILMAN
Des manifestants exigent que justice soit faite, devant le centre communautaire juif AMIA à Buenos Aires, mercredi 21 janvier

Buenos Aires mayor identifies with Israeli teens as former kidnapping victim

Mauricio Macri, now visiting Israel, was kidnapped in 1991 and held in captivity for 14 days until his father paid a multi-million dollar ransom.

JUNE 19, 2014ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri

Argentina's FM arrives amid improvement in ties strained since Argentina-Iran agreement

Israeli-Argentinean ties have been strained since Buenos Aires and Tehran signed a Memorandum of Understanding in January 2013.

APRIL 28, 2014ByHERB KEINON
Argentina's Foreign Minister Hector Timerman lays a wreath during a ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem.