Tag: Buenos Aires

The AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires has revealed a new colorful facade, commemorating the 30-year anniversary of a deadly bombing in 1994 that killed 85 people.
An Argentine court has ruled that Iran and Hezbollah were responsible for the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, which killed 85 people.
Argentina is on the cusp of confirming Rabbi Shimon Axel Wahnish as its ambassador to Israel, a historic appointment as the first rabbi ever to serve in this role.
Nutico Hacoaj, representing the Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, is breaking a 60-year drought by competing in an Argentine soccer tournament, marking the first Jewish team to participate since 1967.
The author reflects on the significance of Tu B'Shevat, the New Year for the Trees, which often falls during the summer in the Southern Hemisphere.
Eugenia Unger, a Holocaust survivor and founding member of the Holocaust Museum of Buenos Aires, passed away at the age of 97.
Three men have been arrested by Argentine Federal Police on suspicion of planning a terror attack during the Pan American Maccabi Games in Buenos Aires.
Argentine President Javier Milei spoke at the opening ceremony of the Pan American Maccabi Games, an international tournament for Jewish athletes.
The AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires, which was targeted in a deadly bombing in 1994, recently received a bomb threat, which was later determined to be a false alarm.
Javier Gerardo Milei, an economist and political candidate in Argentina, has gained attention for his controversial views and proposed radical changes to the country's economy.
Leaders from the Latin American Jewish Congress and the Muslim World League met in Buenos Aires for a historic gathering.
The article discusses an Argentine film called "Le Temps Perdu," which is a documentary-like performance and staged reading of Marcel Proust's "In Search of Lost Time."
"The Ghetto Within" by Santiago H. Amigorena tells the story of the author's grandfather, Vicente Rosenberg, who migrates to Buenos Aires in 1928 to escape Polish antisemitism.
"Shalom Taiwan" is an Argentine film directed by Walter Tejblum about a hapless Orthodox rabbi in Buenos Aires who embarks on a journey to Taiwan to find wealthy donors to save his debt-ridden synagogue.
Gabriel Lichtmann's Purim film, "The Red Star," tells the story of Laila Salama, a fictional character who is a Jewish secret agent in Argentina.
Alejandra Pizarnik, a prominent Argentine poet born to Jewish immigrants from Poland, crafted deeply abstract and emotional poetry, exploring diasporic experiences and complex identities.
"The German Doctor" is a film adapted by Argentinian filmmaker Lucia Puenzo from her novel "Wakolda," which explores a chance meeting between a mysterious doctor based on Josef Mengele and an Argentinian family in 1960.