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Milei praises ‘Judeo-Christian values’ at Chabad event as Argentina courts European Jews
Milei has long studied Judaism and has said he wants to convert after leaving office but sees Jewish practice, including the observance of Shabbat, as incompatible with the presidency.
Argentine official who investigated death of AMIA prosecutor charged with covering up evidence
PremiumPremiumIsrael’s biggest diplomatic win since the Abraham Accords came from Milei’s Argentina
El Al opened sales for flights to Argentina
Roger Waters drops antisemitic iconography in Argentina following legal threat
Waters completed his tour without his infamous Nazi costume, an Anne Frank comparison or his inflatable pig with a star of David. However, he insulted a Jewish hotel owner on stage.
US and Israeli embassies hit with bomb threats in Buenos Aires
The US embassy said it is back to normal operations on Wednesday afternoon.
Four Argentinian-Israelis dead, others missing from kibbutzes after Hamas attack
Argentina is home to an estimated 180,000 Jews, the sixth-largest Jewish population of any country in the world.
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.
Buenos Aires to rename subway station after Jewish woman who famously stood up to sex traffickers
Born in what is now Ukraine in 1900 and raised in Poland, Liberman immigrated to Buenos Aires in 1922, joining a wave of Jewish immigration from Eastern Europe to South America.
Long-necked dinosaur fossil found by Argentine scientists is one of biggest ever
The dinosaur's bones were so big they caused the van carrying them to a Buenos Aires laboratory to tip over, though no one was injured and the remains were left intact.
Israeli, Argentinian artists commemorate the 1992 terror attack against embassy
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!”
Patagonia’s first new synagogue in over 40 years reveals a growing Argentine-Jewish community
The synagogue is just the second Jewish institution in the 400,000-square-mile Patagonia region.
Argentina vice president unharmed in attempted shooting
The attack underscores rising political tension in Argentina and around the region that has put politicians on edge from Colombia to Brazil.
