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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.

Argentina's president, Javier Milei, greets attendees at a major Chabad event in Buenos Aires, June 8, 2026.
Argentine prosecutor Viviana Fein arrives at the apartment where prosecutor Alberto Nisman was found dead, in Buenos Aires, Jan 19, 2015.

Argentine official who investigated death of AMIA prosecutor charged with covering up evidence

Openly discussing his personal affinity for Judaism, Argentina’s President Javier Milei says that he intends to convert to Judaism after leaving office.PremiumPremium

Israel’s biggest diplomatic win since the Abraham Accords came from Milei’s Argentina

El Al opened sales for flights to Argentina

El Al opened sales for flights to Argentina


Google blocks Iranian accounts claiming Israel experiments on Palestinians

The anti-Israel news website Hispan TV denounced it as “an act against freedom of expression.”

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Attackers threaten, curse worshipers at Buenos Aires synagogue

The attack was staged against worshipers leaving the Mikdash Yosef synagogue in the Palermo neighborhood of the city, following the end of Friday night Shabbat services.

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

Argentina Chief Rabbi Davidovich gives thanks for support following attack

“I want to thank you and all the Jewish people for all their prayers for us,” Davidovich told Herzog in a meeting on Sunday.

Herzog meets with Rabbi Gabriel Davidovich in his home in Buenos Aires on Sunday

Anti-Israel graffiti spray-painted on Buenos Aires subway station

Anti-Israel graffiti was spray-painted on a Buenos Aires subway station located in a heavily Jewish neighborhood.

Hundreds of people, most of them members of the Argentine Jewish community, attend the commemoration of the 13th anniversary of the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires July 18, 2007. The signs read, "Justice.

Kirchner to go on trial for allegedly covering up AMIA Jewish center bombing

The attack on the AMIA center killed 85 and left hundreds wounded. Iran has denied any involvement.

Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is suspected of covering up Iran's role in the AMIA bombing of 1994

Ex-Interpol chief: Argentina's Fernandez didn't try to clear Iranian bombers

Former Interpol chief Ronald Noble wants to testify that the government of former President Cristina Fernandez did not ask to have the arrest warrants lifted as part of a "memorandum" with Iran.

Interpol Secretary General Ronald Noble attends a news conference at the Interpol headquarters.

Hummus unites Jews and Muslims in Argentina

“Instead of importing conflicts, we are exporting coexistence.”

Hummus

Report to reveal prosecutor in investigation into bombing of Jewish center was murdered

Alberto Nisman was found dead two years ago before he was supposed to present a report on the 1992 AMIA Jewish center bombing to Argentine lawmakers.

Alberto Nisman

Netanyahu in Buenos Aires: Iran remains source of world terror

Despite changes in the world since the 1990s attacks in Buenos Aires, Iran has stayed loyal to its theme of terror, Benjamin Netanyahu stated at the site of Argentinian terror attacks.

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu speaks at the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, Argentina

PM to board first El Al flight to Argentina since Eichmann's 1960 kidnapping

National carrier will touch down in Buenos Aires for first time since the Holocaust mastermind was smuggled out of the country to be tried in Israel.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flies plane over West Bank