Buenos Aires
El Al opened sales for flights to Argentina
The airline announced that sales for its two new routes – Seoul and Buenos Aires – have opened. How much will you pay for a flight lasting more than 16 hours?
Jewish library, Chabad center attacked in Argentina suburb
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Vandals steal Anne Frank statue in Buenos Aires
“If this were a case of antisemitism, there should be some vandalization of the statue... It is for the metal,” senior says in report to the crime.
University of Buenos Aires launches antisemitism watchdog
The launch event included messages by Israel’s ambassador to Argentina, Galit Ronen.
Iran’s government appoints 2 suspected 1994 bombing Buenos Aires Jewish center
In its investigation of the bombing, which also injured 300, Argentina has said Vahidi and Rezai played key roles.
With 100,000 COVID deaths, Argentina turns to Jewish cemetery tradition
Stones were chosen because they are enduring — the same reason Jews visiting cemeteries frequently place small rocks on gravestones. A local newspaper, Perfil, made the connection.
From Buenos Aires to Jerusalem: Meet the soccer star who made aliyah
“There is no road, the road is made by walking, by walking one makes the road, and upon glancing back one sees the path.” – “Wanderer” by Antonio Machado
Argentine businessman calls Jewish CEO a ‘Moishe’ in antisemitic post
Garin is a town in Buenos Aires Province where one of Insud’s laboratories is located. “Moishe” can be used as an antisemitic slur.
Marijuana plants seized from Argentine synagogue’s courtyard
The synagogue, built between 1913 and 1915, is designated a heritage site and was in the process of being turned into a museum before the pandemic struck earlier this year.
Rights group criticizes Buenos Aires for using surveillance tech on kids
HRW cited three cases of Argentine adults being erroneously detained by police due to the system's errors.
Jorge Kirszenbaum, former head of Argentina’s Jewish community, dies at 72
Kirszenbaum, an attorney and human rights activist who led the DAIA umbrella group in 2005 and ’06, died suddenly on Sept. 5 in his apartment in Buenos Aires. He was 72.
How is the Buenos Aires Jewish community coping with COVID-19?
Here’s how some other local Jewish institutions are faring as the pandemic drags on.
