Juan Melamed
By Juan Melamed
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Fast Forward Israel’s soccer team wins bronze at U-20 World Cup
The win came despite a decision by the Israel Football Association to recall five of its key players before the game so they could join Israeli teams ahead of upcoming matches in Europe
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Fast Forward Israel’s historic U-20 World Cup soccer run comes to an end with loss to Uruguay
The team’s success hinted at a bright future for Israeli soccer and gave South American Jews reason to party for two weeks straight
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Fast Forward Uruguayan Jewish soccer fans face a World Cup dilemma: Root for Uruguay or Israel?
Strong pro-Israel sentiment is common throughout Latin American Jewish communities. But Uruguayans are 'very proud and nationalistic,' in the words of one fan
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Fast Forward Israel stuns Brazil at FIFA U-20 World Cup to keep its underdog hopes alive
The game’s winning goal scorer wore a wristband that commemorated three Israeli soldiers killed in an attack the previous morning
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Fast Forward Israel advances to second round of men’s under-20 World Cup with dramatic last-minute defeat of Japan
Israel scored two goals while down a player, after one was ejected, and the winning score came in the game’s final minutes
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Fast Forward Latin America’s biggest online retailer says it reduced antisemitic products by 89% this year
Mercado Libre worked with the Latin American Jewish Congress on the initiative
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Fast Forward Patagonia’s first new synagogue in over 40 years reveals a growing Argentine-Jewish community
There are no reliable estimates of the number of Jews living in Argentina’s famously beautiful southern region. But there are more than communal leaders realized
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Fast Forward Argentina investigates Iranian-owned plane on suspicion of terrorism activity, stoking fear amongst Jewish groups
The president of one group wrote in an op-ed that “the shadow of terrorism extends over Latin America"
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