He escaped one ghetto only to find himself imprisoned in another
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Culture In a delightful new Purim film, Esther is a secret agent in Argentina
In its long history, the Purim story has had its fair share of reboots. Because, in every generation, a new Haman arrives to oppress us, that genocidal adviser has worn the face of Hitler and, when Stalin suffered a stroke on Purim, averting his own dire plans for Jews, he wore a different mustache entirely….
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Forverts in English Recalling the revolt against a Yiddish theater in Buenos Aires
In Buenos Aires, where I spent the first 30 years of my life, every public school student has heard of Boulogne Sur Mer, a small town in France, where the Argentine national hero Jose San Martin spent the last years of his life. Boulogne Sur Mer is also a street in Buenos Aires where even…
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Fast Forward Two potted marijuana plants seized from Argentine synagogue’s courtyard
Police seized two pots of marijuana plants from the courtyard of a historic synagogue in Medanos, a small village in the Buenos Aires province. Medanos, once the rural home of about 100 Argentine Jews, is in the Villarino district. Villarino Mayor Carlos Bevillacua said the synagogue was not responsible in any way for the marijuana…
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Fast Forward Rabbi, couple among 8 arrested at Jewish wedding in Buenos Aires
(JTA) — BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (JTA) — A rabbi along with the bride and groom were among eight people arrested by Buenos Aires police for gathering at a wedding and violating the public coronavirus lockdown that bans public and religious events. It was the third Jewish wedding held in recent weeks in the Balvanera area…
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Fast Forward Argentina orders cremation of Jewish COVID victim despite family’s protest
BUENOS AIRES (JTA) — Despite protests from a Jewish community near Buenos Aires, the first Jewish victim of the coronavirus in Argentina was cremated by local authorities, causing controversy and sparking concern among other Jewish communities throughout the country. Cremation of the dead is not allowed under religious Jewish law. Ruben Bercovich, a 59-year-old businessman…
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Oct 2, 2022
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A Sukkah, IMKHA, created by artist Tobi Kahn, for the Marlene Meyerson JCC of Manhattan is an installation consisting of 13 interrelated sculpted painted wooden panels, constituting a single work of art. Join for a panel discussion with Rabbi Joanna Samuels, Chief Executive Director of the Marlene Meyerson JCC of Manhattan, Talya Zax, Innovation Editor of the Forward, and Tobi Kahn, Artist. Moderated by Mattie Kahn.