An Orthodox Jew will head the Argentine Jewish political umbrella for the first time in its 80-year history. Ariel Cohen Sabban was elected Nov. 19 with 52 percent of the vote to 44 percent for the incumbent, Julio Schlosser. He will start his three-year term on Dec. 15. “Not only a president was elected, but…
The organized Evangelical Christian community in Argentina will join the Jewish community in a rally in support of Israel. It is the first time that an Evangelical clergy member will address a rally organized by the Jewish community in the South American country. The rally will take place on Thursday in front of the Israeli…
A fugitive former spy chief accused by the Argentine government of involvement in the murky death of a federal prosecutor in January flew from Brazil to the United States a month later, Argentina’s security ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry said Interpol in Brazil provided the information on Antonio Stiuso, one-time operations chief of the…
After eight months, the people of Argentina should know what happened to prosecutor Alberto Nisman, the president of the country’s Jewish umbrella organization said. “We respect the Justice Department’s decisions. But, after eight months at least we should know what happened to the prosecutor,” DAIA President Julio Schlosser said Tuesday night at an event in…
Argentina’s government has expressed concern that the Iranian nuclear deal will benefit an Iranian suspect in the AMIA Jewish center bombing. Foreign Minister Hector Timerman, in a letter sent Wednesday to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and European Union foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini, said he was worried about the possibility that the arrest…
A U.S. forensic pathologist believes that the late Argentine special prosecutor Alberto Nisman likely was murdered. “The evidence argues strongly and scientifically against it being a suicide,” Cyril Wecht said in an interview aired by Argentina television’s Channel 13 on Sunday night. “It is much more likely that this was a homicide than a suicide.”…
If you’re like me, you’ve probably been trying for weeks to figure out what the heck that Greek euro crisis is all about. And every time you thought you were getting close, they went and changed the script on you. Personally, I thought I had it sorted out after Greece’s July 5 referendum on the…
The Argentine capital opened up a permanent display at a subway station that it intends to rename in memory of victims of the 1994 AMIA terrorist attack on local Jews. The commemorative display at the Pasteur subway station was unveiled Friday by the municipality and the SBASE metro company. City delegates will vote next month…
אין דער אויסשטעלונג געפֿינען זיך 120 מאָלערײַען פֿון דער פּורים־העלדין, געמאָלט פֿון די האָלענדישע קונסטמײַסטערס.
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