An Argentinian neo-Nazi group has received government approval to become a registered political party. Argentinian neo-Nazi Alejandro Biondini registered a new organization, called Bandera Vecinal, or Local flag, and received approval to become a registered political party and to participate in 2015 presidential elections. After it signed up the required 4,000 members, the nationalist organization…
The World Jewish Congress called on the FIFA world soccer association to hold a tribute to the victims of the AMIA Jewish center terrorist attack before a match between Argentina and Iran at the World Cup in Brazil. A letter sent to FIFA President Joseph Blatter calls for a moment of silence for the 85…
Federal judges in Argentina declared unconstitutional the government’s cooperation with Iran on the investigation of the 1994 explosion of the AMIA Jewish community building. Court Nr. 1 of the Federal Chamber made the ruling after deliberations on a petition for an injunction filed by representatives of the Jewish community who argued against cooperating with Iran…
In documentaries and live testimonials, survivors of Dr. Joseph Mengele’s “Right [life]-Left [death]” selection at Auschwitz, remember him as exceptionally handsome. And so is Spanish actor Alex Brendemuhl, who eerily and seductively portrays the toxic physician in Lucia Puenzo’s film “The German Doctor.” An uncanny Mengele Dopplelganger, Brendemuhl — a Spanish actor working in Germany…
Israel, not Iran, is the focus of new Argentinean diplomatic efforts. A high-level visit to Israel by the country’s foreign minister and the signing of a diplomatic agreement will begin a “new era” in Israeli-Argentinean relations, in the wake of the controversial memorandum of understanding signed between Argentina and Iran to jointly investigate the AMIA…
(JTA) — When the leaders of Winnipeg’s Jewish federation sat down 13 years ago to try to figure out a way to reverse the community’s decline, they came up with a novel idea: recruit Jews from overseas. The idea was pretty straightforward. Capitalizing on the pro-immigration policies of their home province of Manitoba, the Winnipeg…
The new interactive city map issued by the Buenos Aires state government includes an icon to memorialize the bomb that destroyed the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, killing 29. “Here there was life,” or “Aca habia vida” in Spanish, is the name of the commemoration of the 22nd anniversary of the attack on March 17,…
Argentina’s president said she is ready to abrogate the country’s memorandum with Iran to jointly investigate the deadly 1994 AMIA Jewish center bombing. President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner challenged Jewish institutions and opposition political parties that rejected the pact signed with Iran to jointly investigate the 1994 AMIA attack, to work on an “alternative project,…
