RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s greatest promoter of Russian literature, Boris Schnaiderman, has died. Schnaiderman died Thursday from pneumonia in Sao Paulo. He was 99. An Ukrainian-born Jew, he was the first person to translate classical Russian literature directly from the Russian language to Portuguese. A translator, writer and essayist, Schnaiderman translated great Russian authors…
RIO DE JANEIRO — Two leftist Brazilian senators compared Nazi Germany and the Holocaust to Brazil’s political environment in light of President Dilma Rousseff’s suspension as part of an ongoing impeachment process. “In times of crisis, the Jewish people are historically designated as ‘guilty’ for the evil that does not concern it. And history is…
Three swastikas were found painted on walls in Copacabana this week, the Rio neighborhood most heavily populated with middle-class and elderly Jews. Rio Jewish Federation president, Paulo Maltz, who is a lawyer, on Wednesday filed a police report about the racial and ethnic crime. Copacabana is the area in Rio with the largest number of…
An acclaimed Brazilian theater director who recently put on a successful production of “Fiddler on the Roof” condemned some Orthodox Jews whom he said routinely spit on Christians. Claudio Botelho levelled the accusation, which some Jews said was anti-Semitic, on Facebook last week, Alef News, a Brazilian Jewish news portal, reported. “Spitting on someone is…
Jewish historian Anita Novinsky, 94, was nominated for the “Woman Science Pioneers” award by the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development for her longtime academic and field research about the Inquisition. Recognized as Brazil’s most prominent specialist in Brazilian and Portuguese Marranos, or hidden Jews who practiced Judaism secretly at home and pretended…
Israel is denying reports that it plans to withdraw a former settler leader as its proposed ambassador to Brazil. For six months, Brazil has refused to accept the appointment of the ambassador, Dani Dayan. Dayan, who lives in a Jewish settlement in the West Bank, is a past leader of the Yesha Council, the umbrella…
Former settler leader Dani Dayan will not become Israel’s ambassador to Brazil, a top government official reportedly said. “We needn’t delude ourselves; Dani Dayan will not be the ambassador to Brazil. We condemn Brazil’s behavior,” Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chairman Tzachi Hanegbi said Sunday , during a committee discussion on Brazil’s refusal to accept…
Hillel Rio announced it would not close down just three hours after lamenting that it would, all via its Facebook page. Before posting the second “official note,” the campus organization’s branch in Rio de Janeiro drew hundreds of supportive messages hailing the work led by its volunteers. Afterward, the group was slammed for what some…
