Peru
Can a white American Jew write a persuasive novel about Peru?
“You have to make sure that you are not substituting your voice and perspective for those of the people who really live these histories.”
Ukraine Elected A Jewish Comedian But Have Ya Heard About The Jews Who Ran Peru
The first Jewish head of state was said to be in Honduras, all the way back in 1841.
As Trump’s Legal Troubles Escalate, Jared And Ivanka Head To Peru
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner have a habit of getting out of town when President Trump is under a lot of scrutiny.
Jewish Student Still Missing In The Mountains Of Peru After Two Months
“We are still actively searching,” said his father.
Meet ‘Lola Levine’, Peruvian And Jewish Children’s-Book Heroine
The qualities Lola shares with her “Bubbie” are personal, not overtly cultural.
Peru’s President, Son of Jewish Refugee, Tells Trump He Prefers ‘Bridges To Walls’
RIO DE JANEIRO — The president of Peru, whose father was a Jewish refugee who fled the Nazis, told U.S. President Donald Trump during a visit at the White House that he prefers “bridges to walls.” Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, born in Lima to a French Protestant mother and German Jewish father who…
100 Blood Units Rushed To Peru To Save Stricken Israeli Tourist
(JTA) — A paramedic from Israel’s Magen David Adom emergency rescue organization is on her way to Peru with 100 units of blood for an Israeli tourist hospitalized there after contracting a serious blood-related illness. The paramedic left with the blood late Wednesday night after the Health Ministry of Peru gave permission to bring the…
Stricken Israeli Traveller Needs Blood Donations To Survive in Peru
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — An international against-the-clock blood donation call boosted by social media aims at saving the life of an Israeli tourist hospitalized in Peru after contracting a serious blood-related illness. The family of 21-year-old Zohar Katz, from Kibbutz Yotvata in southern Israel, is reaching out to Israelis traveling in the area and…
Israel Shuns Peru’s Fugitive Ex-President — Faces $20M Bribery Case
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — Israel says Peru’s fugitive former president, Alejandro Toledo, who is wanted on corruption charges, would not be allowed to enter the country. Toledo’s arrest was requested in Peru last week over allegations he took $20 million in bribes. He was said to have chosen to flee to the Jewish state because his wife,…
Banker With Jewish Roots Wins Peru’s Presidential Race
Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, a Peruvian banker and former prime minister whose father was Jewish, was elected as Peru’s president. Kuczynski won a bare majority of votes — 50.12 percent — over Keiko Fujimori, Peru’s national election office announced on its official Twitter page Thursday evening.
