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Mexican Jews welcome Netanyahu — Despite backing for Trump’s wall

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Mexico’s Jewish community was caught in the cross-hairs this January when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the idea of the United States building a border wall along its southern frontier. But eight months...
Aftermath of the Brumadinho dam collapse Source: TV NBR on Wikimedia Commons.

Israeli emergency rescue team arrives in Brazil in wake of dam collapse

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A search-and-rescue team of 130 Israeli conscripted and reserve soldiers landed on a specially chartered emergency El Al flight in South Western Brazil late Sunday to join local rescue crews in the search for...

Latin American Jewish Congress welcomes Israeli PM on first visit to region

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As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyhau touched down in Argentina this week for a debut three-country tour, Latin American Jewish Congress President Adrián Werthein presided over the ceremony at the Hotel Alvear in Buenos...

Abbas on the Holocaust, European Jews as usurers, says Hitler made a deal with...

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Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas said that the massacres to which European Jews were subjected—from the 11th century until the Holocaust—were not because they were Jews, but because of their function in society. “The anti-Jewish...

Co-founder of MAC Cosmetics Julie Toskan will participate in Tijuana Innovadora TI 2020

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Among the activities of Tijuana Innovadora 2020,  Julie Toskan, co-founder MAC Cosmetics, will give her online conference "Values Based Entrepreneurship" on Saturday October 10 at 9:00 am. The president and founder of Tijuana Innovadora, Jose...
Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Brazil delivers on its promise to vote with Israel at UN

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The symbolic victory against Hamas at the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday, in which 87 nations supported a draft resolution condemning Hamas, marked another milestone: Brazil took an unprecedented step by siding with Israel...
Jorge Zak, vice president of Taglit in South America, addresses the young audience at a memorial for the 85 people killed at the AMIA (Argentine Israelite Mutual Association) building in Buenos Aires, July 18, 2018. Credit: Taglit-Birthright Israel.

Remembering the Buenos Aires AMIA bombing, 24 years later

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In an event organized by Taglit, better known in the United States as Birthright Israel, 80 young Argentinians gathered on the rooftop of the Hotel Rut Daniel in Tel Aviv on July 18 for...
The two Category 4 hurricanes, Eta and Iota, struck the Central American country in November, leaving behind mudslides and widespread devastation. Credit: Israeli Defense Ministry.

In hurricane-ravaged Honduras, IDF provides hope for villagers amid catastrophic destruction

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Helping a Honduran village hit extremely hard by hurricanes to go from being almost empty to increasingly being refilled with its inhabitants was a powerful experience for members of the Israeli assistance delegation sent...
A view of the Israeli-built housing development in Guatemala. Credit: Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Israel completes housing for Guatemalans who lost homes in 2018 volcano blast

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Israel’s embassy in Guatemala recently finished its housing development in the town of Escuintla for families whose homes were destroyed in the 2018 Fuego volcano eruption. On Jan. 31, Israel’s Ambassador to Guatemala and Honduras...
Argentina's new 5,000 pesos bill featuring the controversial Dr. Ramon Carrillo.

Jewish community, foreign officials reject image of Nazi supporter on new banknote

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Argentina’s Jewish community was shocked to find that the country decided to print a new banknote with face of a doctor who expressed support for Nazi ideology and supported Josef Mengele’s cruel experiments on...