Tag: Argentina
Remembering the Buenos Aires AMIA bombing, 24 years later
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...
Israeli and Argentinian Americans sport unity after scrapping Jerusalem game
The Israeli-American Council’s Las Vegas branch held a friendly match with its Argentinian counterpart in a display of unity and friendship following the cancellation of an Israeli-Argentinian soccer match in Jerusalem earlier this month.
The...
Why a soccer hooligan is smiling
Jibril Rajoub is many things—a convicted terrorist, a former West Bank security chief, a former confidante of the late Yasser Arafat, and now the head of both the Palestinian Football Association and the Palestinian...
It takes ten to tango
JERUSALEM — The ad in the paper for the show entitled “Tango in the Shadows” caught my eye, and since Yigal and I have long been aficionados of the tango in every shape and form...
Former Argentinian leader denies covering up Iranian involvement in bombing
Former Argentinian president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has denied in court that she covered up for Iranians accused of involvement in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires in which...
Latin American Jewish Congress welcomes Israeli PM on first visit to region
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...
Israeli leader in Argentina, lauds effort to solve 1994 Jewish center bombing
Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday used the first Latin America visit of a sitting Israeli prime minister to praise President Mauricio Macri’s effort to solve the bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center in 1994...
Netanyahu to pioneer new diplomatic grounds in Latin America
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to depart for Latin America and the US on Sunday evening, marking the fifth time in some 15 months he will embark on ground-breaking trips to countries never...
‘Birthright for Moms’ to lead trips for Spanish-speakers
Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project is meeting in Buenos Aires as part of its new focus on Spanish-speakers.
The group is set to announce during the meeting on Monday and Tuesday for 100 Spanish-speaking women from...
Argentinians in Israel call for justice for 1994 Buenos Aires bombing
Some 200 Argentinian youths gathered in Tel Aviv on Tuesday to commemorate the 23rd anniversary of the bombing of the Asociation Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA) Jewish Center in Buenos Aires, in a ceremony organized by Birthright...