Tag: Sao Paulo
COVID-19 continued spread drives Brazilian Jews to immigrate to Israel
Thousands of Brazilian Jews interested in immigrating to Israel attended an online fair this week, organized by the Jewish Agency for Israel.
Since March, 140 Brazilian Jews have arrived in Israel.
This week’s online aliyah fair for Brazilian...
Man recognized as only Brazilian-born Holocaust survivor celebrates bar mitzvah at age 91
Andor Stern, who is recognized by the Brazilian Association of Holocaust Survivors as the only Brazilian-born Holocaust survivor, celebrated his bar mitzvah on Monday at the age of 91.
The ceremony was held in Stern’s...
Brazilian synagogue to be rededicated 100 years after it first opened
SAO PAULO, Brazil — The second-oldest congregation in Sao Paulo, Brazil’s most Jewish-populated city, will dedicate a new synagogue next year, a century after it was opened.
Knesset Israel was founded in Sao Paulo in...