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Argentinian Jews

art of a headcovering
Posted inOff the Shelf

Book follows Jewish mother’s work to find her ‘disappeared’ family in Argentina

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman August 5, 2025August 5, 2025

Books coverage is supported by a generous grant from The Milton and Sophie Meyer Fund. When studying history, I believe it’s essential to learn both the facts and the human […]

In Walter Tejblum’s "Shalom Taiwan," a rabbi takes drastic measures to save his synagogue from financial ruin. (Photo/Forward-Courtesy Outsider Pictures)
Posted inTV & Film

From Argentina, a surprisingly delightful movie about a rabbi in Taiwan

by Simi Horowitz and Forward August 3, 2022August 3, 2022
"Yosi, the Regretful Spy" tells the story of an Argentine intelligence officer's undercover mission into the Jewish community of Buenos Aires and the conspiracy he uncovers. (Photo/Courtesy Amazon Prime Video)
Posted inTV & Film

The real story behind ‘Yosi, the Regretful Spy,’ the Amazon drama about terror and espionage in Argentina’s Jewish community

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA August 1, 2022August 1, 2022
Deborah Lipstadt speaks at a conference arranged by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York, May 26, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Shahar Azran)
Posted inU.S.

Deborah Lipstadt’s first tour as antisemitism monitor will begin in Saudi Arabia

by Ron Kampeas and JTA June 23, 2022
From the cover of “The Murders of Moisés Ville: The Rise and Fall of the Jerusalem of South America” by Javier Sinay
Posted inOff the Shelf

‘The Murders of Moisés Ville:’ A Jewish disaster in 19th-century Argentina

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman March 14, 2022July 20, 2022
a younger white woman works in a commercial kitchen
Posted inSmall Bites

New ‘Jew-ish’ deli coming to Napa; Jewish Argentine chef coming for stint at Lord Stanley

Alix Wall by Alix Wall August 27, 2021March 15, 2022
Argentinian Jews moving to Israel get off the plane at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv in 2020. (Photo/JTA-Jewish Agency for Israel)
Posted inWorld

Driven by uncertainty at home, Argentinian Jews flock to Israel

by JTA March 16, 2021
Hernán Rustein (right) at the Vatican, where he sang in 2014. (Fotografia Felici)
Posted inReligion

Latin America’s rising ‘passion’ for Reform Judaism coming to Bay Area this Shabbat

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 3, 2019December 3, 2019
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Posted inNorthern California, News

This Latina Jew puts her skills as a translator to work on behalf of immigrants

Elissa Einhorn by Elissa Einhorn October 25, 2018

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