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May 5, 2026, 6:59 am
Jewish library and Chabad in suburb near Buenos Aires attacked; no injuries reported
Local counterterrorism unit investigating after Molotov cocktails thrown at Israeli Literary Center and Max Nordau Library in La Plata
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Tourists visit the street market of San Telmo neighborhood, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on June 14, 2015. (AFP Photo/Eitan Abramovich)
March 5, 2026, 6:47 am
Jewish artist expelled from Argentinian street fair after dispute over Palestinian flag
Fellow vendors yell ‘Zionists out’ at artist called Karina, who reportedly said Palestinian banner ‘supports terrorism’ and asked for its removal; Jewish lawmaker files legal complaint
By Juan Melamed
An El Al plane parked at Ben Gurion Airport, May 7, 2025. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
June 5, 2025, 3:01 pm
Argentina’s ambassador to Israel says El Al to begin direct Buenos Aires flights
Axel Wahnish predicts formal announcement from national carrier will be made next week, sees long-haul flight as result of improved relations between two countries
By Juan Melamed
Antisemitic graffiti is seen on a monument in Buenos Aires on October 9, 2024. (Federico Ballán/X)
October 10, 2024, 9:36 pm
‘Serve the nation, kill a Jew’ graffitied on prominent Buenos Aires monument
Antisemitic slogan, which has long history on Argentina’s far right, written on monument to independence hero Simon Bolivar days after Oct. 7 anniversary
By Juan Melamed
Sandra Miasnik, right, an aunt of Argentine-Israeli infant Kfir Bibas, a hostage of Hamas in Gaza, attends a gathering one day before his first birthday in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Jan. 17, 2024. (Gustavo Garello/AP)
March 1, 2024, 6:40 am
For Argentina’s Jews, October 7 revives nightmare of 1994 AMIA terror bombing
Hamas attack also unleashes familiar feelings of grief and fear for Jewish community members whose relatives were taken hostage or killed
By AP
Hernan Feler shown with his aunt Ofelia Roitman, who was released by Hamas on Nov. 28, 2023. (Courtesy of Feler via JTA)
December 1, 2023, 9:57 am
Argentine soccer announcer who advocates for hostages celebrates aunt’s release
Hernan Feler, a Jewish soccer commentator, has used his platform to champion the cause of those kidnapped by Hamas
By Juan Melamed
Police officers stand guard on Mayo Avenue in Buenos Aires after the Israeli embassy received a bomb threat, Oct. 18, 2023 (Luis ROBAYO / AFP)
October 19, 2023, 8:50 am
US and Israeli embassies hit with bomb threats in Buenos Aires
Argentina boosts security at locations as well as at Jewish institutions; local Jewish leader: ‘They are coming for democracy, not only Jews,’ but ‘we are not canceling anything’
By JTA and ToI Staff
Argentina's national soccer team captain Lionel Messi (L) holds the FIFA World Cup Trophy alongside Argentina's coach Lionel Scaloni as they step off a plane upon arrival at Ezeiza International Airport after winning the Qatar 2022 World Cup tournament, in Ezeiza, Buenos Aires province, Argentina on December 20, 2022. (Luis ROBAYO / AFP)
December 20, 2022, 5:01 pm
Huge crowds welcome home Messi, Argentina squad as heroes after World Cup victory
Fans swamp highway as victorious players clutching cherished trophy make their way to Buenos Aires; president declares national holiday
By AP and ToI Staff
Argentinian poet Jorge Luis Borges holds a press conference while in Madrid, Spain, in 1963. (Getty Images via JTA)
November 11, 2022, 12:38 am
Renowned author’s passion for Israel, Judaism showcased in Buenos Aires
Jorge Luis Borges exhibit in Argentina National Library, co-organized by local Israeli embassy, set to feature events discussing Jewish themes in non-Jewish author’s work
By Juan Melamed
In this March 17, 1992, file photo, firemen and rescue workers walk through the debris of Israel's Embassy after a terrorist in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (AP Photo/DonRypka-File )
March 21, 2022, 2:53 am
5 reflections from Buenos Aires, three decades after the Israeli embassy bombing
Demonstrators gather to commemorate the 29 murdered in the bombing; Israeli Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar rails against renewed efforts toward an Iran nuclear deal
By Juan Melamed
Anne Frank (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)
March 9, 2022, 9:42 am
Stolen Anne Frank statue recovered in Buenos Aires, will get rededication ceremony
Police find the effigy in a squatter shantytown near the Argentine capital; local Jewish leaders say theft was not motivated by antisemitism
By Juan Melamed
The empty site of the Anne Frank statue in Buenos Aires. (Netherlands Embassy in Argentina/Twitter)
March 6, 2022, 11:47 am
Anne Frank statue stolen in Argentine capital, likely for value of the metal
So-called ‘bronze mafia’ has carried out multiple robberies in Buenos Aires over recent years; watchdog says it doesn’t believe antisemitism was motive
By Juan Melamed
Some of the vandalized graves at the Tablada Jewish cemetery near Buenos Aires. (Courtesy of AMIA via JTA)
September 20, 2021, 11:49 pm
Thieves caught trying to steal 200 headstones at Argentine Jewish cemetery
Local Jewish leaders fume after third such robbery, vandalism in past month; police apprehend one of suspects while two others manage to flee
By JTA
A woman places a stone with the name of a relative outside the Casa Rosada government house during the “march of the stones” in homage to COVID-19 victims, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on August 16, 2021. (Ronaldo Schmeidt/AFP)
August 20, 2021, 11:42 pm
Argentines use Jewish cemetery tradition to mark 100,000 COVID deaths
Marchers leave small rocks with names of coronavirus victims outside government building ‘so that they last in time’
By JTA
A father and her daughter, fans of Argentinian football legend Diego Maradona, mourn as they gather by the Obelisk to pay homage on the day of his death in Buenos Aires, on November 25, 2020. (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP)
November 26, 2020, 8:48 am
Argentines mourn Maradona, ‘the most human of gods’
Three days of national mourning called for star soccer player, a national icon who struggled with drugs throughout his career 
By Liliana Samuel
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