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Looking to sway Spanish-speaking world, new series interviews Latin Israelis about Oct. 7

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 00:00:47 +0000

Following its premiere last month, 'Testigos del Terror,' or 'Witnesses of Terror,' seeks to show non-Jewish Hispanic viewers that the tragedy is not a political issue but a human one

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Uruguay’s new president-elect is left wing, yet not anti-Israel

Wed, 27 Nov 2024 20:12:29 +0000

Unlike his South American counterparts who have been vehemently critical of the Jewish state, Yamandu Orsi says he could consider himself a Zionist

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Chile’s ‘Palestino’ soccer team wears its anti-Israel politics on its sleeve — and jersey

Mon, 09 Sep 2024 13:02:19 +0000

In sport where athletes are penalized for flaunting political affinities, club in country with largest Palestinian diaspora community outside Middle East is an unabashed exception

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Venezuela’s Maduro, opposition candidate both claim victory in presidential election

Mon, 29 Jul 2024 07:24:45 +0000

Opponents accuse incumbent leader of underhanded tactics after electoral authority claims he won 51% of the vote despite exit polls showing decisive victory for rival Gonzalez

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Chilean mayor under fire for saying being Jewish is a ‘supremacist conception’

Fri, 05 Jan 2024 17:49:17 +0000

Daniel Jadue, a onetime presidential candidate of Palestinian descent, also says it’s a ‘contradiction’ to be both a Jew and a leftist

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Ahead of Sunday’s election, one of Argentina’s two presidential candidates talks Torah

Sat, 18 Nov 2023 23:18:09 +0000

Javier Milei speaks to ToI about his plans, including changes to his country's currency and the location of its Israel embassy, and roundly denounces Hamas's Oct. 7 massacre

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‘We are brothers’: Latin American Jewish, Muslim groups gather for landmark meeting

Wed, 19 Jul 2023 05:53:50 +0000

Major umbrella groups from both faiths sit down for 2 days and publish 'decalogue' of agreements to cooperate on interfaith activities, culture, sports and fighting hate speech

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Israelis flock to this tiny town in Peru for vacation — and psychedelic spirituality

Thu, 15 Jun 2023 02:48:03 +0000

With Hebrew as common on the streets as the local language, Pisac is seeing an influx of sabras seeking a respite from the stresses of everyday life in Israel

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Founder of Peru’s only Jewish bakery turned Instagram star dishes food for thought

Sun, 05 Mar 2023 00:30:42 +0000

With Oh-jalá, Deborah Trapunsky serves up delectable challah and other baked goods while also sating a hunger for knowledge about Judaism among her 18,000 social media followers

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In the tiny South American nation of Guyana, two Jews enjoy a tradition of tolerance

Thu, 08 Dec 2022 02:30:37 +0000

The impoverished country of 800,000 boasts rich cultural diversity, and though its Jewish residents may not be many, they are made to feel welcome from the government level on down

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Nelson Cruz, Hispanic MLB players visit Israel to promote Christian-Jewish relations

Mon, 28 Nov 2022 00:50:35 +0000

Devout US group including Cesar Hernandez, Jeimer Candelario tours land where Jesus once walked; visitors say they'll advocate for Israel in Latin America and in world of baseball

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Blueberries from Down Under thrive in Israel’s north, indoors

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 23:58:01 +0000

Berry bushes are in the pink in Golan greenhouses, but the price may make you see red

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Argentina-based Latin American rabbinical institute expands to Uruguay

Thu, 31 Dec 2020 08:20:28 +0000

Many citizens of 'volatile' country, not just its Jews, seen immigrating to stable, safer, less coronavirus-infected neighbor

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Lost in the Amazon amid pandemic, a starving Israeli ‘nomad’ finds his way home

Wed, 08 Apr 2020 07:29:21 +0000

As Israel airlifts its stranded backpackers, here's the story of one traveler who spent 3 years abroad -- and then got stuck behind Bolivia's closed borders as the virus spread

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Foreign Ministry to help Israelis stranded in Peru after border closure

Tue, 17 Mar 2020 10:31:22 +0000

Thousands of citizens believed to be in South America, where several countries have enacted travel bans and flight suspensions

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