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January 28, 2013
10:37 pm

Israel's ambassador to Argentina Dorit Shavit (photo credit: Courtesy)

For Israeli envoy to Argentina, a delicate balance

‘Sometimes we agree to disagree,’ says Dorit Shavit amid furor over Buenos Aires’s cooperation with Iran on AMIA bombing probe

By Natalie A. Schachar

September 10, 2012
11:18 am

Synagogue of Colonia del Sacramento, 2012. (photo credit: Natalie Schachar)

UNESCO site in Uruguay points to a forgotten Jewish past

The small historical city of Colonia del Sacramento is slowly unearthing remnants of Port Jews who fled persecution on the Iberian peninsula and slowly assimilated in the New World

By Natalie A. Schachar

July 31, 2012
5:48 pm

Illustrative photo of wine grapes. (Photo credit: Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)

Kosher Argentinian wine, once a staple, is quickly becoming an extinct vintage

Why is the decade-long fruitful kosher wine industry currently withering on the vine?

By Natalie A. Schachar

June 24, 2012
6:10 am

A sketch of the proposed monument. (photo credit: courtesy)

Latin America’s first Holocaust monument is delayed, yet again

More than 15 years after the Buenos Aires project’s conception, everything is in place — except for who will foot the bill

By Natalie A. Schachar