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antisemitism in Brazil

Claudio Lottenberg, president of CONIB, Brazil's Jewish communal umbrella organization. (Courtesy)
February 18, 2024, 8:19 pm
‘A perverse distortion’: Brazil’s Jews slam Lula’s comparison of Israel to Nazis
Community heads warn president’s statements are contributing to a spike in antisemitism; pro-Israel activist says he is making country ‘an international joke’
By Gabriel Toueg
The icon for the instant messaging Telegram app is seen on a smartphone, Feb. 28, 2023, in Marple Township, Pennsylvania (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
April 29, 2023, 8:48 am
Brazil suspends Telegram after app refuses to give data for antisemitic group probe
Court also fines messaging app for failing to assist investigation into neo-Nazi activity on social networks related to violence in schools
By AFP
Then-Brazil Central Bank Governor Ilan Goldfajn speaks at a forum in Washington, April 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
December 27, 2022, 7:41 pm
Leading Brazilian economist derides Jewish colleague with antisemitic tropes
Jewish groups demand apology after Brazilian-Israeli banker Ilan Goldfajn accused on TV of dual loyalty, in tirade referring to Jewish ties to international finance systems
By Marcus M. Gilban
A demonstrator dressed in the colors of the Brazilian flag performs in front of a street vendor's towels for sale featuring Brazilian presidential candidates, current President Jair Bolsonaro, center, and former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in Brasilia, Brazil, September 27, 2022. (Eraldo Peres/AP)
October 30, 2022, 10:27 am
Many Brazilian Jews feel the election is a choice ‘between the cross and the sword’
In Sunday vote, community torn between far-right incumbent Bolsonaro, who loves Israel and ultranationalists, and Lula, a far-left social activist sympathetic to Palestinian cause
By Marcus M. Gilban
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro gestures as he speaks during a ceremony in which the salaries of teachers of elementary education were increased, at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, on February 4, 2022. (Evaristo Sa/AFP)
February 10, 2022, 7:44 pm
Bolsonaro condemns Nazism after popular podcaster says Brazil should have it
Brazilian president says totalitarian ideology should be ‘unconditionally and permanently repudiated’ after popular talk show host calls for a Nazi party
By AFP
Bruno Aiub during a podcast, February 2022 (Screen grab/Twitter)
February 9, 2022, 8:34 am
Calling to create Nazi party, Brazil podcast star sparks outrage, may face charges
Bruno Aiub fired after interview on his show, one of the most listened to in Brazil; also said ‘if someone wants to be anti-Jewish, I think they have the right to be’
By AFP
Brazilian lower house deputy Roberto Jefferson gestures as he finishes his speech during a session of the Congress Lower Chamber to vote his ouster 14 September, 2005 in Brasilia. (AFP PHOTO/Evaristo SA)
March 23, 2021, 4:06 am
Brazilian Jews file complaint over politician who said Jews sacrifice children
Labor party leader Roberto Jefferson dismisses Jewish complaints as ‘clowning;’ Instagram removes his post
By Marcus M. Gilban
Pastor Tupirani da Hora Lores preaches at his church in Rio de Janeiro, June 2020. (Courtesy of Sinagoga Sem Fronteiras via JTA)
March 13, 2021, 1:26 am
Brazilian police raid church whose pastor prayed for another Holocaust
Operation in Rio de Janeiro targets Tupirani da Hora Lores, who was filmed saying in sermon ‘God, what you have done in World War II, you must do again’
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Daniela Reinehr at a press conference in the Santa Catarina state of Brazil, October 27, 2020. (Mauricio Vieira/Secom via JTA)
November 4, 2020, 1:22 am
New governor of Brazilian state repudiates her father’s Nazi sympathies
Daniela Reinehr says she is ‘against Nazism,’ like other repressive regimes; Jewish group says she must ‘unequivocally’ denounce Holocaust denial
By Marcus M. Gilban
Pastor Tupirani da Hora Lores preaches at his church in Rio de Janeiro, June 2020. (Courtesy of Sinagoga Sem Fronteiras via JTA)
June 19, 2020, 6:42 pm
Brazilian pastor prays for second Holocaust to ‘destroy the Jews like vermin’
In sermon at Rio de Janeiro church, Tupirani da Hora Lores is joined by congregants in calling on God to ‘massacre the Jews;’ Jewish groups file police complaint
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Brazilian Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo with Mike Pompeo, US Secretary of State, in Washington, on March 11, 2020. (Brazilian Foreign Ministry/ Flickr)
April 28, 2020, 6:36 pm
Brazilian foreign minister compares social distancing to concentration camps
In rant on his blog, Ernesto Araujo also calls measures to contain the coronavirus a communist plot; in subsequent letter to ToI, minister says he was misunderstood
By Marcus M. Gilban
Dr. Nelson Teich backed Jair Bolsonaro's presidential bid and was his handpicked candidate for health minister. (Marcelo Casal Jr./Agencia Brasil/ via JTA)
April 22, 2020, 4:36 pm
Brazil’s new health minister isn’t Jewish, but some news outlets say he is
Focus on Dr. Nelson Teich’s religion raises hackles among Brazilian Jewry, with one left-leaning group calling it a ‘conspiracy theory,’ while others say it’s outright anti-Semitic
By Marcus M. Gilban
Blogger Allan dos Santos (R) interrogated at the National Congress committee investigating fake news in the political arena in Brasilia, Brazil, November 5, 2019. (Roque de Sa / Agencia Senado)
April 13, 2020, 1:52 pm
Brazilian blogger slammed for likening COVID-19 patients to Holocaust victims
Jewish group says comment by Allan dos Santos, a Bolsonaro supporter, ‘disregards the suffering of the victims’; official calls him a ‘scoundrel’
By Marcus M. Gilban
Brazilian high school students display a Nazi salute in the northern city of Recife. (Screen shot/Instagram via JTA)
March 7, 2020, 1:12 am
Brazilian high school students display Nazi salute to support a classmate
Class at private academy in northern city of Recife says boy running to be its speaker will be ‘new Fuhrer,’ build an ‘innovative Reich’
By Marcus M. Gilban
Jaguariúna, a city in southern Brazil, was the scene of an anti-Semitic attack on a 57-year-old Jewish man. (Courtesy of the Jaguariuna municipality via JTA)
March 4, 2020, 8:58 am
3 assault Jewish man in Brazil, tell him ‘Hitler should’ve killed more Jews’
57-year-old victim says assailants kicked and punched him to the ground, broke his teeth, slashed kippah with knife; police investigating attack as hate crime
By Marcus M. Gilban
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