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Santiago Cuneo, the former host of Argentia's daily '1+1=3' program seen during a a May 18, 2018 show. (screen capture: YouTube)
May 23, 2018, 8:59 pm
Argentinean newscaster fired for on-air anti-Semitism after complaints
Broadcaster drops host Santiago Cuneo for 'bastardizing journalism' by spouting conspiracy theories on cable news show
By JTA
Denise Yanet Evequoz, an Argentinian history teacher, gives a lesson in 2015 in which she repeated anti-Semitic tropes and praised Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. (Screen capture: YouTube)
May 17, 2018, 7:01 pm
Buenos Aires teacher caught defending Hitler and justifying anti-Semitism
Denise Yanet Evequoz relieved of her teaching duties for saying 'Jews took advantage of the people who needed money'
By JTA
Lionel Messi of Argentina leaves the field during the Brazil Global Tour match between Brazil and Argentina at Melbourne Cricket Ground on June 9, 2017 in Melbourne, Australia. (Quinn Rooney/Getty Images via JTA)
May 16, 2018, 7:07 pm
Messi’s Argentina to play soccer match in Israel despite cancellation fears
Hebrew media had reported game was to be relocated to Spain following Gaza violence; now says it's likely to be moved from Jerusalem to Haifa
By TOI staff
Ariel Sabban Cohen, President of the Delegation of Argentine Jewish Associations. (YouTube/VIS A VIS)
May 6, 2018, 11:46 pm
Argentine Jewish leader asked to resign over claims of improper sexual conduct
Ariel Cohen Sabban accused by actress Esmeralda Mitre of inappropriate advances, seeking donations; allegations came after she downplayed number of Holocaust victims
By JTA
Illustrative: Swastika graffiti. (Flash 90)
May 6, 2018, 8:06 pm
In first, neo-Nazi gang in Argentina slapped with years of jail time
8 men convicted of carrying out a series of violent attacks against the city’s LGBT and Bolivian communities, leaving anti-Semitic graffiti
By JTA
Illustrative photo of Teddy Kollek stadium during an international soccer match, on October 10, 2015. (Flash90)
May 6, 2018, 12:45 pm
Messi in Teddy: Jerusalem chosen as site of Israel-Argentina soccer match
Decision to play next month's friendly game in capital and not Haifa said to come after intense political pressure
By TOI staff and JTA
Lionel Messi of Argentina leaves the field during the Brazil Global Tour match between Brazil and Argentina at Melbourne Cricket Ground on June 9, 2017 in Melbourne, Australia. (Quinn Rooney/Getty Images via JTA)
May 1, 2018, 9:30 am
Argentina’s national soccer team will play in Israel despite BDS pressure
Messi, Aguero and Di Maria to play in friendly on June 9, a week before the World Cup
By JTA
The departure terminal at Ben-Gurion Airport (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
April 26, 2018, 11:11 pm
Argentine man detained in Israel for refusing his wife a religious divorce
Husband, who arrived for a friend's wedding, stopped at airport after woman presents her case to rabbinical court
By JTA
Hakoah-Makabi recreated t-shirts. by Argentinian teams Hakoaj and Macabi. (Marcelo Freiberg/ courtesy of “El partido que no fue” via JTA)
April 16, 2018, 7:30 pm
Argentine Jews honor Europe’s great pre-war Zionist sports clubs
Hacoaj and Macabi teams don uniforms of the Hakoah Vienna and Makabi Warszaw squads for 'the match that didn’t happen'
By JTA
The exhibition at River Plate’s museum includes six illustrated soccer balls. This one was by Gustavo Nemirovsky. (Tabare da Ponte/Courtesy of 'No Fue un Juego' via JTA)
April 1, 2018, 9:57 pm
Exhibit on soccer during the Holocaust on show at Buenos Aires stadium
River Plate hosts 'It Wasn't a Game' -- a display documenting the story of soccer during the Nazi era
By JTA
Eliana María Krawczyk (Facebook via JTA)
March 12, 2018, 4:56 pm
Argentina Jews honor female submarine officer lost at sea
Community pays tribute to Eliana María Krawczyk, one of 44 crew on ARA San Juan, missing in Atlantic since November
By JTA
Contestants struggle to name the country which has Tel Aviv as its capital in Argentinian TV show 'La Tribuna de Guido' on March 8, 2018. (Screen capture: YouTube)
March 11, 2018, 6:21 pm
Argentinian TV show confused about Israel’s capital
Quiz show cancels question asking ''which country has Tel Aviv as its capital,' eventually admitting the correct answer is 'none'
By TOI staff
Illustrative: Jews digging a trench in which they were later buried after being shot, in Ponary, Poland. (Courtesy of Yad Vashem)
March 3, 2018, 6:35 am
First Poland Holocaust law complaint targets Argentina paper
Nationalist group files defamation complaint against Pagina 12 for damaging the 'good reputation of Polish soldiers'
By TOI staff and AFP
Argentine Judge Leopoldo Schiffrin speaks on November 15, 2016. (Screen capture/YouTube)
March 1, 2018, 10:49 pm
Argentine judge and Jewish cause activist Leopoldo Schiffrin dies at 81
Federal Court of Appeals justice was involved in trials for extradition of Nazi war criminals living in Argentina
By JTA
Argentina's Lionel Messi (L) vies for the ball with Bolivia's Fernando Saucedo during their Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup South American Qualifiers' football match in Cordoba, Argentina, on March 29, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / EITAN ABRAMOVICH / AFP / EITAN ABRAMOVICH)
March 1, 2018, 9:20 pm
Israel to host Argentina for soccer friendly before June World Cup
Israel to pay $3 million to bring in the two time world cup winning team, but cost could be cut in half if star player Lionel Messi doesn't play
By AFP
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