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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 375

Argentine Jews

Argentine police arrest suspected members of an Islamist terror cell that was allegedly planning attacks on the Jewish community in Mendoza, Argentina, August 16, 2024. (Screenshot: X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 17, 2024, 10:15 am
Argentine police thwart Islamist terror cell planning attacks on Jewish community
Authorities say seven members of alleged group arrested after raids on their homes in city of Mendoza; firearms, knives and electronic devices seized
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Argentine President Javier Milei addresses the World Jewish Congress prior to the 30th anniversary of the bombing of the AMIA Jewish center that killed 85 people in Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
July 18, 2024, 2:42 pm
Argentina’s Milei vows to pursue long-neglected justice for 1994 AMIA center bombing
On 30th anniversary of attack, blamed on Iran and Hezbollah, that killed 85 at Jewish center in Buenos Aires, president commits to boosting intel system so it can never recur
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Silvia Mirensky (Courtesy)
June 18, 2024, 9:11 pm
Silvia Mirensky, 80: Argentine immigrant who loved kibbutz life
Murdered by Hamas in Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha on October 7
By ToI Staff
The colorful new facade of Buenos Aires' AMIA Jewish center abuts a mural painted to memorialize the 1994 bombing that killed 85 people there. (Juan Melamed/JTA)
June 1, 2024, 9:29 am
30 years after bombing, Buenos Aires’ AMIA Jewish center unveils colorful redesign
Colored triangles patchwork pattern meant to show community center’s spirit and diverse activities after 1994 Hezbollah-Iran suicide bombing killed 85 people, destroyed building
By Juan Melamed
Argentine President Javier Milei, right, hugs Argentine Sephardic Orthodox rabbi Shimon Axel Wahnish at the Western Wall, in Jerusalem's Old City, Tuesday, February 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
April 15, 2024, 3:03 am
Meet Argentina’s Axel Wahnish, first-ever rabbi to be appointed ambassador to Israel
The spiritual leader reportedly had a deeply moving personal audience with then-rising star Javier Milei, whose election as president could now put him in the diplomatic corps
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
Argentina's new president Javier Milei waves as he arrives accompanied by vice president Victoria Villarruel (C-L) and members of his cabinet to attend an interfaith ceremony at the Metropolitan Cathedral, in Buenos Aires, on December 10, 2023. (Juan Mabromata / AFP)
February 23, 2024, 10:26 am
Argentina Jewish umbrella group denounces decision to shut anti-discrimination office
President Javier Milei says INADI being closed as part of nationwide austerity measures, though he has also accused office of engaging in ‘ideological persecution’
By Juan Melamed
Einav and Matias Burstein (Courtesy)
January 7, 2024, 8:56 pm
Matías, 41 & Einav Burstein, 39: Argentine couple left 2 daughters
Murdered by Hamas terrorists at the Supernova music festival on October 7
By Gabriel Toueg
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
Presidential candidate of the Liberty Advances coalition Javier Milei arrives to vote in the presidential runoff election in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
November 20, 2023, 2:16 am
Outsider Javier Milei wins Argentina’s presidential election; is firm backer of Israel
Political newcomer has surged from obscurity to oust long-dominant Peronist coalition and its candidate Sergio Massa; has said he’d move embassy to Jerusalem
By AFP and ToI Staff
Javier Milei, Liberty Advances coalition presidential candidate, center, greets supporters during his closing campaign rally in Cordoba, Argentina, November 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Nicolas Aguilera)
November 19, 2023, 1:18 am
Ahead of Sunday’s election, one of Argentina’s two presidential candidates talks Torah
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
By Michelle Mendeluk
From left to right: Abi Korin, Silvia Mirensky and Rody Skariszewski are among the Argentines confirmed dead in Hamas's October 2023 attack on Israel. (Facebook)
October 9, 2023, 1:17 pm
4 Argentine Israelis dead, others missing from kibbutzim after Hamas attack
Among the unaccounted-for are brothers Eitan and Iair Horn from Kibbutz Nir Oz, and Jose Luis Silberman, his wife, and their three children
By Juan Melamed
Gal Gadot, left, shown at an event in New York, and Damian Szifron, shown at the Cannes Film Festival. (Getty Images via JTA)
August 24, 2023, 12:52 pm
Gal Gadot viral in Argentina for desire to work with local director
Argentine-Jewish director Damian Szifron is known for weaving Jewish characters into his movies
By Juan Melamed
Jews living in San Martin de los Andes have inaugurated the first-ever synagogue in their city. (Gustavo Castaign/ Courtesy Comunidad Hebrea San Martin de los Andes via JTA)
December 1, 2022, 3:38 am
Patagonia’s 1st new synagogue in decades reveals growing Argentine-Jewish community
Conservative Jews in San Martín de los Andes inaugurated their city’s first-ever synagogue, and have already doubled the number of locals and tourists coming for holiday events
By Juan Melamed
Former chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, Mohsen Rezaei. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
October 19, 2022, 5:50 am
Argentina asks Qatar to arrest Iran official for alleged role in 1994 AMIA bombing
Judge seeks former Revolutionary Guards commander Mohsen Rezaei’s arrest for ‘proven participation’ in planning attack on Jewish center that killed 85 and wounded hundreds
By ToI Staff
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