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Anita Novinsky (Courtesy of the Sao Paulo Jewish federation)
July 22, 2021, 9:19 am
Anita Novinsky, leading scholar on history of Jews in Brazil, dies at 98
Academic founded Museum of Tolerance at the University of Sao Paulo, studied Portuguese and Spanish Jews who converted or were forced to convert to Christianity
By Marcus M. Gilban
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
A view of the infamous swastika pool in Santa Caterina, Brazil. (Santa Catarina Civil Police via JTA)
October 14, 2020, 3:47 am
Brazilian man with infamous swastika pool expelled from political party
Jewish leaders hail Liberal Party’s decision to give Wandercy Pugliesi the boot: ‘It is absurd that there are people who try to make this type of thing flourish’
By Marcus M. Gilban
Lea Maria Jahn in a performance in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in February, 2020. (JTA)
May 25, 2020, 8:34 pm
Brazilian Jewish groups condemn German comedian’s Holocaust joke
Lea Maria Jahn under fire for quip on ‘letting Jew escape,’ and on-stage Nazi salute
By Marcus M. Gilban
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, wearing a face mask, gestures as he speaks to supporters while arriving at a ministerial meeting at the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, May 12, 2020. (Evaristo Sa/AFP via Getty Images)
May 13, 2020, 9:22 am
Brazil leader blasted for virus motto recalling Auschwitz’s ‘Arbeit macht frei’
Jewish leaders say Jair Bolsonaro’s ‘Work, unity and the truth will set Brazil free’ slogan offends memory of Holocaust victims
By Marcus M. Gilban
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro attends a military awards ceremony in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, March 28, 2019. (Eraldo Peres)
March 31, 2019, 6:47 am
Brazil president heads to Israel with embassy move up in the air
Jair Bolsonaro, due in Jerusalem Sunday for two-day trip, promised to move mission after election, but has since seemingly backtracked; will meet Netanyahu, Rivlin
By Raphael Ahren and AP
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro speaks during ceremony at the Planalto Presidential Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, March 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
March 28, 2019, 6:11 pm
Visiting Brazil president likely won’t announce embassy move
Jair Bolsanoro, due in Israel Sunday for two-day trip, may open trade office in Jerusalem instead; won’t visit Ramallah
By Raphael Ahren
Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro (L) and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) are pictured upon arrival at a synagogue in the Copacabana neighborhood, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on December 28, 2018. (Leo CORREA / POOL / AFP)
January 2, 2019, 2:05 pm
As Netanyahu returns from Brazil, local Jews feel sidelined
Leader of country’s Jewish confederation was ignored at event for the community; veteran Zionist activist says PM’s speech was ‘arrogant’ and could inspire anti-Semitism
By Raphael Ahren
Brazil's Presidential pre-candidate and conservative lawmaker Jair Bolsonaro, speaks during a meeting of the "In Defense of Muncipalities" congress, in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, May 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
May 25, 2018, 2:15 pm
As evangelicals bid to move embassy, ‘Brazil’s Trump’ says he will if elected
At parliamentary event feting Israel’s 70th birthday, Christian conservatives propose to join Latin American countries relocating embassies to Jerusalem; Brazil’s Jews are torn
By Viviane Vaz
A message for Yom Hashoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, is laser-projected on the National Congress buildings in Brasilia, Brazil, April 11, 2018. (Roque de Sa/Agencia Senado via Fotos Publicas)
April 13, 2018, 5:47 am
Holocaust Remembrance Day message projected on Brazil’s National Congress
Brasilia’s most famous landmark emblazoned with the words ‘Holocaust Never Again’ in Portuguese to mark Yom Hashoah
By Marcus M. Gilban
Students at Milecimo da Silva High School recently simulating Nazi human experiments in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. (Screenshot from Facebook via JTA)
November 14, 2017, 8:03 pm
Brazil high schoolers simulate Nazi human experiments for science fair
Brazil’s umbrella Jewish group says exhibition meant to highlight alleged scientific progress by Nazi doctors in concentration camps
By JTA
Illustrative image of a crossword. (BrianAJackson/iStock via Getty images)
October 9, 2017, 5:22 pm
Brazilian newspaper ‘sorry’ for pro-Palestinian crossword clue
Apology printed in influential daily after clue asks which ‘territory suffers Israeli occupation and bombings’
By JTA
Conservative politician Jair Bolsonaro is a deeply divisive figure in Brazil’s Jewish circles. (Udo Kurt via JTA)
April 9, 2017, 12:47 am
It’s Jew vs. Jew as a conservative politician’s popularity rises in Rio
Would-be president Jair Bolsonaro, 61, is making waves, and gaining support, with harsh anti-LGBT rhetoric; some Jews have taken the lead in opposing him
By Marcus M. Gilban
Illustrative view of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
March 13, 2017, 8:09 pm
Brazil’s national high school exam moved from Shabbat after lobbying
Long-running campaign by Jewish groups sees the tests taken by over 8 million teens now moved to a Sunday
By JTA
Illustrative image of a neo-Nazi rally (CC BY-Elvert Barnes/Flickr)
January 12, 2017, 9:25 pm
Brazilian neo-Nazis recruited to fight Ukrainian civil war
Police say pro-Kiev militia offtered young right-wing extremists money, training to fight against pro-Russian rebels
By JTA
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