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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 534

Latin American Jewish Congress

A Jewish man rallies in front of the headquarters of the AMIA (Argentine Israelite Mutual Association), in Buenos Aires on January 21, 2015. (photo credit: AFP PHOTO / Alejandro PAGNI)
October 9, 2018, 11:51 pm
Anti-Semitism not a major concern for Latin American Jews, survey finds
Polled leaders say biggest issues facing communities are internal division and leadership followed by assimilation, with most believing it’s safe to live as a Jew
By JTA
A man buying Jewish newspapers from a stall in Buenos Aires, circa 1956. (Evans/Three Lions/Getty Images)
June 8, 2018, 4:25 am
Groundbreaking project aims to shed light on ‘forgotten’ Latin American Jews
First-of-its-kind research initiative will use lens of gender in order to examine the experiences of communities often glossed over in favor of European Jewry
By Josefin Dolsten
Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales (R) and wife Gilda Marroquin visit the Hall of Names at Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem on November 28, 2016. (AFP/Gali Tibbon)
December 20, 2017, 6:15 pm
Latin American Jews honor Guatemalan government for teaching Holocaust studies
Education minister’s project educates children about diversity and non-discrimination
By JTA
Pope Francis (C) exchanges gifts with a delegation from the Latin American Jewish Congress, during a private audience in the Pontiff's library at the Vatican, September 18, 2014 (photo credit: AFP/ OSSERVATORE ROMANO)
October 30, 2017, 6:58 pm
Latin America and the Caribbean declared religious ‘Coexistence Zone’
Latin American Jewish Congress to sign the ‘Cordoba Declaration’ identifying region as one of ​​interreligious harmony
By JTA
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas gestures after delivering a speech on the second day of the 7th Fatah Congress in the West Bank city of Ramallah on November 30, 2016. (AFP/Abbas Momani)
June 22, 2017, 12:28 am
Abbas praises Buenos Aires post-Ramadan meal for Palestinians and Jews
PA president says Latin American Jewish Congress initiative will ‘contribute to the promotion of dialogue and links between cultures and religions’
By JTA
Illustrative: Hola Hillel is an offshoot of University of Miami's Hillel House, geared specifically towards Jewish-Latin relations. (Janu Mendel)
February 3, 2017, 11:23 pm
Jewish-Latin fusion seeks to kick democracy up a notch
The unlikely allies have teamed up in the defense of American pluralism — and Israel
By Cathryn J. Prince
David Fremd, center, was stabbed to death in a suspected anti-Semitic attack in Paysandu, Uruguay, on March 8, 2016. (Facebook)
March 14, 2016, 12:17 am
Jewish man’s murder spurs warning of Latin America Islamist terror
Simon Wiesenthal Center tells president of Uruguay that murderer’s cry of ‘Allahu Akbar’ is harbinger of terrorism
By JTA
David Fremd, center, was stabbed to death in a suspected anti-Semitic attack in Paysandu, Uruguay, on March 8, 2016. (Facebook)
March 10, 2016, 8:47 pm
Uruguay attacker: ‘I killed a Jew following Allah’s order’
Substitute teacher with ‘a religious bond with Islam’ stabbed David Fremd ten times in the back
By JTA
Paraguay President Horacio Cartes (YouTube screenshot)
February 17, 2016, 9:43 pm
WJC to honor Paraguay’s president with peace prize
Horacio Cartes recognized for ‘contributions to building coexistence’; will receive award in Argentina in March
By JTA
Rabbi Abraham Skorka during an interview at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York on October 30, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Tina Fineberg)
May 9, 2014, 6:05 am
Rabbi, Muslim leader to accompany pontiff to Israel
Long-time friends Pope Francis and Abraham Skorka will be joined by Omar Abboud for this month’s visit
By JTA
Venezuela's newly elected President Nicolas Maduro celebrates his victory at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, April 14, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Ramon Espinosa)
May 13, 2013, 10:06 pm
Venezuela’s ‘anti-Semitic’ leader admits Jewish ancestry
Nicolas Maduro defends Caracas’s policies toward Israel, says his grandparents were Sephardic Jews who converted to Catholicism
By Michal Shmulovich
March 21, 2013, 9:59 am
Pope salutes ‘special spiritual bond’ with Jews
Francis I makes remarks during interfaith meeting attended by several Jewish leaders
Claudio Epelman (left) and Julio Schlosser (photo credit: courtesy World Jewish Congress/Michael Thaidigsmann)
March 18, 2013, 5:15 pm
‘Our Christmas dinners with the pope’
Argentina’s Jewish leaders describe an extraordinary relationship with Francis I, who comes to synagogue for ‘selichot’ and loaned out a cathedral for a Shoah event
By Gavriel Fiske
Catholic priests carrying palm fronds to commemorate Palm Sunday on Jerusalem's Mount of Olives (illustrative photo: Pierre Terdjman/Flash90).
March 4, 2013, 9:13 am
Latin American priests ‘create new friendships’ in Israel
Delegation organizers hope to forge bonds of understanding between future Catholic leaders and the Jewish state
January 21, 2013, 9:09 pm
Latin American Jewish Congress meets in Venezuela
Gathering of religious leaders intended to highlight precarious position of community in host country
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