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The President of Brazilian Chamber of Deputies, Rodrigo Maia, at the 2016 Paralympics Games at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Sept. 18, 2016. (Raphael Dias/Getty Images via JTA)
November 1, 2017, 5:41 am
Brazil official in Israel is most senior to visit in more than a decade
Rodrigo Maia, head of country’s chamber of deputies, combines high-level meetings with visits to Yad Vashem, Bethlehem
By JTA
Brazilian President Michel Temer, left, is greeted by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres before a meeting Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017, at UN headquarters. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
September 20, 2017, 4:31 pm
Nations start signing nuke ban treaty opposed by big powers
UN expecting 51 countries to endorse ban on development, testing, production, or possession of nuclear arms ‘under any circumstances’
By Edith M. Lederer
Shuttered storefronts on Sao Paulo's popular Augusta Street. (Luiz Roiz/Times of Israel)
August 15, 2017, 10:07 am
Jewish community jumping ship as political storm takes Brazil
Unemployment, lack of upward mobility and fear of street violence among reasons for rapid increase of Brazilian Jews making aliyah
By Luis Roiz
Brazilian federal deputy Sergio Zveiter at the National Congress in Brasilia, on July 10, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / EVARISTO SA)
July 16, 2017, 11:48 pm
Brazil’s only Jewish congressman accused of Nazi behavior
Sergio Zveiter slammed by party colleague for recommending criminal charges against country’s president
By JTA
Israeli Ambassador to Brazil Yossi Shelley (Twitter)
May 10, 2017, 11:23 pm
There are no settlements, Israel’s new envoy to Brazil says
Yossi Shelley was appointed ambassador after Brasilia rejected ex-settler leader Dani Dayan for the role
By JTA
Brazilian President Michel Temer attending an International Holocaust Remembrance Day service at Congregacao Israelita Paulista synagogue in Sao Paulo, January 27, 2017. (Beto Barata/PR via JTA)
January 31, 2017, 12:01 pm
Brazil president attends Holocaust memorial at country’s largest synagogue
Michel Temer says at ceremony that murder of 6 million Jews must serve as ‘lesson for the future and for the present’
By JTA
United States' Sam Dorman takes part in a training session at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center ahead of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
August 6, 2016, 2:51 pm
Olympic spectacle gives way to chase for gold
First medals up for grabs Saturday as athletes begin to compete in shooting, swimming, cycling, judo and more
By Rob Woollard
Israel's flagbearer Neta Rivkin leads her delegation during the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 5, 2016. (AFP / PEDRO UGARTE)
August 6, 2016, 3:48 am
Glittering ceremony launches Rio Olympics
Under the gaze of Christ the Redeemer statue, 78,000 people pack into Maracana Stadium to watch four-hour party
By Rob Woollard
The Temple Mount and Western Wall in Jerusalem, as seen from the Israeli Air Force's annual fly-by on Independence Day, May 12, 2016. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)
June 13, 2016, 12:21 pm
Support for UNESCO Temple Mount resolution was ‘error,’ Brazil says
Under new leadership, country which voted for declaration denying Jewish link to holy site now admits text was ‘partial and unbalanced’
By Raphael Ahren
Brazilian acting President Michel Temer is seen during the first ministers meeting at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, on May 13, 2016. (EVARISTO SA / AFP)
May 16, 2016, 2:45 am
Son of Lebanese immigrants, Brazil’s new president is friend to Jewish community
Michel Temer appoints longtime supporter of Brazilian Jews as new FM, Israel-born economist as head of central bank
By JTA
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