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Fans cheer as they watch Lady Gaga's free concert on Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
May 5, 2025, 9:24 am
Brazilian police arrest two over alleged bomb plot targeting Lady Gaga concert
Singer’s free show last week drew some 2.5 million fans to Copacabana Beach and went on as planned; police say suspects sought to target Brazil’s LGBTQ community.
By AP
Photos from the permanent collection of the Holocaust Victims Memorial on display on the exhibition's opening day, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, January 19, 2023. (AP/Bruna Prado)
January 19, 2023, 11:39 pm
Rio’s new Holocaust memorial takes visitors on victims’ journey of survival
Memorial also commemorates non-Jewish victims of Nazis; main exhibition includes mementos of those persecuted in Holocaust, database of survivors who built new life in Brazil
By Eléonore HUGHES
Illustrative: Police officers stand at the civil police headquarter in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 29, 2017. (Leo Correa/AP)
October 7, 2021, 9:45 am
Brazil police find ‘monstrous’ Nazi material in home of suspected child abuser
Over 1,000 items found including insignias, documents, uniforms, flags, a rifle and a machine gun in collection suspect says is worth over 2.5 million euros
By AFP and ToI Staff
A view of the Associacao Religiosa Israelita synagogue in Rio de Janeiro. (Courtesy of Associacao Religiosa Israelita)
August 26, 2021, 1:21 pm
Online shiva in Brazil gets threats: ‘I’ll enter synagogues, kill everyone’
Mourning ceremony for beloved former Jewish school principal in Rio de Janeiro disrupted by scenes of Adolf Hitler, pornography and loud music
By Marcus M. Gilban
Illustrative: Brazilian samba dancers perform in Tel Aviv to celebrate the Rio Summer Olympics on August 7, 2016. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
February 24, 2021, 6:04 am
Rio designated as sister city of Israel’s Brazilian immigrant capital
Head of Rio Jewish federation says both the Brazilian city and Ra’anana ‘are magnets of newcomers, where everyone feels at home’
By Marcus M. Gilban
Rio Mayor Marcello Crivella speaks at the inauguration of the city's Holocaust memorial, Dec. 13, 2020. (Courtesy of the Rio Holocaust Memorial via JTA)
December 24, 2020, 7:59 am
Rio’s pro-Israel mayor, Marcelo Crivella, arrested on corruption charges
Council leader, who just two weeks ago inaugurated a Holocaust museum, says accusations he received bribes from companies contracted by the city are political persecution
By Marcus M. Gilban
A rendering of the new Holocaust memorial in Rio de Janeiro. (Memorial to the Victims of the Holocaust/Deputy Gerson Bergher via JTA)
December 15, 2020, 10:54 am
Rio de Janeiro inaugurates new Holocaust memorial with 72-foot tower
Widow of the local Jewish politician who conceptualized the memorial says she hopes students will visit often, so they’ll ‘know better what the Holocaust and the Nazi regime were’
By Marcus M. Gilban
An article in O Globo, one of Brazil's largest newspapers, on Jonas Jaimovick. (WhatsApp via JTA)
November 12, 2020, 11:34 am
Brazilian Jewish businessman accused of pyramid con arrested after year on lam
Some 3,000 clients reportedly taken in by Madoff-like scheme; TV station report showing photos of suspect Jonas Jaimovick holding Torah scroll draws outrage from Rio councilwoman
By Marcus M. Gilban
Cyclists wear face masks on Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 2, 2020. (Carl de Souza/AFP)
July 8, 2020, 5:40 am
Rio de Janeiro’s Jews adapt as virus wreaks havoc on Brazil, infects president
With cases skyrocketing nationwide and Bolsonaro confirmed infected, beach city’s Jewish community turns to online dance, chats and lessons, and many consider making move to Israel
By Marcus M. Gilban
Daniel Azulay, an influential Brazilian children's entertainer and educator. (Daniel Azulay Facebook via JTA)
March 30, 2020, 4:14 am
Cherished Jewish Brazilian artist and educator dies of COVID-19
Daniel Azulay, who was renowned for his children’s TV characters and drawings of Jerusalem, dies at 72; had been battling leukemia
By Marcus M. Gilban
Christ the Redeemer statue is seen in Rio de Janeiro, October 9, 2015. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
March 7, 2020, 10:19 am
Israeli man drowns during trip to Rio de Janeiro
Foreign Ministry says it’s in touch with the 45-year-old’s family, working to bring his body to Israel for burial
By ToI Staff
Members of the Chabad Hasidic community in Rio de Janeiro attend the naming of a square in the city's upscale Leblon neighborhood for the late Lubavitcher Rebbe, on February 19, 2020. (Courtesy Israeli honorary consulate in Rio)
February 20, 2020, 5:19 pm
Rio de Janeiro dedicates upscale public square to Lubavitcher rebbe
City’s first lady Sylvia Jane Crivella praises the late rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, who ‘left precious teachings for all humankind’
By Marcus M. Gilban
Rio de Janeiro Gov. Wilson Witzel attends a ceremony, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, January 3, 2019. (Leo Correa/AP)
January 8, 2020, 7:32 am
Rio de Janeiro’s non-Jewish governor joins global Jewish pride campaign
Wilson Witzel says he wants to give ‘voice and strength’ to American Jewish Committee initiative against anti-Semitism
By Marcus M. Gilban
In this January 3, 2019 file photo, Rio de Janeiro Governor Wilson Witzel attends the swearing-in ceremony for the new president of state-run oil company Petrobras, Roberto Castello Branco, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)
July 17, 2019, 8:59 am
Far-right Rio governor likens drug dealers to Hezbollah, vows to act like Israel
‘You don’t want to die? Don’t go on the street with a gun,’ says tough-talking former judge Wilson Witzel
By AFP and ToI Staff
The mayor of the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, Marcelo Crivella, poses for a picture with his municipal staff as part of the World Jewish Congress campaign ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 18, 2019. (Courtesy via JTA)
January 21, 2019, 9:46 pm
Rio mayor joins viral campaign to raise awareness of Holocaust
Marcelo Crivella gathers his staff for a photo with a #WeRemember poster ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day
By Marcus M. Gilban
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