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South American Jewry

Rescue teams and volunteers search for survivors amid the rubble of a collapsed building following an earthquake in Cali, Colombia, on August 12, 2026. (Raul ARBOLEDA/AFP)
August 13, 2026, 1:20 pm
After earthquake rocks Colombia, Cali’s Jews look to quickly rebuild
No quake-related deaths reported in country’s small Jewish community, but some families have had to move due to damage, synagogue president says
By Zev Stub
Colombian President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella, left, waves to supporters next to his wife Ana Lucia Pineda during a Mass in honor of Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquira, in Chiquinquira, Colombia, July 9, 2026. (AP/Fernando Vergara)
July 18, 2026, 4:40 pm
Colombia and Slovenia recognized a Palestinian state. Now they’re moving embassies to Jlem
Political swings offer rare good news for Israel as hostile governments are replaced by pro-Israel conservatives – though local Jews wait to see what impact, if any, that may have at home
By Larry Luxner
Rescuers search a building for earthquake survivors in La Guaira, Venezuela, Sunday, June 28, 2026 (AP/Matias Delacroix)
June 30, 2026, 3:45 pm
Impoverished Venezuelan Jews open synagogues to help shelter hundreds of earthquake victims
5,000-strong Jewish community, already diminished by decades of political turmoil, provides aid while straining depleted resources as rescue efforts continue
By Zev Stub
Anti-government protesters clash with police at the Indigenous Embera community of Arimae, Panama, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
June 7, 2025, 4:02 pm
Panama president calls on archbishop, top rabbi to mediate with striking workers
Move comes after nearly two months of protests that have seen demonstrators and law enforcement injured
By Alma Solís
Natalia Casarotti speaks about the murder of her son Keshet at the Supernova music festival on October 7 for the Spanish-language series 'Testigos del Terror.' (Courtesy Fuente Latina)
March 24, 2025, 2:00 am
Looking to sway Spanish-speaking world, new series interviews Latin Israelis about Oct. 7
Following its premiere last month, ‘Testigos del Terror,’ or ‘Witnesses of Terror,’ seeks to show non-Jewish Hispanic viewers that the tragedy is not a political issue but a human one
By Rich Tenorio
Yamandu Orsi, the presidential candidate of left-wing coalition Broad Front, delivers a speech after winning the presidential election in Montevideo, Uruguay, Nov. 24, 2024. (Nicolas Celaya/JTA via Xinhua via Getty Images)
November 27, 2024, 10:12 pm
Uruguay’s new president-elect is left wing, yet not anti-Israel
Unlike his South American counterparts who have been vehemently critical of the Jewish state, Yamandu Orsi says he could consider himself a Zionist
By Juan Melamed
FILE: A demonstrator holds a Palestinian flag during an anti-Israel rally in front of the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, on October 9, 2023. (Luis Robayo/AFP)
September 17, 2024, 4:34 am
Argentina posts 44% increase in reported antisemitic acts in 2023, most after Oct. 7
Country’s Jewish umbrella organization finds 57% of all antisemitic incidents took place in the three months following the Hamas assault in southern Israel
By Juan Melamed
Daniel Jadue in 2015. (Wikimedia commons)
January 5, 2024, 7:49 pm
Chilean mayor under fire for saying being Jewish is a ‘supremacist conception’
Daniel Jadue, a onetime presidential candidate of Palestinian descent, also says it’s a ‘contradiction’ to be both a Jew and a leftist
By Jackie Hajdenberg
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
Aminadav Shvat stands outside his restaurant in Pisac, next to an easel advertising some of the Israeli dishes he serves. (Jacob Kessler/ JTA)
June 15, 2023, 5:48 am
Israelis flock to this tiny town in Peru for vacation — and psychedelic spirituality
With Hebrew as common on the streets as the local language, Pisac is seeing an influx of sabras seeking a respite from the stresses of everyday life in Israel
By Jacob Kessler
A still from 'My Mexican Shivah,' one of 10 films screening at the first-ever Mexican Jewish Film Festival in New York City on April 2, 2023. (YouTube screenshot/ used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 1, 2023, 1:27 pm
How a run-in with Guillermo del Toro led to NYC’s first Mexican Jewish Film Festival
After meeting the famed filmmaker at a cocktail reception, Deborah Koenigsberger Gutierrez had an epiphany about her identity – and created the new festival, which opens on April 2
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Oh-jalá has to a 1,200-foot brick and mortar in a garage of an old colonial home in the posh Lima neighborhood of San Isidro. (Courtesy of Deborah Trapunsky via JTA)
March 5, 2023, 2:30 am
Founder of Peru’s only Jewish bakery turned Instagram star dishes food for thought
With Oh-jalá, Deborah Trapunsky serves up delectable challah and other baked goods while also sating a hunger for knowledge about Judaism among her 18,000 social media followers
By Jacob Kessler
Andrea de Caires, left, shown with her husband Salvador, is one of two known Jews in the English-speaking nation. (Courtesy of de Caires) via JTA
December 8, 2022, 4:30 am
In the tiny South American nation of Guyana, two Jews enjoy a tradition of tolerance
The impoverished country of 800,000 boasts rich cultural diversity, and though its Jewish residents may not be many, they are made to feel welcome from the government level on down
By Seth Wikas
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
Argentina's 35-plus soccer squad celebrates winning gold at the Maccabiah Games in Israel. (Courtesy of FACCMA/via JTA)
July 30, 2022, 3:38 am
At the ‘Jewish Olympics,’ scores of Argentine athletes play under other flags
Thanks to rules on players with multiple citizenships, Maccabiah 2022 sees smaller delegations bolstered by a nation with some of the highest-quality Jewish players in the world
By Juan Melamed
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