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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 475

Diego Melamed

A scene from the 'Pasternak' segment of 'Wild Tales' (Photo credit: JTA)
April 4, 2015, 5:27 am
Germanwings crash echoes Argentine film
Alps tragedy’s eerie parallels with ‘Wild Tales’ by Jewish director Damian Szifron about disturbed pilot who crashes plane
By Diego Melamed
Damian Szifron (Cannes Festival Media Kit/ via JTA)
January 22, 2015, 12:32 am
Argentina’s very Jewish Oscar nominee breaks the box office
Damian Szifron’s ‘Wild Tales’ consists of six segments featuring Jewish characters and details from the director’s life
By Diego Melamed
Yair Tawil meets with Argentinian President Christina Fernandez de Kirchner. (photo credit: JTA/Twitter)
January 6, 2015, 6:25 am
Did Argentina’s president really save a Jew from becoming a werewolf?
After criticism from British media, JTA defends its coverage of a colorful South American custom
By Diego Melamed
Argentine fans of the Hindu club in rabbi and pope costumes at the championship game. (Emiliano Raimondi/URBA/ via JTA)
November 19, 2014, 1:27 am
Argentine Jews cheer on ‘Jewish’ team called Hindu
How did it happen that Hindu fans and players refer to themselves as Jews – though only a handful are — but others also call them Jews as well?
By Diego Melamed
Among the Jewish meet-ups at this year's World Cup: a Saturday soccer game on the beach in Rio de Janeiro. (Courtesy Turismo Judaico)
June 17, 2014, 5:42 am
6 Jewish things about the World Cup
Israel is not playing nor are any star players Jewish, but there are still some Jewish things happening in Rio
By Diego Melamed
Illustrative: The AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the site of a deadly terrorist attack in 1994. (photo credit: CCBY andysternberg/Flickr)
March 26, 2014, 2:20 am
Name meaning ‘Kills Jews’ raises ire
Common surname Matajudios catches attention of Jewish groups in Argentina
By Diego Melamed
Actor and producer Adrian Suar was the big winner of the night at the Tato Awards in Buenos Aires (photo credit: YouTube screenshot)
December 5, 2013, 6:53 am
Jews win big at Argentina’s TV industry awards
Argentine version of the Israeli show ‘In Treatment’ snags Tato Award for best script
By Diego Melamed
Sergio Bergman, shown in Jerusalem in May 2013 (JTA)
November 9, 2013, 2:04 am
Argentina’s first rabbi-lawmaker is loud and proudly Jewish
With his trademark colorful kippa, MP Rabbi Sergio Bergman is breaking down barriers for Jews in the former dictatorship by just doing his thing
By Diego Melamed
February 7, 2013, 3:50 pm
Uruguayan town offers sun, sand and Shabbat
With the South American summer in full swing, Punte del Este is enjoying its status as a magnet for Jewish tourists
By Diego Melamed
Participants celebrating during services at the World Union for Progressive Judaism Conference of Jewish Communities in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Aug. 2012. (photo credit: Diego Melamed/JTA)
September 18, 2012, 8:41 pm
Latin America’s Jewish communities flourish, despite anti-Semitism and education challenges
Venezuela is the grim exception, in a region now home to an estimated 500,000 Jews
By Diego Melamed
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