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Juan Melamed

This combination of file photos created on July 16, 2026, shows Spain’s forward #19 Lamine Yamal in Arlington on July 14, 2026 (L); and Argentina’s forward #10 Lionel Messi in Atlanta on July 15, 2026. (Charly Triballeau and Roberto Schmidt/AFP)
July 18, 2026, 1:54 am
Argentina vs Spain World Cup final becomes a proxy for the Israel-Palestinian conflict
Online fans cast Sunday’s match as a highly symbolic contest due to the opposing views on Israel in Madrid and Buenos Aires; some posts criticizing Messi ‘invoke antisemitic conspiracy theories’
By Juan Melamed and Joseph Strauss
Lionel Messi at the Western Wall with the FC Barcelona team in Jerusalem's Old City, August 04, 2013. (Alex Kolomoisky/ FLASH90)
July 11, 2026, 1:20 pm
Lionel Messi’s ostensibly controversial history with Jewish and Israeli life. Spoiler: He’s Catholic
Many anti-Zionists are rooting against Argentina as the team plays Switzerland in the World Cup quarterfinals because of its star No. 10’s purported Zionism and Judaism, while Israelis cheer him on
By Juan Melamed
A fan carries a giant banner depicting Lionel Messi as Argentina fans gather to celebrate and show support for their team at a beachfront park in Miami Beach, Florida, July 2, 2026, one day ahead of Argentina's World Cup round of 32 soccer match against Cape Verde. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
July 7, 2026, 6:37 pm
How a Jewish superfan designed Argentinian soccer team’s iconic crest 50 years ago
Star player Messi, who has visited the Jewish state, wore the uniform when inspiring Argentina’s epic comeback in the World Cup Round of 16 game against Egypt on Tuesday
By Juan Melamed
Argentina's president, Javier Milei, right, greets attendees at a major Chabad event in Buenos Aires, June 8, 2026. (Nicolas Kremenchusky for Chabad Lubavitch Argentina via JTA)
June 10, 2026, 7:02 pm
Courting European Jews, Javier Milei praises ‘Judeo-Christian values’ at Chabad event
Argentine president links Judaism to capitalism at Monday memorial for Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, as country presents itself as destination for those fleeing rising antisemitism
By Juan Melamed
Then-prosecutor Viviana Fein speaks with reporters outside her office in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on January 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
May 21, 2026, 11:50 pm
Argentine ex-prosecutor charged with cover-up in 2015 death of AMIA bombing investigator
Viviana Fein allegedly failed to preserve evidence at apartment of Alberto Nisman, who was found shot hours before testimony on president’s cover-up of Iran’s role in 1994 massacre
By Juan Melamed
Names of those killed in the 1994 attack on the AMIA Jewish center, which left 85 dead and 300 injured, mark the front of the AMIA Center in Argentina. (Juan Melamed)
April 2, 2026, 8:48 am
Argentina declares IRGC a terrorist organization amid probes into embassy, AMIA bombings
Announcement by Milei comes after his office designated the IRGC’s Quds Force a terror group in January; Israel hails move’s ‘moral clarity’
By Juan Melamed
A gallery of young Argentinian Jews 'disappeared' under the military junta beginning in 1976 is featured on the website of Eduiot, an educational memorial project. Fernando Brodsky is at top right (Eduiot via JTA)
March 26, 2026, 8:00 am
50 years after the Dirty War, Argentine Jews remember the ‘disappeared’ from their community
Educational initiatives highlight the disproportionate number of Jews who were abducted, tortured and murdered by the military junta amid antisemitism from government forces
By Juan Melamed
Argentina's President Javier Milei speaks with Yeshiva University President Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman as part of the university's Great Conversations series during an 'Argentina Week' discussion focusing on global economic leadership and voicing support for the State of Israel, in New York City, on March 9, 2026. (ANGELA WEISS / AFP)
March 12, 2026, 10:32 am
Argentine streamer draws antisemitism complaint for mocking Milei’s Israel support
Milei praises lawyer for filing complaint, which alleges rhetoric ‘fuels prejudices, trivializes antisemitism, and can generate hostility or violence’; Tomás Rebord calls Milei ‘imbecile’
By Juan Melamed
Tourists visit the street market of San Telmo neighborhood, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on June 14, 2015. (AFP Photo/Eitan Abramovich)
March 5, 2026, 6:47 am
Jewish artist expelled from Argentinian street fair after dispute over Palestinian flag
Fellow vendors yell ‘Zionists out’ at artist called Karina, who reportedly said Palestinian banner ‘supports terrorism’ and asked for its removal; Jewish lawmaker files legal complaint
By Juan Melamed
Interior of the Bet El Sephardic synagogue in Buenos Aires. (Horacio Literat/ACILBA, the Moroccan Jewish Association of Argentina)
January 21, 2026, 12:25 pm
Argentina’s chief Sephardic rabbi reaffirms ban on local conversions, sparking outcry
Non-Orthodox groups say century-old edict is no longer needed, subjects converts to Judaism to control of Israel’s Orthodox rabbis
By Juan Melamed
Argentina's (L-R) Frente de Izquierda deputies Romina del Pla, Miryam Bregman and Nicolas Del Cano sit at their desks with banners against a US invasion of Venezuela and the labor reform during the oath ceremony at the Chamber of Deputies of the Argentine Congress in Buenos Aires on December 3, 2025. (Juan Mabromata / AFP)
December 9, 2025, 6:49 am
Left-wing Argentine lawmakers pledge allegiance to ‘free Palestine’ in oaths of office
A Jewish lawmaker has proposed legislation that would bar anyone who doesn’t take the standard parliamentary oath from being sworn in
By Juan Melamed
Tour director smiles as he conducts Argentine students chanting 'Today we burn Jews' on graduation trip in screenshot from video that went viral on September 28, 2025. (X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 30, 2025, 9:52 am
‘Today we burn Jews’: Argentine students chant on bus, with Jewish students on board
Students from Escuela Humanos, which says it trains ‘ambassadors of peace,’ seen in video shouting antisemitic slogan as tour coordinator apparently joins in; Milei: ‘Reprehensible’
By Juan Melamed
The Bicur Joilim synagogue, located in downtown Santiago, was targeted with violent anti-Israel posters in the latest incident of vandalism in August 2025. (Google Maps/Jewish Community of Chile via JTA)
August 27, 2025, 12:47 pm
Chilean synagogue vandalized with posters of Netanyahu shot in head
Pictures bearing caption ‘Your silence is cooperation with Israel’s genocide’ appear in Santiago synagogue, which has seen repeated graffiti since Oct. 7
By Juan Melamed
President of Argentina Javier Milei poses holding the Genesis Prize with Stan Polovets and Israeli President Isaac Herzog during the Genesis Prize ceremony at The Museum of Tolerance on June 12, 2025 in Jerusalem, Israel. (Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images for Genesis Prize Foundation via JTA)
August 15, 2025, 6:14 am
Argentina’s Milei to use Genesis Prize money to deepen Israel-Latin America ties
New initiative dubbed ‘American Friends of the Isaac Accords’ created after first non-Jew and first head of state receives ‘Jewish Nobel’ for his staunch support for Israel
By Juan Melamed
File: Vanina Biasi, of the Workers' Party, commemorates the National Day of Memory for Truth and Justice in downtown Buenos Aires, March 24, 2022. ( Nacho Boullosa/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images via JTA)
August 9, 2025, 7:45 pm
In a first, Argentinian lawmaker indicted for anti-Israel social media posts
Left-wing legislator Vanina Biasi faces charges over several posts comparing Israel to Nazis as Milei’s government cracks down on anti-Israel activity
By Juan Melamed
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