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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 434

Marcus M. Gilban

Andre Lajst leads the Brazil chapter of StandWithUs, a Zionist advocacy organization. (Courtesy of StandWithUs Brazil, via JTA)
August 16, 2023, 11:39 pm
Pro-Palestinian protest at Brazilian college campus turns violent
Activists clash outside auditorium with security and university employees as pro-Israel speaker lectures inside; adviser to rector reportedly suffers broken nose
By Marcus M. Gilban
Illustrative: The exterior of the Hebraica Club in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (YouTube screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 8, 2023, 12:40 pm
14-year-old boy killed by falling goalpost at Sao Paulo Jewish center
Pole comes down as Alexandre Andrei Mirocznik is playing with friends; Hebraica Club president denies accident caused by maintenance problem
By Marcus M. Gilban
Then-Brazil Central Bank Governor Ilan Goldfajn speaks at a forum in Washington, April 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
December 27, 2022, 7:41 pm
Leading Brazilian economist derides Jewish colleague with antisemitic tropes
Jewish groups demand apology after Brazilian-Israeli banker Ilan Goldfajn accused on TV of dual loyalty, in tirade referring to Jewish ties to international finance systems
By Marcus M. Gilban
Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula waves to supporters gathered on Paulista Av. after he defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in a presidential run-off election to become the country's next president, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
October 31, 2022, 9:55 pm
Brazilian Jews offer President-elect Lula conciliatory message after rocky past
Head of umbrella organization wishes leftist leader success after defeat of Bolsonaro
By Marcus M. Gilban
A demonstrator dressed in the colors of the Brazilian flag performs in front of a street vendor's towels for sale featuring Brazilian presidential candidates, current President Jair Bolsonaro, center, and former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in Brasilia, Brazil, September 27, 2022. (Eraldo Peres/AP)
October 30, 2022, 10:27 am
Many Brazilian Jews feel the election is a choice ‘between the cross and the sword’
In Sunday vote, community torn between far-right incumbent Bolsonaro, who loves Israel and ultranationalists, and Lula, a far-left social activist sympathetic to Palestinian cause
By Marcus M. Gilban
A team of three Christian Arab Brazilians, seated in front, won first place at the inaugural Abrahamic Hummus Championship in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sept. 21, 2022. (Courtesy of Hebraica Sao Paulo via JTA)
September 29, 2022, 5:22 am
Brazilian Jews, Arabs hold hummus tourney to spread coexistence
Yarmulkes share room with keffiyehs at inaugural Abrahamic Hummus Championship hosted by Hebraica Jewish club in Sao Paulo; Christian Arab team declared winners by jury
By Marcus M. Gilban
Nora Tausz Ronai poses for a photo in Rio de Janeiro, 2020. (Courtesy of Julia Ronai/via JTA)
September 18, 2022, 4:45 am
This Holocaust survivor and Brazilian swimming champion is still competing at 98
Nora Tausz Ronai started swimming competitively at age 69 and has won 13 gold medals, broken 12 world records at Masters World Championships – and just keeps swimming
By Marcus M. Gilban
Brazilians in Israel are celebrating the 200th anniversary of Brazil's independence, September 7, 2022 (Tomer Raz)
September 8, 2022, 8:51 am
Tel Aviv celebrates Brazil’s 200th birthday with weeklong party
Embassy stages food festival, fashion show; ‘Our two peoples have nurtured a close relationship,’ ambassador says
By Marcus M. Gilban
Henrique Morelenbaum, one of Brazil's most prominent conductors, lost his extended family in the Holocaust. (Courtesy of Interludio via JTA)
July 28, 2022, 10:30 am
Brazilian Jewish conductor Henrique Morelenbaum dies at 90
Prominent music director was born in Poland in 1931, moved to Rio at 3; conducting career began suddenly during a 1959 ballet performance when scheduled conductor could not perform
By Marcus M. Gilban
Rabbi Uri Lam (Screen capture: Twitter)
June 23, 2022, 9:03 pm
Brazil rabbi noted for Kaddish prayer honoring journalist, expert killed in Amazon
‘Do not destroy your trees by wielding the ax against them,’ Rabbi Uri Lam says in widely shared sermon for Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira
By Marcus M. Gilban
Andor Stern, 91, is recognized by the Brazilian Holocaust Memorial as the only Brazilian-born Holocaust survivor. (Courtesy of the Sao Paulo Holocaust Memorial)
April 12, 2022, 5:29 pm
Andor Stern, recognized as the only Brazilian-born Holocaust survivor, dies at 94
Born in Sao Paulo to Hungarian Jewish parents, he was imprisoned in six concentration camps, including Auschwitz; his family moved back to Europe before WWII
By Marcus M. Gilban
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
In this Sept. 8, 2017 file photo Alternative for Germany, AfD, deputy chairwoman Beatrix von Storch attends a press conference with former UK Independence Party leader, Nigel Farage in Berlin. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
July 31, 2021, 2:04 am
Brazil’s welcome to granddaughter of Hitler’s finance minister draws Jewish ire
Jewish groups slam President Jair Bolsonaro for warm embrace of Beatrix von Storch, deputy leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party
By Marcus M. Gilban
Anita Novinsky (Courtesy of the Sao Paulo Jewish federation)
July 22, 2021, 9:19 am
Anita Novinsky, leading scholar on history of Jews in Brazil, dies at 98
Academic founded Museum of Tolerance at the University of Sao Paulo, studied Portuguese and Spanish Jews who converted or were forced to convert to Christianity
By Marcus M. Gilban
'My main goal is to honor my parents,' says Thiago Benzecry. (Courtesy of Benzecry/ via JTA)
May 24, 2021, 3:42 am
He left Brazil to be a lone soldier in Israel, then lost both parents to COVID
Attracted to the Jewish state after a Taglit-Birthright trip and a Masa fellowship, Thiago Benzecry says he will stand by his decision to immigrate despite his immense loss
By Marcus M. Gilban
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