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50 years after the Dirty War, Argentinians remember the Jews who ‘disappeared’

As many as 1,900 Jews were abducted, tortured, and murdered by the military during Argentina's six-day Dirty War, with as many as 30,000 presumed to be disappeared.

A man holds up a portrait of Luis German Cirigliano, who disappeared during Argentina's 'Dirty war', during a demonstration to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the 1976 military coup in Buenos Aires, March 24, 2016.
The Great Mifgash. Pictured: Tracy Frydberg, director, Tisch Center for Jewish Dialogue at ANU – Museum of the Jewish People; Yoni Alon, Israeli Jewish Peoplehood Coalition and found er of David Cards.

The Great Mifgash: Building global Jewish connections amid crisis

General view at Plaza Dorrego in San Telmo on Sept. 8, 2013 in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Jewish artist expelled from Argentinian street fair after dispute over Palestinian flag

DEMONSTRATORS ATTEND a protest organised by Argentina's General Confederation of Labor (CGT) against the government's proposed labour law reform, at Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 18, 2025.

'More dignity': Argentine unions march against Milei's labor reform


False bomb threat hits Buenos Aires Jewish center where 85 people died in 1994 bombing

Police in Argentina are investigating the emails to determine their origin and find the individual or individuals responsible for Wednesday’s threats.

MEMBERS OF THE Argentinean Jewish community in Buenos Aires hold up pictures of the victims of the AMIA Jewish center bombing, during a ceremony in 2015 to mark the 21th anniversary of the 1994 attack

First Jewish university in South America to open in Buenos Aires next year

The seminary is named after American rabbi Marshall Meyer, a New York native who worked to revitalize the Conservative movement in Buenos Aires from 1958 to 1984.

 A general view of Puerto Madero neighborhood, in Buenos Aires, Argentina November 21, 2023.

Roger Waters drops antisemitic iconography in Argentina following legal threat

Waters completed his tour without his infamous Nazi costume, an Anne Frank comparison or his inflatable pig with a star of David. However, he insulted a Jewish hotel owner on stage.

Roger Waters barred from using antisemitsm in Buenos Aires concerts.

US and Israeli embassies hit with bomb threats in Buenos Aires

The US embassy said it is back to normal operations on Wednesday afternoon.

 People hold a Palestinian flag and placards during a demonstration in support of Palestinians, in Buenos Aires, Argentina October 9, 2023.

Four Argentinian-Israelis dead, others missing from kibbutzes after Hamas attack

Argentina is home to an estimated 180,000 Jews, the sixth-largest Jewish population of any country in the world.

 The scene where a rocket fired from Gaza into Southern Israel, hit and caused damaged in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon. October 7, 2023

Argentina police shut down Nazi and antisemitic bookseller

After the war, many Nazi officials including death camp supervisor Adolf Eichmann also emigrated to Argentina to avoid trials for war crimes.

  Argentina's Anti-Terrorist Investigation Unit Department after a raid on a propaganda distribution operation, in Buenos Aires, Argentina September 13, 2023.

Buenos Aires to rename subway station after Jewish woman who famously stood up to sex traffickers

Born in what is now Ukraine in 1900 and raised in Poland, Liberman immigrated to Buenos Aires in 1922, joining a wave of Jewish immigration from Eastern Europe to South America.

 Raquel Liberman.

Long-necked dinosaur fossil found by Argentine scientists is one of biggest ever

The dinosaur's bones were so big they caused the van carrying them to a Buenos Aires laboratory to tip over, though no one was injured and the remains were left intact.

 Museum visitors walk beneath the skeleton of Patagotitan mayorum as it goes on display as part of the new 'Titanosaur: Life as the Biggest Dinosaur' exhibit at Natural History Museum in London, Britain April 1, 2023.

Israeli, Argentinian artists commemorate the 1992 terror attack against embassy


Among those celebrating Argentina’s World Cup win, ‘cabala’ practitioners and a Jewish sportscaster

Andres Cantor, a prominent soccer announcer, responded to Argentina’s game-winning penalty shot with his signature elongated “Gooooooool!”

Argentina forward Lionel Messi (10) dribbles the ball against France during the first half of the 2022 World Cup final at Lusail Stadium, Lusail, Qatar, Dec 18, 2022