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Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JUNE 23, 2026|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

Israeli President Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal Herzog meet with residents of the northern moshav of Netu’a, northern Israel, June 10, 2026.

Argentina's president, Javier Milei, greets attendees at a major Chabad event in Buenos Aires, June 8, 2026.

Milei praises ‘Judeo-Christian values’ at Chabad event as Argentina courts European Jews

Milei has long studied Judaism and has said he wants to convert after leaving office but sees Jewish practice, including the observance of Shabbat, as incompatible with the presidency.

JUNE 10, 2026|ByJUAN MELAMED/JTA

Argentine prosecutor Viviana Fein arrives at the apartment where prosecutor Alberto Nisman was found dead, in Buenos Aires, Jan 19, 2015.

Argentine official who investigated death of AMIA prosecutor charged with covering up evidence

The death of Alberto Nisman, who was investigating the 1994 bombing on a Buenos Aires Jewish center, has roiled Argentine politics for a decade.

MAY 21, 2026|ByJUAN MELAMED/JTA

Openly discussing his personal affinity for Judaism, Argentina’s President Javier Milei says that he intends to convert to Judaism after leaving office.

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Israel’s biggest diplomatic win since the Abraham Accords came from Milei’s Argentina

Israel and Argentina launch the Isaac Accords, aiming to reshape alliances and expand normalization into Latin America

MAY 21, 2026|ByNEVILLE TELLER

Marijuana plants seized from Argentine synagogue’s courtyard

The synagogue, built between 1913 and 1915, is designated a heritage site and was in the process of being turned into a museum before the pandemic struck earlier this year.

NOVEMBER 24, 2020ByJTA STAFF

Rights group criticizes Buenos Aires for using surveillance tech on kids

HRW cited three cases of Argentine adults being erroneously detained by police due to the system's errors.

OCTOBER 10, 2020ByREUTERS

Jorge Kirszenbaum, former head of Argentina’s Jewish community, dies at 72

Kirszenbaum, an attorney and human rights activist who led the DAIA umbrella group in 2005 and ’06, died suddenly on Sept. 5 in his apartment in Buenos Aires. He was 72.

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020ByJTA

A FOUR-MASTED ship sails toward the port of the world’s southernmost city of Ushuaia, at the very southernmost tip of Argentina

How is the Buenos Aires Jewish community coping with COVID-19?

Here’s how some other local Jewish institutions are faring as the pandemic drags on.

AUGUST 22, 2020ByJTA STAFF

A BUTCHER SPEAKS with a customer at his kosher butcher shop in Buenos Aires, as Argentina works to organize the arrival of rabbis from Israel to keep kosher beef supply lines going in the midst of coronavirus restrictions on Wednesday

Buenos Aires synagogues get OK to stream services

Other non-Orthodox synagogues in the Belgrano neighborhood also will be broadcasting online.

JUNE 13, 2020ByJTA STAFF

A Star of David is seen outside the former Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina at an event to commemorate the 25th anniversy of the building's destruction by a car bomb, March 2017

Rally remembers Argentine prosecutor Nisman on 5th anniversary of death

Thousands attended a rally held Saturday in the center of Buenos Aires under the motto: “Justice You Shall Pursue: It was not suicide, it was an assassination.”

JANUARY 21, 2020ByJTA STAFF

A woman holds up a photo of late state prosecutor Alberto Nisman, lead investigator into the car bomb attack that killed 85 people at a Buenos Aires' Jewish community center, during commemorations of the second anniversary of his death in Buenos Aires, Argentina, January 18, 2017.

First Sephardi synagogue of Buenos Aires celebrates centennial

Located in the center of the Argentinean capital, the iconic “Great Temple of Piedras Street,” was established by Jewish immigrants of Moroccan origin.

DECEMBER 27, 2019ByJTA STAFF

American rabbi’s quote to be centerpiece of public mural in Buenos Aires

The city government and the Latin American Rabbinical Seminary held a contest to design the mural to honor human rights activist Rabbi Marshall Meyer.

NOVEMBER 6, 2019ByJTA STAFF