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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, 10:47 am
Argentina designates Iran’s Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organisation
The move was quickly praised by Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar
By Juan Melamed (JTA)
Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas
February 25, 2026, 2:48 pm
Argentine bill seeks to rename ‘State of Palestine’ street after murdered Bibas family
The proposed name change in Buenos Aires would honour murdered Argentine-Israeli mother and children amid warnings and political pressure
By Annabel Sinclair
The Argentinian flag flies in Buenos Aires, 10 Feb., 2006. (Ken Walker/Wikimedia Commons)
January 21, 2026, 2:58 pm
Argentina’s chief Sephardic rabbi reaffirms century-old ban on local conversions, sparking backlash
Orthodox leaders say conversions must be finalised in Israel, while non-Orthodox rabbis call the move outdated and unfair
By Juan Melamed (JTA)
Iranian's humbled Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (Photo: Handout via Reuters)
April 10, 2025, 12:07 pm
Argentinian prosecutor seeks arrest of Iran’s supreme leader over 1994 bombing
Prosecutor claims Khamenei issued a fatwa ordering the attack that killed 85 at Buenos Aires Jewish centre
By Annabel Sinclair
Remains of the AMIA after the AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
July 16, 2024, 9:12 pm
Seven Jewish communities share anti-Jew hate strategies
Representatives gather in Argentina marking anniversary of 1994 AMIA bombinb
By Jenni Frazer
Diego Schwartzman, the Jewish tennis hope with his girlfriend and his fan Ben Stiller
June 29, 2022, 2:41 pm
Could a survivor’s great-grandson be one to watch at Wimbledon?
Diego Schwartzman is the first Jewish hopeful in a while and Ben Stiller is his biggest fan
By Brigit Grant
Bombing of Argentina’s AMIA Jewish centre 
July 20, 2021, 8:58 am
Argentina’s Vice President rails against AMIA bombing trial on 27th anniversary
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner called the imminent trial into her alleged efforts to cover up Iran’s role in the attack a “monumental scandal.
By JTA
Marijuana
November 24, 2020, 12:50 pm
Marijuana plants seized from Argentine synagogue’s courtyard
Police took two pots with cannabis planers form the historic synagogue in Medanos
By JTA
A view of the Raquel Liberman tile in Buenos Aires. (Screenshot from YouTube)
September 26, 2020, 4:04 pm
Jewish woman who helped take down sex-trafficking ring in 1930s honoured
Raquel Liberman gets public recognition for gelling to destroy the ring in Buenos Aires, a city in which she became a symbol of feminist resistance
By JTA
Example of a Mikveh - (White Stork Synagogue in Wroclaw, Poland. (Wikipedia/Stefan Walkowski))
March 25, 2020, 11:24 am
Rabbi among three arrested for operating Buenos Aires mikvah
Members of an Orthodox community in the Argentinian capital were detained, after authorities ordered all synagogues closed due to the virus
By JTA
Tomas Kalika receiving his award (Screenshot from Instagram)
October 17, 2019, 12:34 pm
Argentine Jewish chef named top in Latin America by his peers
Tomas Kalika, who started learning how to cook in Israel aged 17, receives prestigious award from his peers at ceremony in Buenos Aires
By JTA
Bombing of Argentina’s AMIA Jewish centre 
July 25, 2019, 3:45 pm
AMIA bombing commemorated on 25th anniversary
Memorials took place throughout Argentina and across the world to mark a quarter of a century since the devastating attack.
By Jenni Frazer
Remains of the AMIA after the AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
July 19, 2019, 1:25 pm
Argentina recognises Hezbollah as a terror group 25 years after AMIA bombing
World Jewish Congress president welcomes the 'long-awaited and principled' decision by Argentina, a quarter of a century after the Jewish centre attack
By Jewish News Reporter
The Jewish barbershop Javerim in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Google Maps screen capture)
May 28, 2019, 12:19 pm
Swastikas painted in front of iconic Buenos Aires barbershop in Jewish area
Argentina’s national secretary for Human Rights condemns far-right symbols being daubed in traditionally Jewish neighbourhood
By JTA
Supporters of Argentinian football club All Boys clash with police after losing to Atlanta on November 23, 2018 (Screencapture via Times of Israel)
November 25, 2018, 9:20 am
Violent Argentina football fans chant about ‘killing Jews to make soap’
All Boys fans chanted the antisemitic slogan as they waved Palestinian flags and T-shirts bearing Iranian symbols.
By JTA
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