Tag: Jewish community

• Friday, April 23rd 2021 - 21:40 UTC

  Argentine Federal Police arrests two in Tucumán for planning attack against Jewish community

  

  Two people were arrested Friday in the Argentine province of Tucumán when they were reportedly planning to commit an undetermined attack against the local Jewish community, hours before the beginning of the Shabbat day of rest, the local La Gaceta newspaper reported.

• Tuesday, January 19th 2021 - 09:15 UTC

  Argentina: Jewish community call for truth and justice on sixth anniversary of the killing of prosecutor Alberto Nisman

  

  The main community center serving Argentina’s Jews on Monday called for “truth” and “justice” to prevail in the case of Alberto Nisman, on the sixth anniversary of the federal prosecutor’s assassination.

• Saturday, January 18th 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  If Argentine prosecutor Nisman was murdered, the U.N. should conduct the investigation into his death

  

  The following opinion column was written by Andres Oppenheimer, an Argentine journalist who has been living in the United States for several decades and is an expert in Latin American affairs.

• Sunday, June 16th 2019 - 09:35 UTC

  New York State eliminates religious exemptions from vaccination for school children

  

  Lawmakers in New York have voted to eliminate religious exemptions for school vaccines for children, as the state grapples with a measles outbreak. The law passed on Thursday night and led to chaotic scenes in the statehouse as anti-vaccination supporters clashed with lawmakers.

• Wednesday, February 27th 2019 - 08:49 UTC

  Argentina's chief rabbi seriously injured at his home by seven assailants

  

  The head of Argentina’s main Jewish group said an assault Monday on the country’s chief rabbi was motivated by anti-Semitism. Rabbi Gabriel Davidovich was beaten and seriously injured by assailants who broke into his home while he and his wife were there, taking money and personal effects.

• Monday, September 10th 2018 - 09:09 UTC

  Message for Rosh Hashanah from Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt

  

  British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt sends warm wishes to the Jewish community as they prepare to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.

• Saturday, July 19th 2014 - 08:00 UTC

  Argentine Jewish community lash out at the government over 1994 attack

  

  Thomas Saieg, the vice president of the Argentine AMIA Jewish community centre, the target of a terrorist attack which left 85 people killed back on 18 July 1994, demanded on Friday “a new trial as soon as possible to know what happened.”

• Friday, September 27th 2013 - 05:47 UTC

  Argentina and Iran meet on Saturday to address the Jewish community bombing

  

  Argentine foreign minister Hector Timerman has confirmed that he will meet Iranian counterpart Javadi Zarif, in a talk designed to throw light on the current status of the AMIA agreement. The meeting coincides with the announcement that the six major powers and Iran have agreed to meet in Geneva next month for further talks on resolving the standoff with Tehran on its nuclear program.

• Friday, February 8th 2013 - 05:04 UTC

  Iran/Argentina agreement to Congress but Jewish community reject contents demand a new one

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández announced she would send to Congress the recent agreement reached between Argentina and Iran in order to investigate the AMIA bombing in 1994, and assured that “the Argentine Justice will not be obstructed.”

• Wednesday, October 31st 2012 - 20:22 UTC

  Iran/Argentina dialogue ‘positive’ and will continue end of November, says Timerman

  

  Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman announced at Government House in Buenos Aires that new negotiations between diplomatic representatives of Argentina and Iran over the investigation into the 1994 AMIA terrorist attack, will take place before the end of November.