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The AMIA Bombing, 30 Years Later | Interview with AMIA Executive Director Daniel Pomerantz – B’nai B’rith International
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Video: Remembering the 1994 Terrorist Attack on the AMIA Jewish Center in Buenos Aires – B’nai B’rith International
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B’nai B’rith International Welcomes Argentine Government’s Push for Adoption of Trial in Absentia in AMIA Terror Bombing Case – B’nai B’rith International
We strongly support the Argentine government’s decision to send a bill to Congress that would enable “Trials in Absentia” in cases involving crimes against humanity, war crimes or genocide. Read more » »
OAS General Assembly and Challenges for Democracy – B’nai B’rith International
By Eduardo Kohn, B’nai B’rith Director of Latin American Affairs The Organization of American States (OAS) General Assembly (GA) gathered this week in Asuncion, Paraguay, with the goal of working together to strengthen democracy and combat drug trafficking and the violence and danger which it creates in all countries. Read more » »
Argentine Soccer Commentator Hernán Feler Calls for Release of Hostages and Supports Israel – B’nai B’rith International
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Anti-Semitism is growing in Uruguay and members of the Jewish community express their concern – B’nai B’rith International
B’nai B’rith Director of Latin American Affairs Eduardo Kohn spoke with El País about the sharp rise in anti-Semitism in Uruguay – especially online – since Oct. 7, and the growing concern in the Uruguayan and larger Latin American Jewish community. Read more in El País in Spanish. Read below in English. Read more » »
Ideological Holocaust | Opinion – B’nai B’rith International
In an El País op-ed, B’nai B’rith Director of Latin American Affairs Eduardo Kohn addresses the troubling news that a Uruguayan Israeli professor was prohibited by the state university from teaching classes on laicism because students called him a “Zionist” and a “supporter of the genocide against the Palestinians. Read more » »
When Anti-Semitism Comes From the Top of Governments – B’nai B’rith International
By Eduardo Kohn, B’nai B’rith Director of Latin American Affairs Two days after the rampage of Oct. 7, 2023, Israel and the whole Jewish community were in shock. The rest of the world, if it were at all sensitive, should have been astonished and outraged by the brutal massacre perpetrated by Hamas. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Workshop With UNESCO Addresses Online Anti-Semitism in Latin America – B’nai B’rith International
B’nai B’rith International, in collaboration with UNESCO, the Institute of Strategic Dialogue, World Jewish Congress and the Latin American Jewish Congress, hosted a virtual capacity-building workshop in Spanish on April 9, “Facing online antisemitism in Latin America: How to deal with online hate speech and Holocaust denial and distortion. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith and Combat Antisemitism Movement Honor OAS Secretary-General Luis Almagro – B’nai B’rith International
Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary-General Luis Almagro was honored today for his work countering anti-Semitism over the past decade at a symposium in Washington, D.C., organized by the Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) and B’nai B’rith International. Read more » »
