Sao Paulo

Brazilian court fines American Airlines for ’emotional suffering’ to passengers denied kosher food

One passenger who could not obtain a certified kosher meal on the flight had to fast for 10 hours straight.

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 6, 2022 3:33 pm

Page 95 of 'The Diary of Anne Frank' quotes her writing about feeling 'ecstasy' every time she sees a female nudes painting. (Anne Frank Fonds/Calman Levy)

Brazilian parents protest teaching of new Anne Frank diary containing sexual descriptions

The teenage chronicler’s father left out the controversial passages from the 1947 edit that he made of the diary she wrote while hiding from the Nazis.

June 9, 2021 9:37 am

Brazilian Jewish hospital suspends doctor for comparing COVID-19 to the Holocaust

Nise Yamaguchi, an oncologist and immunologist at Sao Paulo’s Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital, made the comparison in an appearance on the “Impressoes” television show.

July 15, 2020 4:54 pm