Brazil

Brazil’s culture minister fired for giving a speech that used excerpts of one by the Nazi Goebbels

Culture Minister Roberto Alvim called it a “rhetorical coincidence.”

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Benedito Araujo de Souza, right, arriving at Yeshiva Camp in Aquiraz, Brazil on Jan. 2, 2020. (Synagoga Sem Froteiras)

79-year-old Brazilian man attends Jewish summer camp

Benedito Araujo de Souza drove for 14 hours to attend a camp aimed at the descendants of forcibly converted Jews.

McDonald’s public menorah is Hanukkah symbol in Brazilian Amazon

The 7-foot-tall candelabrum made of iron in the front of the Jewish-owned restaurant has become a picture spot for passersby in Manaus.

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Postage stamp features Brazilian who helped rescue Jews from the Nazis

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Why Israelis feel at home on this remote Brazilian island

Obituaries

Brazil’s iconic Rabbi Henry Sobel, who challenged the country’s military regime, mourned by Jews and non-Jews

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Brazilian Jews slam magazine that likened Jewish politician to Hitler’s propaganda mastermind

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Brazilian soccer legends beat Israeli greats in Haifa ‘peace match’

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University in Brazil cancels lecture on Mideast peace process after alleged threats from pro-Palestinian group

Rabbi Gilberto Venturas and his wife

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Descendants of forcefully converted Jews open mikvah in northern Brazil

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