Brazil

Brazilian church built to look like Solomon’s Temple to house Holocaust museum

It will be the nation’s second Holocaust museum following one dedicated in Curitiba in 2011.

Israel’s embassy didn’t want you to see the lobster in envoy’s lunch with Brazil’s president

While international media pointed out that lobsters are prohibited by Jewish law, Brazilians focused on the fact that it is a very expensive delicacy in the Latin American country.

Mariusz Robert Opałko, holding a Torah scroll, and Michael Freund at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Israel on June 9, 2013. (Courtesy of Shavei Israel)

When elders reveal they are Jewish on their deathbeds, their children often return to Judaism

In places where identifying as Jewish used to be dangerous, the dying unburden themselves of an old secret.

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Holocaust Remembrance Day message projected on Brazil’s National Congress buildings

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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro walks back promise of embassy move to Jerusalem

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Jewish philanthropist becomes Brazil’s richest person

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Jewish group objects when samba dancer compares Brazil’s new president to Hitler

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In first, Jewish lawmaker elected president of Brazilian Senate

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Israel, Brazilian Jews mobilize to aid dam collapse victims

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Rio mayor raises Holocaust awareness

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