Marcus M. Gilban
By Marcus M. Gilban
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Fast Forward Brazilian Jewish school takes in hospital patients escaping a fire
“Today our school lent its space and heart,” said an ex-student and mother of two kids at the school.
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Fast Forward Hackers threaten online shiva for Brazilian Jewish educator: ‘I’ll enter synagogues and kill everyone’
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) – Hackers posting death threats, including “I’ll enter synagogues and kill everyone,” broke into the online mourning ceremony for a former Jewish school principal in Rio de Janeiro. “Death to Jews,” “I’ll explode,” “Sieg Heil” and “dirty Jews” were also part of the attack during the shiva session Sunday on Google…
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Food These days David Hertz is a world leader in turning food into social change. He had to reconcile his Jewish identity first.
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — Chef David Hertz, one of the world’s leading food entrepreneurs tackling social issues, credits two places with inspiring his journey: There’s the kibbutz in Israel, and the favela in Brazil. At 18, after growing up in the southern Brazilian city of Curitiba, he traveled to the Hatzerim kibbutz to live…
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News He grew up in one of Rio’s most violent favelas. Now he’s an on-the-rise artist in Israel
RAANANA, Israel (JTA) – What caught Crystal Frant’s eye about the Rastafari skater she spotted on the beach outside Rio de Janeiro back in 2006 wasn’t his muscular body or his dreadlocks. It was the hand-sized Star of David among his several tattoos. “Do you think he’s Jewish?” she asked a friend with excitement. The…
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Fast Forward Top Brazilian doctor suspended for COVID-19, Holocaust comparison
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) – A prominent Brazilian physician was suspended by Latin America’s leading Jewish hospital after comparing the fear of the coronavirus pandemic 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 on July 5….
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News Beny Zlochisty, A Beloved Leader Among Mexico’s Jews, Dies At 58
(JTA) — The grandson of Russian Jewish immigrants to Mexico, Beny Zlochisty dedicated his whole life to his country’s Jewish community affairs and its bonds with Israel. When he died July 11 of COVID-19 at 58, the 12th Jewish victim of the disease in Mexico, condolence notes poured in from the many people his advocacy…
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News Efrahim Kopel Meniuk, 82, Led Rio Chapter Of Brazil-Israel Commerce Group
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — Efrahim Kopel Meniuk, the president of the Brazil-Israel Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Rio de Janeiro chapter, died of COVID-19 on June 22. He was 82. Born in Brazil to Ukrainian Jewish immigrants, Meniuk led the institution since early 2019. Founded in 1959, the chamber promotes commercial ties between Latin…
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Fast Forward Brazilian Jewish groups slam German comedian for Holocaust joke
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — Brazilian Jewish groups slammed a German standup comedian who made a Holocaust joke followed by a Nazi salute during a performance in Sao Paulo in February. “On Christmas, we ask for a friend as a gift. Once I got it, but it only lasted a day. He escaped. He was…
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