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Outpost on Pampas Where Jews Once Found Refuge Wilts as They Leave

MOISÉS VILLE, Argentina — At its height in the 1940s, this outpost on Argentina’s grasslands had four synagogues for a population of 5,000, a theater for Yiddish-language acting troupes, a newspaper filled with feverish debates about the creation of the state of Israel and saloons where Jewish gauchos galloping in from the pampas could nurse a drink alongside fellow cowhands.

Now, Moisés Ville, founded in 1889 by Jews fleeing the pogroms of the Czarist Russian empire, has only about 200 Jews among its 2,000 residents. The last regularly functioning synagogue lacks a rabbi. The Hebrew school halted classes this year because of the dwindling number of Jewish children. Some of the last remaining Jewish gauchos have swapped their horses for Ford pickup trucks, and they now ponder the future of their way of life.

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Source: The Times of Israel

The Argentinian prosecutor in charge of investigating the bombing at the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) in Buenos Aires on July 18, 1994, has accused Iran of infiltrating several South American countries and building intelligence stations from which terrorist attacks could be planned and carried out.

Alberto Nisman issued a 502-page indictment on Wednesday placing responsibility for the bombing, which killed 85 people, on the highest authorities in the Islamic Republic.

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Let’s hope South America listens.

Cristina Fernandez’s administration is trying to whitewash the crime. Her administration tried to invite Iran to help in the investigation, which was preposterous. Her government tried to cut a deal with Iran.

But, someone in Argentina is standing up to her.

Editted June 1st

The Argentine judiciary is fighting back against the Argentine government and also against a lot of Latin American countries who collaborate with Iran.

This new report is a slap in the face to the Argentine President, and much of Latin America.

edited June 1st