South America

Many a soul has gotten lost in the Amazon Basin. If Rabbi Arieh and Dvorah Lea Raichman have their way, it won’t happen to their fellow Jews.

Jewish residents of Buenos Aires partied the night away in the Argentine capital in a mass show of support for Chabad-Lubavitch of Puerto Madero.

Seven wounded Israeli soldiers toured Brazil on a special visit coordinated by the local New Horizon Center, Noach Adventures, and the Chabad Terror Victims Project.

Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical students Yisroel Aryeh Leib Schmuckler and Meir Shemtov spent their summer crisscrossing rural portions of Uruguay on a mission of strengthening Judaism in far-off places.

A group of 120 Jewish students from Brazil wrapped up their international Jewish history tour, poring over a slideshow of their journey amidst clapping and cheers at the Chabad-Lubavitch center in Midtown Manhattan.

Hundreds of people turned out for celebrations commemorating 100 years of Eastern European Jewish immigration to South America’s largest country.

Home to the ruins of an ancient Incan capital, Cusco, Peru, annually draws thousands of Israeli backpackers searching for adventures after their mandatory army service.

International VIPs, business leaders and local residents toasted the downtown Chabad-Lubavitch center in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires at its annual gala dinner.

Continuing a decade-long tradition in the Brazilian state of Paraná – and a project run by Chabad-Lubavitch centers the world over – the Chabad House of Curitiba is distributing Chanukah candles to all Jewish families in the regional capital.

In Brazil’s largest city, an 18-year effort helps hundreds of men, women and children fight hunger with dignity and respect.

As the country of Chile recovers from one of the worst earthquakes on record, residents in areas spared by the devastation are pulling together to aid in relief efforts.

Jewish communities bordering the Pacific Ocean emerged largely unscathed after one of the largest earthquakes on record sent buildings and bridges crashing down to their foundations throughout the South American country of Chile.

Three months before returning to private life, outgoing Uruguayan President Dr. Tabare Vazquez received a delegation of Jewish leaders in advance of the holiday of Chanukah.

The Jewish community in the northwestern province of Tucumán, Argentina, unveiled a new medical center and ritual bath to serve the more than 500 needy Jewish families in the area.

Complete with a small plane pulling a banner thanking G-d for creating the world, a historic Blessing of the Sun ceremony in the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo drew the attention of national media. Rabbi Eliezer Shemtov, director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Uruguay, explained the significance of the once-in-28-years service, which occurred the day before Passover, to national television audiences moments after leading the sunrise ceremony. The festivities included the presentation of a certificate to Moises Cohenca, who participated in the ceremony with four generations of his family.

The dining area at the Chabad House in Salvador was designed to seat between 50 and 100 people, but 600 Israelis will descend on the center later this month.

All of eight days old, little Shalom Dovber Kripor made history as the first Jewish baby to be circumcised in the Andes mountains of southeastern Peru.

When you’re staying at a resort smack dab between mountains and a river, it’s hard not to be inspired.