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To the 85 people murdered in the never-prosecuted Iranian-linked bombing of Buenos Aires’ Jewish community center in 1994, another victim was added this week: Alberto Nisman, the prosecutor who was working to bring to justice both the killers and Argentinian ofďŹ cials linked to a twodecades-long coverup. Nisman died of a single gunshot just hours before he was to testify in Agentina’s congress about his accusation ďŹ ve days earlier that President Cristina Fernandez and other top ofďŹ cials protected Iranian suspects in the case, considered Argentina’s worst terrorist attack. His body was found in his locked apartment, a friend’s gun by his side. Thousands of Agentinians took to the streets in several cities on Monday. In Buenos Aires, they gathered in the iconic Plaza de Mayo and in front of the presidential residence; some protesters, in a twist on France’s “Je Suis Charlieâ€? movement, gathered under the slogan “I Am Nismanâ€? and chanted “Justice! Justice!â€? Nisman’s ex-wife, Judge Sandra Arroyo, was clear in answering reporters who asked on Tuesday whether her ex-husband’s death was a suicide. “No,â€? she said. Argentina has one of the largest concentrations of Jews outside of Israel, with estimates ranging around 200,000, mostly in Buenos Aires. 0RUH RQ SDJH
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Ice storm claims ‘Facebuker’ rebbe The Staten Islander was known to thousands as the “Facebuker rebbeâ€? with a page that encouraged Jews of all religious inclinations to consider the importance of their relationship to Hashem. In his ďŹ nal
Bibi’s DC visit a slap to O and a bid to confront Iran Commentary by Jeff Dunetz You could almost hear the smack across the bow of the Obama administration on Wednesday as Speaker John Boehner invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress on Feb 11. Bibi has accepted.
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post before setting out for the American Jewish Outreach Professionals event, he is heard on a video studying with his young son and a friend. “Hakadosh Baruch Hu gave us a gift for 49 years and he wanted his gift back,â€? his mother, Chaya Subar, said at Monday’s levaya on Staten Island. “He ďŹ lled into these 49 years many lifetimes. That is the gift this neshama left us. Let’s not waste it.â€? Rabbi Winiarz’s oldest son, Shaya, said his father was always planting seeds. “It’s not my job to decide if they grow or not,â€? Shaya recalled his father saying. “That will be Hashem’s job. I just have to plant seeds.â€? Rabbi Winiarz leaves behind his wife Miriam and ten children, seven of whom are still single. Having devoted his life to helping others, now it is his family that’s in need of help. A Winiarz Family Chinuch Fund has been established at www.youcaring.com/winiarz. Also, checks (payable to Bikur Cholim) can be sent to Bikur Cholim of SI, 23 Niles Pl., SI, NY 10314.
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Rabbi Dovid Winiarz, z�l, whose work in chessed and kiruv strengthened the Yiddishkeit of countless Jews, died motzei Shabbat on icy roads in Maryland enroute to a kiruv conference near Baltimore.