Prominent music director was born in Poland in 1931, moved to Rio at 3; conducting career began suddenly during a 1959 ballet performance when scheduled conductor could not perform

Brazilian police manage to locate and rescue Moshe Bendek some 12 hours after he was nabbed

Born in Sao Paulo to Hungarian Jewish parents, he was imprisoned in six concentration camps, including Auschwitz; his family moved back to Europe before WWII

The new series 'Passports to Freedom,' as well as Yad Vashem, credit Aracy de Carvalho with saving Jews during the Holocaust -- but historians suggest otherwise

'If we kill a gazillion Jews and appropriate their economic power, then Brazil will get rich,' Jose Carlos Bernardi says live on TV

Though the president of the Jewish Museum, set to open Dec. 5, puts the country's Jewish population at around 120,000, many locals know little to nothing about Jewish people

New immigrant Alander Especie joins hundreds of fellow Brazilian expats in the central Israeli city of Ra'anana, which he and other creatives are working to beautify through art

Some 3,000 clients reportedly taken in by Madoff-like scheme; TV station report showing photos of suspect Jonas Jaimovick holding Torah scroll draws outrage from Rio councilwoman

With cases skyrocketing nationwide and Bolsonaro confirmed infected, beach city's Jewish community turns to online dance, chats and lessons, and many consider making move to Israel

Political crisis has led to resignation of two health ministers and open row between President Jair Bolsonaro, who opposes lockdowns, and state governors who imposed them