Nueva Presencia was an Argentine Jewish newspaper in Buenos Aires. It was published weekly[1] from 1977 until 1987[2] with Herman Schiller as the founding editor-in-chief,[3] and continued to be published after Schiller left until its last issue in 1993.[4] It was the first publication that advocated for human rights during the Dirty War and National Reorganization Process, and it regularly criticized the government.
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| Type | Weekly |
|---|---|
| Editor-in-chief | Herman Schiller |
| Founded | 1977 |
| Language | Spanish |
| Ceased publication | 1993 |
| Headquarters | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Activity
editNueva Presencia was the first[5] and one of the only publications to advocate for human rights during the Dirty War and the National Reorganization Process.[6] It regularly criticized the Argentine military government.[7] It additionally expressed support for the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, setting it apart from the Delegación de Asociaciones Israelitas Argentinas,[8]: 356 and put photos of the group on its cover.[6]
The publication criticized the administration of Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and supported Palestinians. It was accused of antisemitism by other Jewish publications including the Sephardi magazine La Luz and the Haredi publication La Voz Judía.[6]
In 1981, the presses that produced Nueva Presencia were bombed twice, but Schiller did not tone down his criticism of the National Reorganization Process.[6]
Schiller left the newspaper in 1987, and Nueva Presencia ceased publishing in 1993.[4]
Award by Buenos Aires legislature
editIn November 2007, the legislature of Buenos Aires honored the publication "for its commitment to human rights and struggle against the recent military dictatorship". Schiller gave a speech at the unveiling of a plaque at the former editorial offices of Nueva Presencia on December 9, 2008, describing it as having been dedicated "to taking up the revolutionary tradition of Jewish workers".[3]
References
edit- ^ Nueva presencia. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
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- ^ a b Kahan, Emmanuel Nicolás (September 24, 2018). "Nueva Presencia and Resistance to the Military Dictatorship". Memories that Lie a Little. Brill. pp. 204–233. doi:10.1163/9789004388031_009. ISBN 978-90-04-38803-1.
- ^ a b Dobry, Hernán (July 14, 2013). "Nueva Presencia, el periódico que desafió a la dictadura" [Nueva Presencia, the newspaper that challenged the dictatorship]. La Voz del Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved May 13, 2021.
- ^ Schers, David; Slutzky, Shlomo (1989). "Argentina". The American Jewish Year Book. 89: 270–281. ISSN 0065-8987. JSTOR 23605617.
- ^ a b c d Dobry, Hernan (July 7, 2013). "Periódico ejemplar" [Exemplary newspaper] (PDF). Perfil (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016.
- ^ Halpern, Lucia (March 28, 1982). "Searching for Answers In A Land Of Questions". The Charlotte Observer. pp. 1B, 4B. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
- ^ Sznajder, Mario; Roniger, Luis (2005). "From Argentina to Israel: Escape, Evacuation and Exile". Journal of Latin American Studies. 37 (2): 351–377. doi:10.1017/S0022216X05009041. ISSN 0022-216X. JSTOR 3875690.