Jorge Elbaum is a distinguished Argentine Jewish activist, journalist, and sociologist. He is an emeritus professor of National University of La Matanza. He possesses a profound ability to navigate complex communal politics and international human rights advocacy.
Elbaum formerly served as the Executive Director of DAIA, the country’s most prominent Jewish establishment organization. However, he resigned due to irreconcilable ideological differences with the organization’s leadership. He subsequently co-founded and currently leads the Argentine Jewish Call (Llamamiento Argentino Judío), creating an alternative Jewish space dedicated to pluralism, democracy, and universal human rights.
Elbaum is among the few Jewish intellectuals globally to call for legal accountability of Israeli leadership, having formally requested the Argentine government to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu.
He poignantly exposes the legal duality under occupation: “Israeli citizens enjoy full political and civil rights, while Palestinians live under occupation without equivalent rights. In the West Bank, Palestinians are subject to military justice, whereas Israelis enjoy full rights. This extreme inequality facilitates administrative detentions and fuels hunger, crimes against humanity, and the genocide currently occurring in Gaza.”