Thousands gathered Monday evening at the Kirchner Cultural Center in Buenos Aires to pay tribute to the enduring legacy of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. The event, saw a cross-section of Argentina’s burgeoning Jewish community gather to honor the Rebbe, and note especially the tremendous impact he continues to have on Argentinian Jewry.
At one point of the night, giant screens across the room displayed images of President Javier Milei’s visit to the Rebbe’s Ohel, in Queens, N.Y.— his first trip overseas as president-elect. Little did those in the hall know that Milei himself was seated inconspicuously on one of the balconies.
According to Rabbi Tzvi Grunblatt, director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Argentina, President Milei sat in attendance for the entire two hour event, and requested that the organizers not announce his presence so he could honor the Rebbe, not in the persona of President but rather as the man Javier Milei: an admirer and student of the Rebbe.
Little did the thousands attending the event know that Argentinian President Javier Milei was seated inconspicuously in one of the balconies.
