Journalistic Articles

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Ben Abraham typing. (Oil painting).

Ben Abraham worked as a journalist for more than 20 years. His work covered several topics, from International Politics to the Brazilian penitenciary system. He wrote around 3.000 articles, which were published by several Brazilian media. Most of them were published by Folha da Tarde, a national Brazilian newspaper in which he had a daily column. But his work was also published by Jewish magazines, as well as a few publications by international media.

It is importante to notice that his work was written from the perspective of the 1970s and 1980s, and therefore they express the point of view from that historical moment. This should be considered especially in his articles about Israel and the Middle East. Besides, the articles about Political Analyses, the Soviet Union, China and other topics are a great source of historical study of the Cold War Era.

In his book “Retrospective”, he published some of this most important articles, which can be divided into the following topics:

Holocaust-Related Themes
International Politics
Brazilian Problems

Many of his articles demonstrate the convictions built from his life experience as a Holocaust Survivor.