In Catholic Argentina, President Javier Milei has a rabbi– and likes discussing it
Soon before taking workplace as president of Argentina on Sunday, Javier Milei chose to squeeze in what he called a spiritual journey, flying to New York City to check out the burial place of prominent Hasidic Jewish leader Menachem Mendel Schneerson, understood to his fans just as "the Rebbe."Using a black kippa and tracked by reporters, Milei hoped last month at the cemetery in Queens to appreciate for his good luck before going back to lead a nation that deals with an excessive recession.The most unexpected part of this story is that Milei is not Jewish. He was raised Catholic.His ventures into Judaism-- a faith that does not look for converts-- contribute to the non-traditional personality of the reactionary libertarian financial expert and previous tv expert who rocked Argentina's pol...