Radio Jai is a Jewish

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broadcasting from

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. It was founded in 1992 by Miguel Steuermann, who is originally from

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. Jai is the Spanish spelling of Chai (Hebrew: חי). Radio Jai broadcasts at 96.3 FM - the sum of the digits of its frequency is 18, the number for Chai in

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. Radio Jai emerged following the 1992 attack on Israeli embassy in Buenos Airesbr>
It offers information services and cultural and general interest programs, which are presented by different personalities of the community. Rabbis are frequent guests of the shows. Politicians, economists, analysts, doctors, lawyers, musicians, comedians, actors, and sportspeople are also involved. This programming off the air before the start of

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and during the day of rest, Radio Jai only broadcast music. Its music is mostly in

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, mainly from

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. There are also Jewish songs in

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and

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. Politically and geographically, Radio Jai is Zionist. The news of the day in Israel are very important for the station. It plays a Spanish-speaking audio report from

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four days a week. The different hosts of Radio Jai have travelled to Israel on several occasions.

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