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50 years after the Dirty War, Argentinians remember the Jews who ‘disappeared’

As many as 1,900 Jews were abducted, tortured, and murdered by the military during Argentina's six-day Dirty War, with as many as 30,000 presumed to be disappeared.

A man holds up a portrait of Luis German Cirigliano, who disappeared during Argentina's 'Dirty war', during a demonstration to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the 1976 military coup in Buenos Aires, March 24, 2016.
The Great Mifgash. Pictured: Tracy Frydberg, director, Tisch Center for Jewish Dialogue at ANU – Museum of the Jewish People; Yoni Alon, Israeli Jewish Peoplehood Coalition and found er of David Cards.

The Great Mifgash: Building global Jewish connections amid crisis

General view at Plaza Dorrego in San Telmo on Sept. 8, 2013 in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Jewish artist expelled from Argentinian street fair after dispute over Palestinian flag

DEMONSTRATORS ATTEND a protest organised by Argentina's General Confederation of Labor (CGT) against the government's proposed labour law reform, at Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 18, 2025.

'More dignity': Argentine unions march against Milei's labor reform


WZO chairman asks Argentina to further investigate 1994 AMIA terror attack against Jewish community

"There is a connection between the terrible attack on the Jewish community building in Argentina and what Israel went through on October 7," Yaakov Hagoel said. "They were caused by the same hatred."

 WZO chairman Yaakov Hagoel meets with President of Argentina Javier Milei. (Illustrative)

Argentina commemorates 30th anniversary of AMIA bombing, President Milei vows justice

Argentina's Jewish community marks the 30th anniversary of the AMIA bombing, with President Milei vowing justice and proposing trials in absentia.

 A man walks past a banner reading "Memory and justice" and the names of the victims of the 1994 bombing attack on the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) community centre a day after Argentina's highest criminal court blamed Iran for the attack, in Buenos Aires, Argentina April 12, 2024.

A Two-Fold Struggle In The Shadow Of Memory

As the 30th anniversary of the horrific AMIA bombing in Argentina approaches, this year's remembrance carries even greater weight.

The ongoing war in Gaza and the resurgence of anti-Semitism cast a long shadow, reminding us that the Jewish people continue to face a dual struggle

Thirty years after deadly bombing, Buenos Aires’ AMIA Jewish center unveils colorful redesign

The AMIA Jewish community center in this city has unveiled a colorful new facade, three decades after a deadly bombing turned it into a symbol of destruction.

 The colorful new facade of Buenos Aires' AMIA Jewish center abuts a mural painted to memorialize the 1994 bombing that killed 85 people there.

Iran’s president in Sri Lanka, as Argentina seeks arrest of Iran’s interior minister

The AMIA suicide bombing occurred on 18 July 1994 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and targeted the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina, a Jewish Community Center.

 Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi speaks during a press conference after the parliamentary elections in Tehran, Iran, March 4, 2024.

Was the wreckage found off Argentina a Nazi submarine?

Independent researchers concluded that the submarine was very likely of Nazi origin, and researchers from the Italian Naval League supported this finding.

USS Gato off Mare Island Navy Yard, November 29, 1944

Argentinian President Javier Milei due to meet Herzog in Israel

Argentina’s recently elected president, Javier Milei has been very vocal in his condemnation of Hamas and his support for Israel in the current war.

Argentine president-elect Javier Milei addresses supporters after winning Argentina's runoff presidential election, in Buenos Aires, Argentina November 19, 2023

Holocaust survivor who became a bat mitzvah at 91 dies in Buenos Aires

In 2011, Eugenia Unger was declared Outstanding Personality by the Buenos Aires city parliament.

 President Mauricio Macri with Eugenia Unger, 82, one of the survivors of the Shoá who told her personal story. 2016

Argentina arrests three from Lebanon, Syria in Maccabi Games terror plot

This planned attack came multiple months after an Iraqi national was arrested for lurking outside of the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, shortly after a series of bomb threats.

 Two of the three suspects arrested in Argentina for planning a terror attack on the Jewish community in Buenos Aires

Urgently reopen the Buenos Aires AMIA bombing investigation - opinion

We must not forget the tragedy that struck Buenos Aires on July 18, 1994, when a suicide bomber targeted the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA), claiming 85 innocent lives.

 ARGENTINA’S PRESIDENT Javier Milei takes part in a Hanukkah celebration in Buenos Aires, last week.