25 Years Since the AMIA Bombing - A Memorial Ceremony and Call to Action
Date and time
Location
Congregation Emanu-El of Westchester
2125 Westchester Avenue East Rye, New York 10580Refund Policy
Description
Community-Wide Solidarity Event
A Memorial Ceremony and a Call to Action
Monday, August 5, 2019
7:30 pm
Rye, New York
On July 18, 1994, the deadliest single attack on a Jewish Diaspora community since the Holocaust took place in Argentina. The Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA) Jewish Center in Buenos Aires, which housed many of Argentina’s key Jewish institutions, was blown apart by a suicide bomber. The blast killed 85 people and injured hundreds. Immediately following the attack, AJC sent a delegation to Buenos Aires to express solidarity with the Jewish community and to meet with government officials. AJC has been fighting ever since for justice for this horrific act of terrorism.
Please join us on August 5th for a very special program, featuring:
MEMORIAL SERVICE
for the victims led by Rabbi Alfredo Borodowski of Congregation Sulam Yaakov and Rabbi Marcelo Kormis from Congregation Beth El in Fairfield. Both will share their personal reflections.
KEYNOTE DISCUSSION
on “Hezbollah Then and Now” with Dr. Jonathan Schanzer, Senior Vice President of The Foundation For Defense of Democracies.
The program is free and open to the public, but RSVPs are required.
The program is being supported by communal partners throughout region. List (in formation) below:
Beit Chaverim Synagogue of Westport/Norwalk; Bet Torah; Beth El Synagogue Center; Chabad New Canaan; Community Synagogue of Rye; Congregation Agudath Shalom - Stamford; Congregation Beth El - Fairfield; Congregation Emanu-El of Westchester; Congregation Sons of Israel; Congregation Sulam Yaakov; Greenburgh Hebrew Center; Jewish Community Center of Harrison; Jewish Historical Society of Fairfield County; Larchmont Temple; Orangetown Jewish Center; Reform Temple of Putnam Valley; Scarsdale Synagogue-Temples Tremont and Emanuel; TCS-Westport; Temple Beth El - Stamford; Temple Beth Shalom of Mahopac; Temple Israel Center of White Plains; Temple Sholom - Greenwich; Temple Sinai - Stamford; UJA-JCC of Greenwich; UJF of Greater Stamford, New Canaan and Darien; Westchester Board of Rabbis; Westchester Jewish Council; Westchester Reform Temple; Woodlands Community Temple; Young Israel of Scarsdale
For more information, contact AJC Westchester/Fairfield at westchester@ajc.org or call 914-948-5585.
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AJC Westchester/Fairfield connects the local community with AJC’s global advocacy work to enhance the well-being of the Jewish people and Israel. Our access to diplomats, elected officials, and interfaith leaders at the local level advances AJC’s broader global priorities: combating anti-Semitism, promoting Israel’s place in the world, and countering the spread of radicalism and extremism.