Argentina’s president participated in a tribute to Jews who “disappeared” during Argentina’s dictatorship. Wearing a yarmulke, Nestor Kirchner also lit a Chanukah candle at Tuesday night’s event, held at the AMIA Jewish central institution in Buenos Aires. More than 3,000 Jews were among the 30,000 people who went missing or were abducted, imprisoned and murdered under the 1976-1983 military junta.
Passover may be over, but your chance to support independent Jewish journalism isn't. Help JTA keep reporting the stories that define our era.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
