In the framework of the 30th anniversary of the attack on the headquarters of the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA), the Municipality of Concordia, together with the Jewish community, held a ceremony at Plaza 25 de Mayo, at the foot of the monument that specifically remembers the three women from Concordia who died in the attack: Rosa Perelmuter, Silvia Portnoy, and Rebeca Behar.
Representing the mayor Francisco Azcué, the vice-mayor Magdalena Reta de Urquiza participated, along with representatives of the Board of Directors of the Asociación Unión Israelita; Kehilá Sefaradí Agudat Israel and Centro Bialik; Merkaz Jinuji and Ken Lehavot.
Provincial deputies Marcelo López and Carola Laner; provincial senator Cielo Espejo; council members and, at the same time, authorities from the Armed Forces and Security Forces and the general public were present.
The vice-mayor Magdalena Reta de Urquiza, after reviewing what has happened over these 30 years and noting that what occurred on July 18, 1994, in Buenos Aires was the largest attack on the Jewish community outside of Israel, expressed her wish that soon “the families of the 85 victims find the comfort that justice provides.”
For his part, the president of the Asociación Unión Israelita, Marcos Embon, stressed that “we as Argentines have already suffered two blows, two major blows, and there are still people who continue to support and justify terrorism. Beyond that, we are here asking that we may live in peace, with freedom, and we hope that there will be justice,” he exclaimed.
Finally, the president of the Kehilá Sefaradí Agudat Israel, Adrián Benjuya, highlighted that “the weight of this tragedy has not erased the commitment we have to truth and justice. As a community, we have learned to channel our pain into a strength that drives us to move forward, to keep the memory of those who are no longer with us alive, and to fight tirelessly for the truth.”
Representing the mayor Francisco Azcué, the vice-mayor Magdalena Reta de Urquiza participated, along with representatives of the Board of Directors of the Asociación Unión Israelita; Kehilá Sefaradí Agudat Israel and Centro Bialik; Merkaz Jinuji and Ken Lehavot.
Provincial deputies Marcelo López and Carola Laner; provincial senator Cielo Espejo; council members and, at the same time, authorities from the Armed Forces and Security Forces and the general public were present.
The vice-mayor Magdalena Reta de Urquiza, after reviewing what has happened over these 30 years and noting that what occurred on July 18, 1994, in Buenos Aires was the largest attack on the Jewish community outside of Israel, expressed her wish that soon “the families of the 85 victims find the comfort that justice provides.”
For his part, the president of the Asociación Unión Israelita, Marcos Embon, stressed that “we as Argentines have already suffered two blows, two major blows, and there are still people who continue to support and justify terrorism. Beyond that, we are here asking that we may live in peace, with freedom, and we hope that there will be justice,” he exclaimed.
Finally, the president of the Kehilá Sefaradí Agudat Israel, Adrián Benjuya, highlighted that “the weight of this tragedy has not erased the commitment we have to truth and justice. As a community, we have learned to channel our pain into a strength that drives us to move forward, to keep the memory of those who are no longer with us alive, and to fight tirelessly for the truth.”