People of the Pod Antisemitism in Latin America: The Lasting Impact of the AMIA Attack
It is the deadliest antisemitic attack outside of Israel since the Holocaust: On July 18, 1994, Iranian-backed terrorists drove a bomb-laden truck into the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) Jewish Center in Buenos Aires, killing 80 and wounding 300. 28 years later, how has the attack on AMIA impacted the continent, its Jewish population, and its approach to combating antisemitism? This week, Fernando Lottenberg, the first Organization of American States (OAS) Commissioner to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, and Dina Siegel Vann, Director of AJC's Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Institute for Latino and Latin American Affairs, join us to discuss the progress that’s been made since the attack, and the work left to do in Latin America.
Then, Manya Brachear Pashman reflects on the deadly shooting in Highland Park, IL over the 4th of July weekend.
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Episode Lineup:
(0:40) Dina Siegel Vann and Fernando Lottenberg
(23:39) Manya Brachear Pashman
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Show Notes:
A Bomb in Argentina: ‘The Jewish community is standing and fighting.'
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