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1992 - 1996 AJC sponsors a series of advertisements in The New York Times , and in community newspapers , magazines , and college newspapers across the country titled “ What Being Jewish Means To Me ,” in which prominent individuals , including Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel explain the importance of Judaism in their own lives .
July 18 , 1994 A suicide bomber in a van attacks the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina ( AMIA ) Jewish community center in Buenos Aires , killing and injuring hundreds in the deadliest antisemitic incident since World War II . This follows the deadly attack on the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires just two years earlier .
1994 Shortly after the bombing of the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina ( AMIA ) Jewish community center , AJC sends a delegation in solidarity to Buenos Aires to show support for the Jewish community and urge the government to investigate aggressively . In the years since , AJC has sponsored return missions to Buenos Aires to help the Argentine Jewish community rebuild from the bombing and to maintain pressure on the local and international communities to find those responsible .
December 19,1995 AJC Jerusalem dedicates its beautiful new headquarters , named Beit Moses . The building is named for the parents of Alfred Moses , U . S . Ambassador to Romania and AJC President from 1991-1995 , along with his wife , Carol , and his two sisters Amalie Kass and Claire Lovett , who generously underwrote the costs of the building .
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November 4 , 1995 Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated at the end of a peace rally in support of the Oslo Accords at the Kings of Israel Square in Tel Aviv .
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