Marshall Meyer decided to create the Movimiento Judío por los Derechos Humanos as a response to the demands of the unsupported relatives in his congregation.

Rabbi Meyer reached out to people from Seminario Rabínico Latinoamericano who disagreed with the military regime, and took advantage of their credibility to repudiate and delegitimize political repression, based on a philosophical and religious commitment to social justice.

DAIA attempted to stop the rally,[11] claiming it was antisemitic and criticizing speakers Hebe de Bonafini and Adolfo Pérez Esquivel,[12] but thousands of people attended.

[12] After the election of Raúl Alfonsín as President of Argentina at the end of October 1983, the MJDH continued to organize events, often working with the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo and other human rights groups.

[13] In 2005 the Movimiento Judío por los Derechos Humanos received an award from Delegación de Asociaciones Israelitas Argentinas for work in defense of freedoms during and after the dictatorship, but rejected it.