"The number of antisemitic incidents in Argentina rose in 2018 by 107% in comparison with 2017.
According to a report by the DAIA, the country's Jewish community umbrella organization, there were 834 acts of antisemitism in 2018 compared with 404 incidents reported in 2017...
'The increase in antisemitic messages is a phenomenon that had been taking place in Argentina for a long time,' said DAIA president Jorge Knoblovits. 'A new element [of antisemitism] was observed in the last year in which there were personal attacks on referents of the Jewish community like the rabbi of Rosario, or what happened in Buenos Aires with an aggression toward people who were wearing kippot, which has been seen [before] in Europe, but not in Argentina.'..."
October 3, 2019
Argentina sees 107% spike in antisemitism
The memorial to victims of the bombing at the AMIA Jewish Center in Buenos Aires in 1994 (File photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons)
Date
October 3, 2019
Title
Argentina sees 107% spike in antisemitism, The Jerusalem Post
Author(s)
Ilanit Chernick
Original Source
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