Study reveals anti-Semitic sentiment in Argentine society

[naaman fletcher]

Most Argentineans believe members of the country’s Jewish community are primarily interested in making money and are more loyal to Israel than their country of birth, according to a study published last week.

The study, conducted by the Gino Germani Research Institute of the University of Buenos Aires on behalf of the Anti-Defamation League and Delegacion de Asociaciones Israelitas Argentinas (DAIA), quizzed 1,510 locals on their attitudes toward Jews.


According to the findings, 82 percent of those surveyed believe Jews are preoccupied with making money; 49% said they “talk too much about what happened to them in the Holocaust,” and 68% believe they “have too much power in the business world.”

“For some time we have realized that analyzing the anti-Semitic incidents reported to us from across the country are one measure of anti-Semitism, but we needed to delve deeper and to look at the root of the problem,” said Fabian Galante, secretary general of the DAIA.


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