The contributions made by Argentine Jewry to the development of the country were lauded today by Eduardo Araujo, Radical deputy in the Argentine Parliament, who is here in an attempt to establish a permanent agency that will facilitate refugee settlement in the Western Hemisphere.
Anti-Semitism in Argentina is fostered by small extremely nationalistic parties, but the government, he stated, has shunned any anti-Semitic manifestations.
Senor Araujo had particular praise for the Jewish land developments in the Entre Rios, Sante Fe and Buenos Aires provinces. He related that a resolution calling for a “Jewish back-to-the-land movement,” passed at a recent meeting of the Congress of Agrarian Jewish Societies was particularly well received throughout Argentina.
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