The handful of anti-Semitic incidents which have occurred in Argentina evoked strong protests from virtually all elements of the Government, political parties and the press, as well as speedy police action against the offenders, a delegation of Argentine Jewish leaders reported here today.
The delegation is composed of Dr. Abraham Mibashan, president of DAIA the central organization of Argentine Jewry; Guillermo Cracowski, president of the Hebraica, the 25,000-member Hebrew young peoples association; and Max Barnett, a leading architect and president of Congregation Israelita, the oldest Jewish institution in South America.
The Argentine leaders are in the United States on a mission on behalf of Argentine Jewish communal affairs. They have met with officials in various national Jewish organization offices in New York and Washington, including the Jewish Agency, B’nai B’rith, the American Jewish Committee, the World Jewish Congress and others.
As an example of the friendliness of officials and people alike for Jews, the delegation cited the funeral services for Louis Gutnitaky, Governor of Formosa Province, who was killed in an airplane accident on January 6. National homage was paid to him by the Government and the funeral services, with a rabbi and cantor participating, were held in the official residence of President Frondizi. It was the first time in Argentine history that Jewish funeral services were held in the Casa. Rosada.
(In Buenos Aires, President Arturo Frondizi today received a delegation representing the Argentine Jewish community for a discussion of recent anti-Semitic outburst. The delegation consisted of Dr. Moises Goldman, chairman of the South American branch of the World Jewish Congress, Emilic Gutkin, president of the Buenos Aires Kehilla and Natan Leruer, vice-president of the DAIA. The members of the delegation praised the Government’s attitude toward the incidents and called for more concrete legislation to counteract the anti-Jewish incidents.)
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