The situation of the Jews of Argentina at the present time, current Jewish emigration from this country to Israel, and the tightening of inner Jewish organization in this country were the principal topics today on the agenda of the plenary session of the convention being held here this weekend by the Federation of Argentine Jewish Communities.
The parley is being attended by 100 delegates from the Jewish communities throughout Argentina. The problem of bringing all the Jews in smaller communities into closer ties with the organized Jewish community was stressed in today’s debates. A report pointed as an example the situation in Rosario, where there are 3,000 Jewish families, of which 400 are mixed marriages.
Principal addresses were delivered at the convention by Dr. Tuvia Kamenzain, chairman of the Federation, who also heads the Jewish community in this capital city; Dr. Isaac Goldenberg, president of DAIA, central body of organized Argentine Jewry; Joseph Avidar, Israeli Ambassador to Argentina; Mark Turkow, representative of the World Jewish Congress; and Yaacov Tsur, president of the Jewish National Fund. A message was read from M.A. Sonnabend, president of the American Jewish Committee.
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