January 2021: Antisemitism in review 03 Feb 2021 share this on
When: January
Where: Córdoba
What: A
Jewish family in Argentina was physically and verbally attacked by assailants.
According to local media, two passengers in another car shouted, “F ing Jews, get out of here. Death to the Jews,” and proceeded to assault the Jewish driver.
While there were only three reported antisemitic physical assaults in Argentina in 2019, the number of overall antisemitic
incidents rose by 107% compared to 2018. Online incidents made up an
overwhelming majority of the incidents.
Several days after the incident, the alleged assailants were arrested. Click here to
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