Anti-Semitism hits Argentine city of Mendoza

Argentinean Jews are concerned about anti-Semitic incidents which occurred in the city of Mendoza. On Saturday, a small group of men were painting a swastika in front of the Israeli Cultural Center when guards turned up and the men ran away. Last month, anti-Semitic graffiti were painted at the Israeli Welfare Society, Mendoza's prime Jewish institution; the Sephardic cemetery was damaged; and a Jewish school received a bomb threat. “We are alert, attentive and worried,” Enrique Seltzer, local president of the community organization DAIA, told the news agency JTA. Seltzer said he is in contact with local officials, who do not see a link between the various incidents.