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ATTITUDES TOWARDS JEWS IN ARGENTINA Anti-Defamation League (ADL), New York Delegation of Argentinean Jewish Associations (DAIA), Buenos Aires September 2011 Gino Germani Research Institute Social Science Department University of Buenos Aires (UBA)

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Page 1: ATTITUDES TOWARDS JEWS IN ARGENTINA...1.More loyal to Israel than to Argentina (52%) 2.Their main interests are doing well in business and earning money (82%) 3.Have too much power

ATTITUDES TOWARDS JEWS IN ARGENTINA

Anti-Defamation League (ADL), New York

Delegation of Argentinean Jewish Associations (DAIA), Buenos Aires

September 2011

Gino Germani Research Institute

Social Science Department –University of Buenos Aires (UBA)

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The general objective was to evaluate

the presence of anti-Semitic attitudes

among the Argentinean population

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METHODOLOGY

A quantitative methodology was used, nationwide, according to the following criteria:

Sample

• Type of interviewees: people between 18 and 65 years of age, males and females, of BC or D socio-economical level.

• Geographical Coverage: Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires (AMBA), Rosario, Córdoba, Mendoza, Corrientes-Resistencia, Tucumán and Neuquén.

• Type of sample: Probabilistic and stratified by sex and age combined with a non-probabilistic by sex and age quotas.

• Size: 1510 cases.

• Sampling error: 2,6%

• Statistical significance: 95,5%

• Number of cases according to segmentation:

Location Sex Age

AMBA: 764 Women: 787 18 to 29: 532

Rosario: 201 Men: 723 30 to 49: 609

Córdoba: 201 50 to 65: 369

Mendoza: 110

Corrientes-Resistencia: 103

Tucumán: 81

Neuquén: 50

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The fieldwork was done between October 8 and November 12, 2010.

The interviews were done face to face, individually, with a structured entry instrument and combining two methodologies for the selection of the interviewees:

1. For the probabilistic sample, we used the home interview by drawing lots for blocks and choosing homes at random (28% of the sample).

2. Since that methodology had better success probabilities in urban areas with predominance of middle/lower and lower class, the field survey was completed with a coincidental methodology applied in places with a higher concentration of population and maximum geographical dispersion (non-probabilistic sampling, 72% of the sample).

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1. ATTITUDES TOWARDS JEWS

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Jews are more loyal to Israel than

to this country

26%

26%21%

10%

8%

9%Strongly Agree

Partially Agree

Do not Agree or Disagree

Partially Disagree

Strongly Disagree

Don’t Know / No Answer

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51%

31%

11%

4% 1%2%Strongly Agree

Partially Agree

Do not Agree or Disagree

Partially Disagree

Strongly Disagree

Don’t Know / No Answer

Jews are mainly interested in doing well

in business and earning money

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34%

34%

18%

5% 4%5% Strongly Agree

Partially Agree

Do not Agree or Disagree

Partially Disagree

Strongly Disagree

Don’t Know / No Answer

Sample: All interviewees

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Jews have too much power in the

business world

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30 %

35%

18%

6 %4 %

7%

Strongly Agree

Partially Agree

Do not Agree orDisagree

Partially Disagree

Strongly Disagree

Don’t Know / NoAnswer

Sample: All interviewees

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Jews have too much power in the

international financial markets

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22%

27%27%

8%

7%9%

Strongly Agree

Partially Agree

Do not Agree orDisagree

Partially Disagree

Strongly Disagree

Don’t Know / NoAnswer

Sample: All interviewees 10

Jews talk too much about what

happened to them in the Holocaust

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11%

11%

18%

9%

33%

18%

Strongly Agree

Partially Agree

Do not Agree orDisagree

PartiallyDisagree

StronglyDisagree

Don’t Know / NoAnswer

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Jews are to blame for Christ’s death

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• At least half of the interviewees agree that the Jews -as a group- have the following features:

1.More loyal to Israel than to Argentina (52%)

2.Their main interests are doing well in business and earning money (82%)

3.Have too much power in the business world (68%)

4.Have too much power in the international financial markets (65%)

5.Speak too much about what happened to them in the Holocaust (49%)

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This depiction of the Jews indicates a certain

stigmatization , defining them as:

•Not very loyal to the country they live in

•Giving priority to doing good business

•With a higher economical power than expected

or desirable (too much power)

•With an ethnocentric discourse centered on

the Holocaust (they speak too much)

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The image of the Jews in time (%)

17%

73 %

6%4%

Better

Same

Worse

Don’t Know / No Answer

73% of the interviewees answered that their perception about the Jews has remained the same over time 14

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Causes for the violent acts against Jews (%)

66%21%

13%Anti-Jewish Sentiment

Anti-Israel Sentiment

Don’t Know / No Answer

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Violent acts against Jews are motivated

more by anti-Jewish sentiment than

negative attitudes towards Israel.

Causes for the violent acts against Jews

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2. JEWS AND ARGENTINA

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Do you think the Argentinean

government guarantees the safety of its

Jewish citizens? (%)

18%

23%

29%

30% Yes, Completely

Yes, but it should do more

No, Not at all

Don’t Know / No Answer

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3. JEWS AND THE OUTSIDE

WORLD

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Is your opinion about the Jews influenced

by the measures taken by the State of

Israel? (%)

14%

69%

17% Yes

No

Don’t Know / No Answer

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Jewish Degree of Responsibility for the

International Economic Crisis (%)

2%

14%

25%

43%

16%

Complete

Partial

Very Little

None

Don’t Know / No Answer

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• 40% of the interviewees consider (with varying

degrees of responsibility) that the Jews are to

blame for the current economic world crisis.

• Although the responsibility for the world crisis

could be attributed to the countries or

international companies, coinciding with what we

have said, for every 4 out of 10 interviewees the

responsible individual is, in this case, the Jew.

Jewish Degree of Responsibility for the

International Economic Crisis

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