The Delegación de Asociaciones Israelitas Argentinas (DAIA) is the umbrella organization of Argentina's Jewish community. As such, it represents the community in official events and conducts all contact with authorities. The DAIA is the Argentine affiliate of the Latin American Jewish Congress and

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, the world-wide umbrella organization of Jewish communities. During the

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, the organization expelled Jewish communist groups from its umbrella. In 2007, the group reported that antisemitic attacks in Argentina increased by 32% in 2006 in comparison to 2005."Dateline World Jewry", April 2007,

In 2011 the group filed an

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to stop

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from

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on 76 "highly discriminatory" websites. The DAIA noted, "The common denominator on these sites is the

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and the call to violence". The judge agreed, concluding that "the terms mentioned n the lawsuitas well as the results obtained through ' suggested searches' could be described as discriminatory acts and/or at least,

and/or encouragement for

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Latin American Jewish Congress
Anti-communism in Argentina Jewish Argentine history Jewish organisations based in Argentina Jews and Judaism in Buenos Aires Opposition to antisemitism in South America World Jewish Congress {{Jewish-org-stub

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