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well and blessed us. And, God had organized a greater<br />

meeting than anyone could have put toge<strong>the</strong>r - a massive<br />

demonstration of all <strong>the</strong> people of Argentina in every major<br />

city and town. We got to blow <strong>the</strong> shofar be<strong>for</strong>e it began, be<br />

witnesses while it was going on, and walk <strong>the</strong> streets of <strong>the</strong><br />

capital after it had subsided. This is what we saw on <strong>the</strong> day<br />

after <strong>the</strong> uprising:<br />

Walking on <strong>the</strong> street that leads to La Casa Rosada we saw<br />

many buildings damaged by stones or bullet holes. There were<br />

burnt tyres strewn here and <strong>the</strong>re and nearly every building<br />

had walls or win<strong>do</strong>ws damaged. One particular building<br />

caught our attention, because it had been damaged far more<br />

than any o<strong>the</strong>r. This building was riddled with bullet holes<br />

and all of its glass completely smashed. It was an imposing<br />

building with very dark glass and it seemed that <strong>the</strong> mob was<br />

particularly angry with this building. As we were observing<br />

<strong>the</strong> damage and pondering as to <strong>the</strong> ‘why’ of this, I noticed<br />

police cars next to this building, and <strong>the</strong>n I read <strong>the</strong> address. I<br />

remembered that address: This was none o<strong>the</strong>r than <strong>the</strong><br />

Israeli Embassy of Buenos Aires!<br />

Why would <strong>the</strong> mob take revenge against <strong>the</strong> Israeli Embassy<br />

<strong>for</strong> Argentina's financial distress? It immediately brought to<br />

mind Nazi Germany in 1933 when Hitler came into power and<br />

made <strong>the</strong> Jews <strong>the</strong> 'scapegoat' <strong>for</strong> all of Germany's financial<br />

problems. After all <strong>the</strong> events from 1933 through 1945 as well<br />

as <strong>the</strong> occurrences of <strong>the</strong> terrible Second World War including<br />

<strong>the</strong> atrocious Holocaust which left us Jews bereaved of more<br />

than six million. It was clear to me that nothing had changed.<br />

The nations were still full of hatred towards <strong>the</strong> Jews. Given<br />

<strong>the</strong> ‘right’ kind of circumstances, <strong>the</strong> Jews would be blamed<br />

and persecuted again. It did not surprise us when we received<br />

<strong>the</strong> report that The Jewish Agency was organizing a massive<br />

Aliyah, immigration to Israel, of Jews from Argentina, ONE<br />

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