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…FISCAL MELTDOWN JDC leads organizations trying to pull Argentine Jewry out of societal crisis. SUSAN SEFANSKY Special to the Jewish. News escribing the condition of Argentina's economy as merely having "declined" since my last visit to that country four years ago would be an understatement. The nation's fiscal crisis has had a profound impact on its large Jewish population. . The Jewish community of Argentina has been largely middle class...…
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