Argentina had more than 580 anti-Semitic incidents in 2006, a report by the Delegación de Asociaciones Israelitas Argentinas, which works to eradicate anti-Semitism and discrimination, concludes. The Report on Anti-Semitism in Argentina, a collaborative project between DAIA and America’s Anti-Defamation League, found an increase from the prior year and also showed that nearly two-thirds of the incidents were vandalism in public places, such as graffiti.

The incidents in the report include an attack on Orthodox Jews en route to synagogue by group of skinheads, bomb threats directed at Jewish organizations, and the desecration of Jewish graves in the province of Entre Ríos.

Many incidents occurred in the Belgrano neighborhood of Buenos Aires, which has a large Jewish community; Flores, another neighborhood of Buenos Aires, also had a number of incidents. At an ADL luncheon for DAIA officials held yesterday in New York, the director of the Center for Social Studies of the DAIA, Marisa Braylan, said the report had a section on positive developments as well. One is that the Holocaust has been included in many educational curricula.

The first vice president of the DAIA, Angel Schindel, said the 445-page report covers not only anti-Semitism but also addresses incidents of discrimination in Argentina against other groups, such as Chinese, Koreans, and the Romani people.

The national director of the Anti-Defamation League, Abraham Foxman, said a great deal of attention is given to anti-Semitism in Europe, while “we frequently lose sight of” anti-Semitism in countries such as Argentina. The ADL was proud to be partnering with the DAIA, Mr. Foxman said, adding that it “says to the world at large, we are one, we are our brother’s keepers.”