r tuition fees to local Jewish institutions and synagogues. These communal institutions now faced declining membership and budgets to maintain their activities and services. In addition, several well-known private banks, which were under Jewish ownership until recently and which were strong financial supporters of Jewish institutions, have been dissolved or sold. The well-developed Jewish day school system is seen as being especially vulnerable to these financial problems.viiJews are active in all sectors of Argentine society and many are prominent figures in the arts, film, music and journalism. Some influential Argentine Jews include: writer Jacobo Timmerman, owner of a local newspaper who campaigned for human rights; Rene Epelbaum, who founded a protest group for mothers of political prisoners; pianist Daniel Barenboim and conductor Ceszar Milstein.iThe future of the Jewish community in Argentina is hard to predict. Outward migration, assimilation and intermarriage have all had their negative effects on the community, as have the recent financial crises and various anti-Semitic attacks. On the other hand, Jewish involvement in Jewish life-both religious and organizational-has continued and in some ways intensified. ...
