What is the situation of assimilation and intermarriage in the community?
There has been considerable assimilation in the community. Cases of intermarriage were recorded in the Jewish agricultural colonies in the early years of the twentieth century, but the numbers greatly increased between the native-born second and third generations. Current rates of intermarriage are very high, especially in the smaller provincial towns outside of Buenos Aires. There the Jewish population simply seems to be too small to allow a satisfactory choice of marriage partners and the results of this situation are obvious. With regard to assimilation in terms of loss of subjective Jewish identity, here too the numbers have increased significantly in recent years. Up-to-date surveys show that many Jewish students are not concerned with their Jewishness.
