There is great tension in the Jewish community of Argentina, which is voting on Sunday to elect the leadership of the local Jewish community and the framework of the umbrella organization of the Argentine community, AMIA.
Parties affiliated with the local Reform, Conservative and general local communities are running, as well as a party which represents the entire orthodox and haredi public in Argentina headed by Rabbi Shmuel Aryeh Levin, head of the Chafetz Chaim Yeshiva in Argentina, An orthodox source said, "The fear in the orthodox community is that the local rabbinate will fall into the hands of the Reform community, which will later take control of Jewish cemeteries in the country." The local religious community said today that in recent months the Reform community has tried to lead to the cancellation of the elections under various pretexts, but at the end of the day the petitions were rejected.