Thursday, September 2, 2010
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
Jewish community in Venezuela shrinks by half - '..."Ten years ago we had about 18,000 members," said Salomon Cohen. "Now we have about 9,500."..."We had about 200 attacks on the community," Cohen said. "When they want to speak about Venezuela negatively they call it the 'Israel of South America,' for instance." Part of the problem is that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is a strong ally of Iran, an avowed enemy of Israel. Chavez is a strong critic of Israeli policy and severed ties with Jerusalem in 2009. Anti-Israel sentiment is widespread and supported by the state...'
