When I told my grandmother that I was going to visit Europe for the first time, she exploded, “Oy vey!” Raising her voice, she exclaimed: “There’s nothing there! NOTHING! Just poverty and filth.” Collecting herself, she added: “You like foreign food? There’s better in New York.” For her generation of Jews, there was little nostalgia […]
In this Feb. 2009 photo, Venezuelans hold up their ID cards during a protest against anti-semitism outside a synagogue in Caracas, Venezuela following outrage at the 2009 Israeli war on the Gaza Strip. (AP/Ariana Cubillos)
AUSTIN, Texas — Despite frequent assertions that it is a homeland for all Jews, Israel has rejected a group of would-be immigrants from Venezuela despite years of devotion to their religion.
