Thursday, August 13, 2009

The Jews of Venice of the Americas

The history of two words one would likely be surprised to find intertwined:

Ghetto: From the Venetian geti, meaning the foundry district of the city, to which the Jewish community was confined by decree in 1516 A.D. (C.E.).

Venezuela: the name of the country comes from the Spanish "little Venice" given to the Gulf of Venezuela based on an imagined similarity to the Lagoon of Venice.

How do they fit together?

Todd Bensman of the San Antonio Express-News (U.S.A.), writing on the situation of the Jews of Venezuela as the Chavistas turn on the propaganda-hate machine again: The world's oldest hate finds new life in Venezuela.

Please take the time to read it.

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