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From: JNS News <editor®jns.org> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Venezuelan Jews fleeing turmoil to Israel; sex and the aftermath of Charlottesville Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 19:43:25 +0000 AUGUST 17. 2017 Venezuelan Jews fleeing turmoil get 'lifeline' in Israel, encounter new challenges Let's talk about sex: the aftermath of Charlottesville Israel expects high profits after joint committee approves medical cannabis exports Top Israeli, American experts concerned about North Korean nuclear precedent for Iran SUBSCRIBE TO JNS NEWSLETTER FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO A FRIEND Venezuelan Jew Michel Levy and her three children, along with Debbie Ashkenazi (tight), coordinator of aliyah from Latin America for the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. Venezuelan Jews fleeing turmoil get 'lifeline' in Israel, encounter new challenges By Adam AbramslJNS.org As the political and economic situation in Venezuela deteriorates, Jews are fleeing the South American nation. Inflation has skyrocketed, leading to shortages in food and basic supplies. "There is no value to life right now in Venezuela," said Adele Tarrab, a Venezuelan Jew who moved to Israel in 2015. "I've actually seen people get killed for bread: During the past year and half, the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews has brought 153 Venezuelan Jews to Israel, providing what the group's leader called a "lifeline." At the same time, the immigrants face new challenges in the Jewish state. Read more. BACK TO ARTICLE INDEX EFTA00631765 Let's talk about sex: the aftermath of Charlottesville By Ben Cohen/JNS.org Many scholars of anti-Semitism have closely examined the threads that link anti-Semitism with unfulfilled sexual desire. The great paradox that the Jew represents—a racial and political polluter, and yet successful in winning the affections of "Aryan" women—is never resolved, but only exacerbated with words like "bestial" and "lustful" that are soaked in sexual envy. JNS.org columnist Ben Cohen explains the connection between this mindset and the recent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville. Read more. A solidarity vigil in Minneapolis, Minn., in response to the recent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville. Va. BACK TO ARTICLE INDEX Israel expects high profits after joint committee approves medical cannabis exports By Adam AbramslJNS.org Israel stands to generate large profits from its burgeoning medical cannabis industry after a joint committee of the country's Health and Finance ministries Aug. 13 approved a measure allowing for international exports of the plant. The state could reportedly earn up to $4 billion annually in revenue from medical cannabis exportation. Saul Kaye, CEO of the iCAN: Israel-Cannabis organization, told JNS.org the Israeli governments move "will significantly increase investment as well as entrepreneurship" in the cannabis technology sector and that "numerous jobs will be created throughout the country." Read more. EFTA00631766 A booth at Israel's annual Canna Tech medical marijuana innovation conference in Tel Aviv, March 20, 2017. BACK TO ARTICLE INDEX Top Israeli, American experts concerned about North Korean nuclear precedent for Iran By Ariel Ben Solomon/JNS.org Several top experts on nuclear proliferation and Iran told JNS.org the failure to successfully deal with North Korea sets a precedent for a similar result with the Islamic Republic. "If a short-term delay causes the international community to be lulled into a false sense that the (nuclear] deal 'is working,' as we are hearing lately from deal supporters, it is likely to wake up with a nuclear Iran that will be as firmly entrenched as North Korea; said Emily Landau, director of the Arms Control and Regional Security Program at Israel's Institute for National Security Studies. Read more. The Iranian nuclear program's heavy water reactor near Arak. BACK TO ARTICLE INDEX 'IJNS NEWS: A wide-ranging weekly update on the Middle East and the Jewish worldr Unsubscribe I Update your profile I Forward to a friend Copyright ''120161' All rights reserved. JNS 214 Lincoln St. Suite 418 Allston. MA 02134 EFTA00631767 Add us to your address book EFTA00631768