Venezuelan Jews flee impoverished state to Israel – Anti-Semitic incitement, failing economy and food shortages are driving Venezuela’s Jews out; with eased restrictions on their entry to Israel, immigrants flock to the Land of Zion in pursuit of a new life. | Ynetnews

Avraham Ben Gigi, a young 23-year old from Venezuela, never thought much about immigrating to Israel. Born to an Israeli father, Ben Gigi grew up in San Antonio de Los Altos, a suburb of Caracas, as part of the only Jewish family in town with no real way to keep Jewish traditions. He moved to Israel a few