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| May 15, 2013
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Venezuelan President declares his grandparents were Jewish

Claiming Jewish heritage, President Maduro claims his gov’t isn’t antisemitic, saying he differentiated between Israel & the Jewish people.

By JTA

 

Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro, denying that his government has an anti-Semitic bent, said his grandparents were of Sephardic Jewish descent.

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro - REUTERS Ueslei Marcelino

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro – REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

“My grandparents were Jewish, so many of the Maduros, same as the Moors [Muslims], converted to Catholicism in Venezuela,” Maduro told Apporea, a pro-government media outlet, last week. “The mother of the Minister of Communication and Information Ernesto Villegas is of the same tradition.”

During the interview, Maduro rejected allegations he attributed to Claudio Epelman, executive director of the Latin American Jewish Congress, that his government was anti-Semitic.

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