A popular weekly magazine in Venezuela featured an anti-Semitic imagery on its cover.

In a recent edition of the journal, Las Verdades de Miguel, published on August 12, one can see an image of a Jew in religious garb with a Star of David made up of U.S. dollars with the headline, “The Rabbis of CADIVI,” the Venezuelan government body which administers legal currency exchange in Venezuela.

In a press release, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) said it was repulsed by the anti-Semitic imagery.

In addition, the back cover contains a column written by Miguel Salazar, the journal’s publisher, which refers to an alleged report on the illicit use of currency exchange from some companies “that belong to citizens of Israelite origin.”

“For several years, we have seen anti-Semitic accusations and themes appear in Venezuelan public discourse,” said ADL CEO Jonathan A. Greenblatt.

‘’This shockingly graphic manifestation of anti-Semitic imagery on full display on Venezuelan newsstands is unacceptable and repulsive,’’ he said.

“At a time when all of Venezuela feels the impact of a serious economic hardship, this magazine cover not only feeds into base, age-old anti-Semitic stereotypes about Jews and unscrupulous behavior towards money, but dangerously points the finger at Jews for taking advantage of this crisis and deepening the economic instability for their benefit,” Greenblatt added.

“Such manifestations lead to the worsening of the Venezuelan Jewish community’s sense of isolation and insecurity.''

Jews of Venezuela have been living in fear of the populist regime of President Nicolas Maduro who succeeded the late Hugo Chavez in 2013.

In the last 15 years more than half of the country’s Jews have left Venezuela, with the local community’s numbers dropping from about 25,000 Jews in 2,000 to only 7,000 today.