This week in power: Saudi permission and Argentine werewolf rumor

A roundup of the most talked about political and global stories in the Jewish world this week:

Saudi law
Reports this week from Saudi Arabia indicate that the country has lightened restrictions against foreigners who practice the Jewish faith and will permit them to work there. “For example, if a worker has the Yemeni nationality and the Jewish faith, he is allowed to work in the kingdom because the ministry does not look at religions, but at nationalities,” ” target=”_blank”>added Middle East Eye.

“It is interesting that this is being publicized now. I wonder if Saudi Arabia is trying to engage in some PR,” ” target=”_blank”>as The Washington Post put it. Although Kirchner did take in an Israeli child, one of 700 children she's done the same for, rumors circulated that the seventh son of a family is doomed to turn into a werewolf, known as “el lobison” in Argentina, after his 13th birthday. This folklore led to some lofty and inaccurate headlines around the world. “But if it's surprising people believed in such a curse a century ago, it's downright bizarre that they're still entertaining the notion of it today,”