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Adoption files to be opened in lost Yemenite children affair

Tue, 03 Jul 2018 19:41:49 +0000

Under new law, relatives who think their family members were kidnapped by the state can ask a senior social worker to check national records

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Knesset okays law allowing for exhuming graves of Yemenite children

Tue, 20 Feb 2018 07:59:25 +0000

Teary Likud lawmaker hails passage, says will help families whose loved ones were 'simply erased from their lives'

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Bill that allows exhuming lost Yemenite children okayed for final vote

Mon, 12 Feb 2018 12:45:15 +0000

Families reach agreement with government to have a doctor present on their behalf when graves are opened for genetic testing of remains

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Final crewman from Operation Magic Carpet recounts heroic life-saving mission

Fri, 15 Sep 2017 17:33:23 +0000

Honored by Jewish orgs in NY this week, Ret. Cpt. Elgen M. Long, 91, flew in a two-year sortie that brought 50,000 Yemenite Jews to Israel between 1948 and 1950

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Yemen minister says fate of country’s last 50 Jews unknown

Sun, 16 Apr 2017 17:50:24 +0000

Moammer al-Iryani says Houthi rebels, who control capital Sana'a, are engaged in ethnic cleansing which includes seeking to rid Yemen of all Jews

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For the past 150 years, Alaskan Jews have blazed trails in the last frontier

Sat, 18 Feb 2017 17:01:32 +0000

With a spotlight on the dramatic rescue of 40,000 Yemenite Jews by Alaska Airlines, the Alaska Jewish museum marks the anniversary of 'Seward’s Folly'

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