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Jewish community in Yemen

David Shuker in a 2022 interview with Chanel 13 (Screnshot)
February 25, 2026, 6:09 pm
David Shuker, ‘Last Jew of Saudi Arabia,’ dies at 82
Shuker, an Israeli said to be the last survivor of the Najran Jewish community, was expelled with his community after the State of Israel was declared in 1948
By Zev Stub
Yemeni Rabbi Youssef Moussa, left, and his brother Salem sit in an apartment in Sanaa, Yemen, Nov. 10, 2009, after fleeing a conflict in the northern part of the country. (Marwan Naamani/AFP via Getty Images/JTA)
February 4, 2022, 7:02 am
Houthi persecution, civil war emptying Yemen of nearly all Jews, UN says
Report details dangers faced by the few Jews left in areas controlled by Iran-backed rebel group, which preaches antisemitic violence to children
By Ron Kampeas
A Jewish man originally from Yemen embraces a family member from whom he had been separated for 15 years, Abu Dhabi, UAE, August 2020. (Twitter)
August 9, 2020, 1:33 pm
UAE helps reunite Yemenite Jewish family that was separated for 15 years
‘My soul felt reborn,’ one relative says at Abu Dhabi airport ceremony; tweeting about reunion, Emirati FM Abdullah bin Zayed hails his country as ‘homeland of coexistence’
By Raphael Ahren
A funerary stele of an ancient Yemenite Jew is inscribed with his name, Abd. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
March 7, 2020, 9:54 am
Prophets, priests, Jewish kings: Ancient Yemen made vivid in Jerusalem exhibit
Bible Lands Museum tells the story of Jews in south Arabia, where they once ruled, made war, traded spice with Rome and longed for the Holy Land
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Tom Fogel (left) and Ofer Callaf rehearsing together on their show (Courtesy Tom Fogel)
July 4, 2018, 4:24 am
Two grandsons offer a musical glimpse of their ancestral Yemenite history
Ofer Callaf and Tom Fogel bring the songs of their Israeli immigrant grandmothers to Jerusalem’s Confederation House for a one-night show on July 5
By Jessica Steinberg
(Photos from this collection by Avraham Hermes and Rahamim Ben Zur; All images courtesy of Danny Goldsmith and Aden Jewish Heritage Museum)
December 6, 2017, 11:27 am
Murder, looting, burning: Remembering the Aden riots of 1947
87 Jews died in a three-day bloodbath triggered by the UN Partition vote, and carried out under the noses of British colonial rulers
By Dani Goldsmith and Sarah Ansbacher
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds an 500 hundred-year-old Torah scroll as he poses for a picture with some of the Yemenite Jews who were brought to Israel as part of a secret rescue operation, at the Knesset on March 21, 2016. (Haim Zach/GPO)
March 25, 2016, 4:34 pm
Operation to rescue Yemeni Jews was 2 years in the making, son says
From the US, Manny Dahari helped orchestrate his family’s airlift to Israel; ‘I’m just so relieved right now. I know that they’re safe,’ he says
By Judah Ari Gross
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon giving the opening remarks at an official UN event commemorating Jewish refugees from Arab lands, on December 1, 2015. (Shahar Azran)
December 2, 2015, 3:10 pm
Jewish refugees from Arab lands seek justice at United Nations
Descendants of the 850,000 Jews expelled from Middle East countries from 1948 to 1970 look to set the historical record straight
By Cathryn J. Prince
Yahya Zandani (right), poses with two of his brothers in Rehovot following the funeral of their father Aharon, June 27, 2012 (photo credit: Elhanan Miller/Times of Israel)
April 1, 2015, 4:07 pm
From a walled compound in Sana’a, one of Yemen’s last Jews confides his fears
After Yahya Zandani’s father was murdered by a Muslim extremist, he returned to his ancestral homeland. So far, he tells The Times of Israel, the rebels aren’t targeting them
By Elhanan Miller
Illustrative. Yemenite Jews arriving at Ben Gurion Airport in 2012. (Moshe Shai/ Flash90/File)
From the WebFebruary 19, 2015, 5:07 am
Persecution defines life for Yemen’s remaining Jews
Many Jews live deep in Houthi-controlled territory, where Shiite rebels make anti-Semitism central plank in platform, NYTimes reports
An Orthodox family from Yemen arriving in Israel Wednesday. (photo credit: Moshik Brin/The Jewish Agency/Flash90)
August 15, 2013, 1:26 am
17 Yemeni Jews secretly airlifted to Israel
Fewer than 90 Jews remain in Yemen; operation prompted by growing concern for their safety
By JTA
Illustrative. Yemenite Jews arriving at Ben Gurion Airport in 2012. (Moshe Shai/ Flash90/File)
January 20, 2013, 12:11 pm
Yemen halts funding for its 100 Jews, NGO says
Human rights group calls for restoring property to dwindling Jewish community, ousted from homes by al-Qaeda five years ago
By Gabe Fisher
Troops patrol outside the US Embassy in Sanaa in 2008. (photo credit: AP/Nasser Nasser)
May 22, 2012, 5:24 pm
Yemen Jewish community head killed outside US embassy
Attacker stabs Aaron Joseph Zindani 12 times after claiming leader put spell on him
By Michal Shmulovich
May 21, 2012, 6:56 pm
Yemen chief rabbi calls for Jewish community seat in parliament
Demand for representation made ‘in order to feel real citizenship, non-discrimination, a right guaranteed by law and the constitution’
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