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Today, November 30, is #JewishRefugeesDay.
From 1948 and on, more than 850,000 Jews were forced to leave Arab countries and Iran, where they had lived for millennia. Today fewer than 15,000 remain.
These are their stories.
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From 1948 and on, more than 850,000 Jews were forced to leave Arab countries and Iran, where they had lived for millennia. Today fewer than 15,000 remain.
These are their stories.
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More than 265,000 Jews lived in Morocco—the largest Jewish community in the Muslim world—in 1948. In June of that year, 43 were murdered in pogroms. Today only 2,000 Jews remain. One million Israelis are of Moroccan descent, 11% of Israel's total population.
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Some 150,000 Jews lived in Iran in 1948. Anti-Jewish hostility drove tens of thousands to leave following Israel's establishment. Emigration increased dramatically following the Islamic Revolution in 1979. Today only 8,300 Jews remain in Iran.
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850,000 Jews called Arab lands & Iran home for centuries.
That all changed when #Israel become a state in 1948. In the years that followed, Jews were forced to flee en mass, fearing for their lives.
Linda Menuhin was one of these refugees. Today she's sharing her story.
That all changed when #Israel become a state in 1948. In the years that followed, Jews were forced to flee en mass, fearing for their lives.
Linda Menuhin was one of these refugees. Today she's sharing her story.
My name is Linda Abdul Aziz Menuhin & this is my story.
I was born in 1950 to an affluent Jewish family in Baghdad, at a time when most Jews had already fled Iraq.
I had a lovely childhood filled with the things that most children experience. Friends, playdates, family.
I was born in 1950 to an affluent Jewish family in Baghdad, at a time when most Jews had already fled Iraq.
I had a lovely childhood filled with the things that most children experience. Friends, playdates, family.
To give you some background, Iraq was home to one of the oldest Jewish communities in the world, going back to 586 BC.
Jews were an integral part of Iraq's tapestry & in the 1920s were 25% of Bagdad's population.
We had our own schools, hospitals, synagogues & welfare system.
Jews were an integral part of Iraq's tapestry & in the 1920s were 25% of Bagdad's population.
We had our own schools, hospitals, synagogues & welfare system.
