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Today is #JewishRefugeeDay where we remember the 850,000 Jewish refugees from the MENA region forced to flee after Israel won the war for its independence. In Yemen 16,000 Yemeni Jews were already in the camp set up near Aden by the time approval was given for their evacuation.
Once word got out that they were allowed to leave many Yemeni Jews dropped everything, took what they could and made the dangerous trek (largely by foot) towards Aden where evacuation was approved. Between June 1949-September 1950 over 350 flights helped rescue nearly 50k Jews.
Many died due to disease, starvation, and even attacks by robbers along the way to Aden. Even though they still experienced hardship in the early years inside Israel, with a few families even leaving back to Yemen (before civil war broke out), most deeply appreciated the help.
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Heute ist #JewishRefugeeDay.
Bis 1948 lebten über 850.000 Juden*Jüdinnen in der Arabischen Welt und dem Iran. Teilweise seit vielen Jahrhunderten. Heute sind weniger als 15.000 übrig. Manche emigrierten freiwillig als sie konnten, viele mussten vor Verfolgung & Pogromen fliehen.
In Marokko, der größten jüdischen Gemeinde in der Arabischen Welt, lebten einst 265.000 Juden*Jüdinnen. Nach Pogromen 1948 flohen die meisten. Heute gibt es noch 2.000.
Im Iran lebten früher 150.00 Juden*Jüdinnen. Die meisten mussten nach der Revolution 1979 emigrieren.
In Algerien gab es 140.000 Juden*Jüdinnen, eine Gemeinde die über 1500 Jahre alt war. Nach Verfolgung durch das Vichy Regime und danach gibt es heute keine Juden* mehr.
Noch älter war die 135.000 Mitglieder zählende Gemeinde im Irak. Nach Pogromen & Flucht gibt es noch 4 Juden*.
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