Thread by @Immort4l_Legacy

THREAD:

This is going to contain videos of the personal story of Miryam. A Yemeni Jew who came to Israel without her parents as a child in the late 1920s and through all the hardships still managed to raise a family. The interview was conducted by her daughter Avigail.

The early part of the story involves arranged marriage which in Yemen occurred at a very young age. To understand the mentality I recommend reading this link, or at the very least the screenshot attached

Link: jwa.org/encyclopedia/a…

The interview is rather long but the story really is remarkable and should be heard. I’ll update the thread daily will parts of the interview until it’s complete.

In the first 3 parts we hear details about her childhood up until her parents decided to marry her off.

Part 1:

Part 2:

Part 3:

In the next couple of parts Miryam describes how after the decision to marry her off, at just 5 years old, the family immediately regretted it and helped to smuggle her out to the Land of Israel.

Part 4:

Part 5:

These next 2 parts Miryam recalls her journey from Aden to Israel with a stop off in Egypt due to a storm. She also recalls her time in Aden when she was sick and ran away from the hospital when healed because she thought the doctor wanted to convert her.

Part 6:

Part 7 (the story will continue tomorrow with her early experience in pre-state Israel):

In these next few parts Miryam recalls arriving in Israel, finally receiving a gett (divorce document) after a second trial, and working on an orange grove in Netanya with one of the founding families while living with her aunt.

Part 8:

Part 9:

Part 10 (to be continued tomorrow):