Posts Tagged: yemenite jews
US Special Envoy on Antisemitism Calls for Release of Yemenite Jew Said to Be Jailed by Iran-Backed Houthis
A top US official has called for the release of a Yemenite Jewish man said to be imprisoned by the Iran-backed Houthis for allegedly aiding...
Israel Declassifies 200,000 Documents Relating to 1950s Missing Jewish Children From Yemenite Background
Israel has declassified reams of documents related to a decades-old mystery of young children who disappeared in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Some 200,000 documents...
Israel Brings in Last 19 Jews From War-Torn Yemen in Covert Operation
JNS.org - The Jewish Agency undertook a “complex, covert operation” to smuggle out 19 Yemenite Jews to Israel. "Nineteen individuals arrived in Israel in recent days, including...
Israeli Man Goes Missing In Yemen, Family Fears Islamic State Abduction
JNS.org - A 64-year-old Israeli man who left Israel to visit Yemen three months ago is missing amid concerns he may have been captured by the...
Yemenite Culture Minister Dedicates Award to Country’s 90 Remaining Jews
JNS.org - Yemenite Minister of Culture Arwa Othman is giving away Human Rights Watch's Alison Des Forges Award, which she received in September, to Yemen's dwindling Jewish community. The...
Nobel Prize Winner Criticized for Advocating ‘Necessity of Equality’ for Yemeni Jews (VIDEO)
Arab media blasted Yemini Nobel Peace Prize winner Tawakkol Karman for demanding that local Jews be allowed in government positions, blogger Elder of Ziyon reported...
