Jews of Iraq

Jews of Iraq   The mass emigration of Jews from Iraq in the years 1950 and 1951 brought to an end the existence of a community which had been in the region for millennia. From the very birth of Judaism in what was then Mesopotamia, Jews have been present in or...

Operation Magic Carpet, 1949-1950

Operation Magic Carpet, 1949-1950   During the course of Operation Magic Carpet (also known as Operation On Wings of Eagles), 49,000 Jews were airlifted to the new State of Israel. The vast majority of these Jews were from Yemen. What do you want to know? Ask our...

Yemenite Jew, circa 1920

Yemenite Jew, circa 1920   In 1922, the government of Yemen reintroduced the “orphans decree,” which stated that an orphan under 12 years of age would be taken from the Jewish community and turned over to a Muslim foster family. What do you want to...

Yemenite Jew, 1914

Yemenite Jew, 1914   About 10% of Yemen’s Jews left Yemen and immigrated to Palestine in the first wave of immigration, which lasted from 1881 to 1914. What do you want to know? Ask our AI widget and get answers from this website Create Account Contact...
August 1198, Forced Conversion of the Jews of Aden

August 1198, Forced Conversion of the Jews of Aden

Geniza Document, trans. S. D. Goitein, in Mosseri Collection, L-12, Letters of Medieval Jewish Traders (Princeton, 1973), pp. 213–15. Excerpted from Norman Stillman, Jews of Arab Lands, 247-248. (August 1198) to Aden. Immediately after his arrival he was brought...