How the Jews who fled Arab countries in 1948 built new lives in Israel
As the new Jewish state was taking root in 1948, an estimated 850,000 Jews living in Arab countries were being expelled or fled their homes in those countries.
JEWISH AGENCY representatives meet Yemenite immigrants arriving at Lod Airport in 1949. (Wikimedia Commons)(photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)ByDAVID JABLINOWITZ