Yemenite jews

Israel marks national day of commemoration for Yemenite Jewish aliyah

Education Ministry officials promised that, in addition to creating educational resources, the ministry is “trying to instill in teachers sensitivity to the different ethnic backgrounds."

 Jews from Yemen are seen heading to Israel during Operation Magic Carpet.
DANCER ADVA YERMIYAHU will be accompanied by flamenco guitarist Manuel Cazas.

Ofra Haza’s melodies meet Andalusian flamenco in new Jerusalem premiere

A Yemenite synagogue in central Israel was desecrated, and many of the institute's prayer books were shredded, worshippers discovered just before Shabbat came in last week.

Yemenite synagogue in central Israel ransacked, Bibles ripped apart

Yemeni Jews demonstrate outside the Cabinet office in Sanaa, March 2009

One of Yemen's last Jewish women makes aliyah to Israel - report


Meet the Yemeni-Jewish musician singing soulful Jewish R&B

You probably wouldn’t consider jazzy, soulful R&B to fall under the umbrella of “Jewish music,” but Jewish-Canadian singer-songwriter Erez Zobary is here to shatter that assumption.

Erez Zobary.

Time running out in race to preserve endangered Jewish languages

The many endangered dialects of Judeo-Arabic have been documented to varying extents, from Egypt to Morocco, from Syria to Yemen. And some young people are keeping the music alive.

A kippah and a pile of documents.

The UAE’s unprecedented role in helping reunite Jewish family is symbolic

The UAE reunited one family of 15 members in Abu Dhabi after the government helped fly some from Yemen and London. A second family, the Salem family, was reunited after 15 years apart.

 Rabbi Elie Abadie (L) with UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

UAE reunites two more Jewish Yemeni families split for decades

"I'm living a dream, not quite sure if it's a dream or reality," said one family member.

A family have breakfast outside their home at a Jewish community in Sanaa, Yemen

Iran media pushes Holocaust denial: Jews perpetrated mass murder in Yemen

An article in Iranian media has asserted that the 'real' holocaust was carried out by Jews on the border of Yemen, some 1,000 years ago.

Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, July 2020

Pompeo calls for release of Yemeni Jew held by Houthi militia

Levi Salem Musa  Marhabi was arrested for aiding a Jewish family to make aliyah.

Houthi troops ride on the back of a police patrol truck after participating in a Houthi gathering in Sanaa, Yemen February 19, 2020

The end of Jewish Yemen is imminent - EXCLUSIVE

A precarious existence for country’s last 100 Jews.

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US envoy to combat antisemitism urges Houthis to release Yemeni Jew

The official slogan of the Houthi movement (Ansar Allah) reads "Allah is Greater, Death to America, Death to Israel, Curse on the Jews, Victory to Islam.”

U.S. Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism, Elan Carr

Yemen's remaining Jews to be transferred to UAE - report

Reports in July claimed that the Houthi militant group in Yemen was rounding up Yemeni Jews and pressuring them to leave. These reports were denied by both Yemeni and international sources.

Yemeni Jews demonstrate outside the Cabinet office in Sanaa, March 2009

Yemeni Jewish family reunited after 15 years apart with help of UAE

"I never imagined seeing them again. I never imagined hugging them," said one family member.

A family have breakfast outside their home at a Jewish community in Sanaa, Yemen