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Sanaa, Yemen – Forced to flee fighting between Shiite rebels and the army in the north, Yemen’s Jews have found a new home in Sanaa, where they benefit from the special protection of President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
“May God keep him alive,” repeats Rabbi Yahya Yussef Moussa, the leader of the Jewish community of Al-Salem, every [...]

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Yemen – Jews Found New Home in Sanaa

Sana’a, Yemen – Yemen’s religious diversity is under threat with many of the remaining Jews in the district of Raida in Amran preparing to leave for Israel, some in the next few days, according to Rabbi Yahya Yousef.
In Amran, there are only 250 Yemeni Jews left. Yemen’s Jews are thought to have roots dating back [...]

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Sana’a, Yemen – Remaining Jews Gradually Leave Ancestral Homeland

Sana’a, Yemen – A 14-year-old girl not a five-year-old boy as initially reported was the miraculous lone survivor of a horrifying air tragedy today when rescuers pulled her from storm-tossed Indian Ocean after the crash of an Airbus jet.
With the other 152 people on board likely dead around her, Bahia Bakari, who is from a [...]

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Sana’a, Yemen – Teen Survivor ID’d In Yemenia Airbus Crash