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While he insisted he would stay to take care of the country's last synagogue, [26] [27] it was later reported that his decision may have been influenced by his refusal to give his wife a get (a Jewish religious divorce). [28] Get refusal can lead to a prison sentence in Israel. Another report stated he refused to leave as he owes money to his ...
Existing records of a Jewish presence in Afghanistan date back to the 7th century CE, [3] although ancient Iranian tradition holds that there was a Jewish presence in Afghanistan as early as the time of Israel and Judah. There are also origin theories among some Pashtuns that claim their descent from the Ten Lost Tribes of the Israelites.
Tova Moradi, 83, an Afghan Jewish woman who fled Kabul this month with relatives with the assistance of an Israeli aid group, speaks to the Associated Press at a resort which is accommodated ...
The civil war left much of Kabul in ruins, and essentially all of the country's Jews had left Afghanistan. After a brief stint in Turkmenistan , Simintov returned to Kabul in 1998 or 1999 [ 2 ] and was the synagogue's live-in caretaker.
WAKIL KOHSARThe last week has been a waking nightmare in Afghanistan since the terror-driven Taliban regime took control of the country.During that time, a flood of reports from female Afghan ...
As many as 900,000 Jewish refugees fled or were violently expelled from Muslim-majority countries in the 20 th century (most in 1948 with the creation of the Jewish State) and 650,000 refugees ...
Cabal in Kabul (French: Cabale à Kaboul) is a documentary film directed by filmmaker Dan Alexe. It follows the lives of two men, Zabulon Simantov (Hebrew: זבולון סימן-טוב) and Yitzchak Levin (Hebrew: יצחק לוי), who are said to be the last remaining Jews in Afghanistan.
As "gut-wrenching" as the Taliban's rapid takeover of the country has been, some experts say there was nothing the U.S. could have done to prevent it.