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Simintov was born into an Orthodox Jewish family in the city of Herat in 1959, where he spent most of his early life until his eventual relocation to Kabul.His residence was severely damaged during the Taliban's rise to power in the Second Afghan Civil War, which forced him to move into the city's only synagogue.
The play, titled The Last Two Jews of Kabul, was written by playwright Josh Greenfeld and was staged in New York in 2002. In January 2005, Levy died of natural causes, leaving the world believing Simintov was the sole known Jew in Afghanistan. [19] He cared for the only synagogue in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul. [20]
In the early years of the 21st century, the synagogue was home to Zablon Simintov and Yitzhak Levin, believed to be the last two Jews in Afghanistan, who served as the synagogue's caretakers. Levin died at the synagogue in 2005, and Simintov was evacuated from Afghanistan in 2021 after the Taliban takeover of the country.
During the first period of Taliban rule, from 1996 until the 2001 U.S.-led invasion, Moradi tried to maintain a low profile. But she risked her life by hiding Rabbi Isaak Levi, one of the few ...
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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 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 ...
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