Jewish Refugees from Arab Lands

Very interesting articles about the Jews who left the myriad Arab countries can all be found at Point of No Return.

"In just 50 years, almost a million Jews,

whose communities stretch back up to 3,000 years,

have been 'ethnically cleansed' from Arab countries..."

ALGERIA has created its first official Jewish association, which will be headed by a prominent Algerian Jewish lawyer, the Jerusalem Post reports. But with hardly any Algerian Jews to speak of, will the association be representing phantoms?

Whose Nakba is it anyway? One of the main causes of modern antisemitism these days in Europe is the anti-Jewish Palestinian propaganda campaign. To combat this basic factor, people must discover the truth about the expulsion of Jews from Arab countries.

IRAQI Jews who left Baghdad during the 60's and 70's Visit Iraqi Jews .

KURDISTAN is being urged by hard-line officials publically to declare that there are no Jews in Iraqi Kurdistan. Yet is is common knowledge that a number of Jewish families still remain there.

IRAN: A myth that needs correcting: Iran does not have a "large" Jewish population. Current estimates put Iran's Jews as being between 17,000 and 25,000, which means that approximately ten times as many Iranian Jews live in the state of Israel as live in Iran itself! Iran's Jews are being careful during the current political turmoil, as the Jewish Journal of LA writes.

YEMEN: An interesting article about the remaining Yemenis in Sana'a, in the Yemen Times . "We are Arabs, we are Yemenis, we have nothing to do with the Jews in Israel," he replies when asked if he would like to immigrate to the US or Israel."

SYRIA: "Even though most of his friends and relatives have left, Albert Cameo says he will never abandon Syria." The San Francisco Chronicle has this important feature by Brooke Anderson on the pitiful remnant of Syria's Jews.

AFGHANISTAN: Synagogues in Afghanistan are being renovated - The Jews have long gone from Afghanistan, but the synagogues of Herat are being restored, a reminder of a bygone age of religious diversity.