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New immigrants at Ben Gurion Airport (Photo: Yaron Brener)
"I hope all of Yemen's Jews make aliyah to Israel as soon as possible and won't immigrate to other destinations worldwide," said Eli Cohen, director of the Jewish Agency's Aliya and Absorption Division.
As a first step, the three families will reside at the Jewish Agency's absorption centers.
There are currently around 260 Jews still residing in Yemen, most of them in the city of Rada. The community lived in harmony alongside its Muslim neighbors until recently, when members of the community began to report threats.
They say the growing hostility against them was being largely ignored by the Yemenite authorities.
Meanwhile, a Yemenite court sentenced a former pilot to death for the murder of a Jewish man. Abdul-Aziz al-Abdi confessed to shooting Moshe al-Nahari, brother of the Jewish community's chief rabbi.
Eyewitnesses said they had heard al-Abdi call out to al-Nahari: "Jew, accept the message of Islam" at a local market in Rada. He then opened fire, killing him.
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Jun 21, 2009 at 07:07 PM meni Says:
Kol hakovod should all of them come to israel not to usa. Like some of them what its much better for them here in eretz yisruel just come and see how nice its here
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Jun 21, 2009 at 06:54 PM ely Says:
I hope that this lady in the picture should keep her faith and look the same in 5 yrs. And as well the small child in the picture, not secular. Hasham should help the yemenite should hold up their tradition.
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Jun 21, 2009 at 09:14 PM B"H Says:
B"H I hope that the community in Eretz Yisrael takes in these brethren with open arms. Being a fellow Jew I can see the fear and uncertainty in her face and if I would be there be sure to give her an embracing welcome hug!
I look forward to seeing every large Jew out of Yemen.
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Jun 22, 2009 at 04:17 AM Anonymous Says:
“ Kol hakovod should all of them come to israel not to usa. Like some of them what its much better for them here in eretz yisruel just come and see how nice its here ”
Of course the Yemenites should go only to Israel. I also hope they keep close watch on their children. If the Zionists don't manage to steal them, they sure will drive them of the Derech by any means possible.
If anyone's naive enough to think otherwise, please check what happened to the vast majority of every Yemenite Aliyah in the past decades. Only then, should you criticize my comment.
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Jun 22, 2009 at 01:17 PM Anonymous Says:
“ Of course the Yemenites should go only to Israel. I also hope they keep close watch on their children. If the Zionists don't manage to steal them, they sure will drive them of the Derech by any means possible.
If anyone's naive enough to think otherwise, please check what happened to the vast majority of every Yemenite Aliyah in the past decades. Only then, should you criticize my comment. ”
You are frozen in time for 50 years, You think they could do today what they did 50-60
years ago? I don't think so.
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Jun 22, 2009 at 02:00 PM Anonymous Says:
“ You are frozen in time for 50 years, You think they could do today what they did 50-60
years ago? I don't think so. ”
they wont use the same methods,
they will use modern ways to attract them- u wait and see.
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Jun 23, 2009 at 06:33 AM Anonymous Says:
“ they wont use the same methods,
they will use modern ways to attract them- u wait and see. ”
That is absolutely true. ONe method is to refuse them entry into religious schools unless the parents dress chareidi and keep to Ashkenazi ways at home. No matter that they dress totally modestly or are more "frum" in many ways.
#3, I don't think she's fearful. The Mizrachim and Temanim in particular tend to be very reserved in strange situations and for us modesty goes beyond how we dress. It includes behavior. Many of us reject taking pictures of women as immodest. A candid shot like that was intrusive and she may have actually felt violated. As a photographer myself, I never take pictures of other women and never of strangers unless I ask permission.
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Jun 23, 2009 at 09:23 PM Anonymous Says:
Baruchim HaBaim, Acheinu MiTeiman.
Be careful in your new country!