Ik this is late but in honor of #JewishRefugeeDay I wanted to do a thread of the history of antisemitism in Yemen and a timeline of how a 3,000 old Jewish community went from over 60,000 to 0 after exile, persecution and ethnic cleansing ✡️🕯️
629BCE: The first Jews settle in Yemen
525: Himyar is conquered by Christian Aksumites, Jews exiled to Aksum
629: Jews become dhimmis (second class citizens) and forced to pay jizya tax
897: Jews forbidden to build synagogues
1165: Forced mass conversions of Jews to Islam
1457: Old Synagogue of Sana'a destroyed
1667: Jews status as a protected religion revoked, Rabbi Sulayman Al-Naqqash exiled to Kamaran
1667: Jews forbidden to wear turbans, symbols of status & respect, Jews forbidden to own land, all previously owned land confiscated
1678: Synagogues in Sana'a, Hamdah, and Busan are destroyed
1679: Jewish property is confiscated
1679-1680: Mawza Exile expels Jews to the inner barren desert region of Mawza after refusing to convert to Islam
1680: Synagogue of the Sages in Sana'a converted into a mosque
1680: Jews are banned from building houses with more than one story
1761: Al Mahdi Abbas destroys 12 of the 14 synagogues in Sana'a
1819: Bakil raid of Sana'a starts on Erev Pesach, kills dozens of Jews, dozens of Jewish women raped, and the Jewish Quarter left ruined
1904: After Imam Yahya comes to power, Jews are barred from riding horses, walking to the right of a Muslim, building houses higher than Muslims, living in Muslim neighbourhoods, carrying arms, wearing fine or bright clothing, or riding any animal except side-saddle on donkeys
1904: After Imam Yahya comes to power, Jews are barred from riding horses, walking to the right of a Muslim, building houses higher than Muslims, living in Muslim neighbourhoods, carrying arms, wearing fine or bright clothing, or riding any animal except side-saddle on donkeys
1904: After Imam Yahya comes to power, Jews are barred from riding horses, walking to the right of a Muslim, building houses higher than Muslims, living in Muslim neighbourhoods, carrying arms, wearing fine or bright clothing, or riding any animal except side-saddle on donkeys
1922: Orphan's decree forces Jewish orphans under 12 to be forcibly converted to Islam, connections to their families and communities severed, and sent to Muslim families, Latrine decree orders Jews must clean public latrines, bathhouses, and streets
1932: Riot injures 25 Jews and desecrates the Farhi synagogue in Aden after false accusation of Jews throwing excrement into a mosque courtyard
1947: 82 Jews are killed and 76 wounded in the Aden pogrom over 2nd-4th of December, looting and destruction of Jewish homes and shops
1948: Looting after 6 Jews were accused of murdering 2 Muslim girls in Sana'a
1949-1950: Operation Magic Carpet rescues 49,000 Yemenite Jews to Israel
1948: Looting after 6 Jews were accused of murdering 2 Muslim girls in Sana'a1949-1950: Operation Magic Carpet rescues 49,000 Yemenite Jews to Israel
1948: Looting after 6 Jews were accused of murdering 2 Muslim girls in Sana'a1949-1950: Operation Magic Carpet rescues 49,000 Yemenite Jews to Israel
2003: antisemitic slogans chanted after friday prayer at Saleh Mosque in Sana'a, Houthis adopt banner that includes the phrase "Curse upon the Jews"
2007: 45 Jews forced to leave the village of Al-Salem
2003: antisemitic slogans chanted after friday prayer at Saleh Mosque in Sana'a, Houthis adopt banner that includes the phrase "Curse upon the Jews"2007: 45 Jews forced to leave the village of Al-Salem
2003: antisemitic slogans chanted after friday prayer at Saleh Mosque in Sana'a, Houthis adopt banner that includes the phrase "Curse upon the Jews"2007: 45 Jews forced to leave the village of Al-Salem
2008: Moshe Ya'ish Al-Nahari is murdered in Raydah after being demanded to convert to Islam
2012: Aharon Zindani stabbed to death after being identified as Jew and accused of witchcraft
2015: Houthis threaten remaining Jews to convert or leave Yemen
2008: Moshe Ya'ish Al-Nahari is murdered in Raydah after being demanded to convert to Islam 2012: Aharon Zindani stabbed to death after being identified as Jew and accused of witchcraft 2015: Houthis threaten remaining Jews to convert or leave Yemen
2008: Moshe Ya'ish Al-Nahari is murdered in Raydah after being demanded to convert to Islam 2012: Aharon Zindani stabbed to death after being identified as Jew and accused of witchcraft 2015: Houthis threaten remaining Jews to convert or leave Yemen
2016: Levi Salem Musa Marhabi held by Houthis for helping Jews make aliyah, still being held despite a court ordering his release in 2019
2020: Jewish cemetery in Aden destroyed
2016: Levi Salem Musa Marhabi held by Houthis for helping Jews make aliyah, still being held despite a court ordering his release in 20192020: Jewish cemetery in Aden destroyed
2016: Levi Salem Musa Marhabi held by Houthis for helping Jews make aliyah, still being held despite a court ordering his release in 20192020: Jewish cemetery in Aden destroyed
2020: Houthis arrest and threaten Jews to leave the country, ban Jews from internal travel and require property to be sold to locals or the government, the remaining Jews agree to move to the UAE, ending the 3,000 year old continuous inhabitation of the Jewish community in Yemen
2020: Houthis arrest and threaten Jews to leave the country, ban Jews from internal travel and require property to be sold to locals or the government, the remaining Jews agree to move to the UAE, ending the 3,000 year old continuous inhabitation of the Jewish community in Yemen
2020: Houthis arrest and threaten Jews to leave the country, ban Jews from internal travel and require property to be sold to locals or the government, the remaining Jews agree to move to the UAE, ending the 3,000 year old continuous inhabitation of the Jewish community in Yemen
2020: Houthis arrest and threaten Jews to leave the country, ban Jews from internal travel and require property to be sold to locals or the government, the remaining Jews agree to move to the UAE, ending the 3,000 year old continuous inhabitation of the Jewish community in Yemen
2020: Houthis arrest and threaten Jews to leave the country, ban Jews from internal travel and require property to be sold to locals or the government, the remaining Jews agree to move to the UAE, ending the 3,000 year old continuous inhabitation of the Jewish community in Yemen
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