Jewish refugees from arab countries

Jews from Arab lands are the missing piece of the Israeli-Palestinian discourse - opinion

 By bringing to the forefront the existence and truth of this often overlooked narrative, we can create a better future for all based on the realities of our histories.

"Group of Ashkenazim Jews" 1900 not GALL
A PHOTO of displaced Iraqi Jews in 1951. The government hopes to give a voice to the story of the millions of Jewish refugees

Don't forget, remember the Farhud - editorial

 A PANEL discussion takes place at the November 30 commemoration in London, chaired by the writer (center), and featuring Jack Hikmet and Sharon Theodore, who both lived in Baghdad at the time of the 1969 hangings.

At a commemoration in London, Iraqi Jews tell of their flight to freedom

Israeli National Security Advisor Meir Ben-Shabbat, U.S. President's senior adviser Jared Kushner and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of United Arab Emirates Anwar Gargash hold a meeting in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates August 31, 2020.

Why peace with Israel’s neighbors depends on cultural diplomacy - opinion 


Flight to freedom

The riveting stories of Shlomo Hillel, Operation Babylon and Atlit.

Shlomo Hillel at home in Jerusalem

Why isn't there an UNWRA for Jewish refugees from the Arab countries?

YEMENITE JEWS near their tents in Israel in 1949.

Jewish refugees left $150 billion in property in Arab countries

Some 850,000 Jews were forced to flee their homes in Arab countries across the Middle East in the days leading up to and following the creation of the State of Israel in 1948.

Iraqi Jewish refugees stand in a refugee absorption camp. established in Israel in 1950.

Global kaddish planned for neglected exile of N. African Jewry

Some 50 synagogues, mostly serving Middle Eastern and Northern African congregants, will commemorate this painful.

Iraqi Jewish refugees stand in a refugee absorption camp. established in Israel in 1950.

Baghdad hangings: When Jews were snatched and accused of spying for Israel

Daoud Ghali Yadgar was only 21 years old when he was snatched and accused of spying for Israel.

IRAQI JEWS in Israel protest their counterparts’ persecution under the Ba’ath regime. (Fritz Cohen)

Si je t’oublie, Bagdad

Un film revient sur l’histoire tourmentée des juifs irakiens

Bagdad dans les années 1950

Remembering Baghdad

The exodus of the Jews from many parts of the world is frequently and sadly sometimes a precursor for other forced migrations.

AN IRAQI RESIDENT walks past an old building destroyed during an electrical fire in Baghdad in 2011.

Comment: Remembering the ethnic cleansing of the Middle East's Jews

This is the untold story of the Jewish forgotten refugees. These Jews, who survived ethnic cleansing and were systematically expelled, were now forgotten.

Yemenite Jews in Ma'abarot (Absorption Camp) Rosh Ha-Ayin in 1949

The French medical brain drain: Why are so many doctors leaving for Israel?

Agency officials say the average rate of disappointed returnees to France from 1990-2014 was 10 percent but that the number has dropped since.

Dr. Michel Alimi (second from the right) with a team of other French medical professionals.

How a poor Jew from Egypt made his own luck

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Report: Several Jewish families affected by Trump’s refugee ban

The executive order prohibits refugees from entering the United States for 120 days, with an indefinite ban on those fleeing war-torn Syria.

Protesting in Jerusalem against the US travel ban on Jan. 29, 2017