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Yemen's Jewish Population |
| Section: CULTURE / FOLK WISDOM |
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The World & I Online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/2002 |
| Size: 368 Words, 2,358 Characters |
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Jews have lived in Yemen since at least the second century of the Christian era. Their traditions state they arrived before the destruction of the First Temple in 586 b.c.e. Seemingly isolated, Yemeni Jews maintained contact with their...
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... they occupied separate quarters. While some farmed, generally Jews performed market-based tasks such as plastering, tailoring, weaving, or silversmithing--skills for which they were renowned. In the first part of the twentieth century, some Jews moved to Palestine. An estimated 50,000 immigrated to Israel in 1948. Of the 10,000 who chose to stay, only an estimated 400 remain today.
--T.B.S.
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