The road to redemption
the Jews of the Yemen, 1900-1950
by Tudor Parfitt
Since the rise of Islam, Jews have been living in the Yemen as the only non-Muslim minority. Their status, never enviable, deteriorated in the twentieth century as the Imam Yahya sought to maintain the full force of Islamic law and local custom. The attempt to create a Jewish National Home in Palestine, Arab propaganda, new economic realities and local resentments had the effect of further undermining their position. While battling to maintain their rights, the Yemenite Jews started to emigrate.
British immigration policies in Palestine, The Imam's efforts to prevent them from leaving, and British regulations in Aden often frustrated their efforts. This movement of people was to culminate in 1948-50 in what was the largest human airlift the world had ever seen - Operation Magic Carpet - when the Yemenites were taken 'on wings of eagles' to Israel.
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History, Jews, Ethnic relations, Yemenite Jews, Jews, history, Jews, yemenite, Israel, history, Yemeni JewsTimes
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The Road to Redemption: The Jews of the Yemen 1900-1950 (Brill's Series in Jewish Studies, Vol 17)
August 1997, Brill Academic Publishers
Hardcover
in English
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The road to redemption: the Jews of the Yemen, 1900-1950
1996, E.J. Brill
in English
9004105441 9789004105447
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [288]-292) and index.
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