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Yemen’s Jews and the road to Israel

Yemeni Jews who immigrate to Israel are taking with them a large part of what was left of Yemen's religious diversity.
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ADEN, Yemen — Israel's success last month in covertly getting 19 Jews out of Yemen has raised some speculation among the press and Yemeni people about the successive waves of migration of Yemeni Jews from their homes in the southern Arabian peninsula to their alternative homeland of Israel.

The very existence of Yemeni Jews has been associated with the political conflict that has been fluctuating in Yemen for quite some time. However, Jewish migration to Israel, especially that which took place in March, aroused resentment among the Yemeni public and politicians alike.

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