Approximately 900,000 Jews migrated, fled, or were expelled from Muslim-majority countries throughout Africa and Asia in the 20th century, primarily as a consequence of the establishment of the State
Jewish Wedding in Morocco by Eugène Delacroix, Louvre, Paris, 1839
Jews of Fes, c. 1900
The Great Synagogue of Oran, Algeria, confiscated and turned into a mosque after the departure of Jews
World Jewish Congress conference on the situation of Jews in North Africa, Algiers, 1952
Aliyah
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Aliyah is the immigration of Jews from the diaspora to, historically, the geographical Land of Israel or the Palestine region, where the State of Israel was established. Traditionally described as "th
Abba Hushi during his Hachshara, circa 1920
Survey of Palestine, showing place of origin of immigrants between 1922 and 1944
Certificate issued by the Jewish Agency in Warsaw, Poland, for immigrant to Mandatory Palestine, September 1935
Buchenwald survivors arrive in Haifa to be arrested by the British, July 15, 1945