Operation Ezra and Nehemiah
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Operation Ezra and Nehemiah was an operation conducted by Israel and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee that airlifted between 120,000 and 130,000 Iraqi Jews to Israel via Iran and Cypru
Immigrants from Iraq leaving Lod airport on their way to ma'abara, 1951
Yemenites go to Aden
Piki Wiki Israel 20841 The Palmach
Approximately 900,000 Jews migrated, fled, or were expelled from Muslim-majority countries throughout Africa and Asia in the 20th century, primarily after the establishment of the State of Israel. Lar
Operation Ezra and Nehemiah
…and 130,000 Iraqi Jews to Israel via Iran and Cyprus from 1951 to 1952. The massive emigration of Iraqi Jews was among the most climactic events of the Jewish exodus from the Muslim World. The operation is named after Ezra and Nehemiah, who led groups of Jews from exile in Babylonia to return to Judea in the 5th century BC, as written…
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