10 Minute Topics: Teimanim Jews

The next in a weekly series of 10 minute topics teaching about various topics within Judaism. This week's topic is: Teimanim Jews.

Temanim or Yemenite Jews are those Jews and their ancestors who lived in Yemen on the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula. Nearly the entire Jewish population emigrated from Yemen between June 1949 and September 1950 during Operation Magic Carpet. Most of these émigrés now live in Israel while some live in the United States and other places around the world. There is only a small population of Temanim left in Yemen.

Sources:
Yemenite Jews (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemenite_Jews)

Yemen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemen)

The Jews of Yemen (http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/anti-semitism/yemenjews.html)

Yemenite Jews Make Aliyah to Israel (http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Immigration/YemJewAliyah.html)

Sixteen Yemenite Jews Arrive in Israel (http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Immigration/YemJewAliyah1.html)

US State Department resettles 60 Yemeni Jews in rescue op (http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1256799053139&pagename=JPArtic...­howFull)

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Judaism
• Jewish
• Yemen
• Teimanim
• Israel
• Aliyah
• Sana'a
• Raidah
• Amran
• Aden
• Hadramaut
• Maimonides
• Arabian
• Peninsula
• Luria
• Caro
• Baladi
• Rambamists
• Shami

[charlessmyth]

Interesting video.

[tabtootik]

I'm a muslim Saudi (originally from Hadramout, jewish ancestors) and I'm sad to know about what happened to my ancestors. Please know that what the dirty shi'ites did to my ancestors is not what real islam is like (google up how the prophet mohammad treated Jews). I wish everyone, whether muslim,jewish,atheist,christia­n, the best of luck and fortune.

[ShlomoHaAvinoo]

Beautifull pictures.btw,Dhunawas was a Sadducee.

[kim555551]

Am from Yemen and am very sad because of this .. I think Jews should be left alone ..

[enigmaUnknown]

Dhu Nuwas was a Sadducee so its very unlikely he would be following any talmudic view.