Tag Archives: Arab lands

The Jews may have originated in the Middle East but they were long ago scattered far and wide – to the Gulf, among other places. Few now remain, except in Iran. But a century ago, writes Matthew Teller, there was even a proposal to found a Jewish state at an …

Israel has corrected an historical injustice, officially recognizing for the first time the plight of almost one million Jews forced to flee their homes in Arab territories. Israel has commemorated for the first time the horrific mass expulsion of Jews from Arab lands across the Middle East following the establishment …

The Sephardi Voices history project collects testimony from Jews who fled Arab lands after Israel was founded. “Sometimes I still have nightmares,” says Juliette Glaser to her interviewer, as she sits in front of a video camera in her Miami living room, recalling in a confident voice her childhood memories …