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Fifteen hundred years ago, Yemen was home to a Jewish kingdom ruled by monarchs who made Judaism the state religion. From the rise of Dhu Nuwas and the Himyarite dynasty to centuries of persecution, exile, and eventual mass emigration in Operation Magic Carpet, the story of Yemen’s Jews is both remarkable and tragic. Today, only a handful remain, perhaps just one! This video explores how a once-thriving community vanished from Yemen but left a lasting cultural legacy.

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Yemen used to be Jewish??
00:26 Why isn't it today?
01:00 When did Jews arrive to Yemen?
01.53 How they became rulers and the majority
02:56 How they fought to preserve it
03:42 Collapse of the Jewish Dynasty
04:07 Temporary Christian rule
04:35 Arrival of Muslims & Life under Islam
05.35 Start of persecution
06:43 Survival & growth
07:37 Ekster
09:10 Return to Palestine
09:43 Creation of Israel & Repression
10:16 Expulsion from Yemen
11:05 The minority who stayed behind
12:08 Internal Conflict & The Houthis
12:29 The last Jew in Yemen
13:16 How Yemeni Judaism survives, outside Yemen

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