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Between 2005 and his evacuation to Israel in 2021, he was widely believed to be the only Jew still living in Afghanistan. He was also the caretaker of and lived in the Kabul synagogue, the only synagogue in the Afghan capital city Kabul.
9 wrz 2021 · The last known member of Afghanistan’s Jewish community left the country on Friday, taking 30 other people with him – including 28 women and children – on a five day mission to safety ...
3 paź 2021 · Zebulon Simentov, Afghanistan’s only remaining Jew, escaped three weeks ago after refusing early opportunities to flee Kabul amid this summer’s American withdrawal.
10 wrz 2020 · Hurras al-Din has been inactive for over two months now following a crackdown by a more powerful jihadist group and the targeting of some of its top officials in suspected US air strikes.
The play, titled The Last Two Jews of Kabul, was written by playwright Josh Greenfeld and was staged in New York in 2002. In January 2005, Levy died of natural causes, leaving the world believing Simintov was the sole known Jew in Afghanistan. [19] He cared for the only synagogue in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul. [20]
6 wrz 2021 · September 11, 2001: US attacked. Nineteen members of al-Qaeda, a group granted sanctuary in by Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, hijack four commercial airliners in the US. Two of the planes are...
8 wrz 2021 · Before leaving, UK troops evacuated 15,000 people - including over two thousand children from the country. But how did the war begin, what was Britain's role and why did it last for 20 years?
