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Simintov is also known during this time period for his heavily publicized feud with Yitzhak Levi (Ishaq Levin), another Afghan Jew; it has been claimed that the two were expelled from a Taliban-led jail due to their constant fighting.
10 wrz 2021 · Once Tawhedi took possession of the guns and ammunition at a location in the Western District of Oklahoma, the two were arrested. If found guilty, Tawhedi, who was charged with conspiring and...
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.
29 paź 2021 · Fearing for their safety, Tova Moradi, her children and nearly two dozen grandchildren fled Afghanistan in recent weeks in an escape orchestrated by an Israeli aid group, activists and...
1 lis 2019 · Afghanistan's last Jew, Zabulon Simentov, was freed from prison by the Taliban because his arguing with a fellow Jew was so annoying.
29 kwi 2021 · Over the decades, all Simentov's relatives left -- including his wife and two daughters. He is now certain he is the last Afghan Jew in the country.
8 wrz 2021 · In an interview with The Associated Press in 2009, Simentov said the last Jewish families left after the 1979 Soviet invasion. For several years he shared the synagogue building with the country's only other Jew, Isaak Levi, but they despised each other and feuded during the Taliban's previous rule from 1996 to 2001.