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Jews from Arab Lands
A Jewish Yemenite family crossing a desert to leave the country, 1949 (National photo collection of Israel)
September 17, 2025, 4:46 pm
OPINION: 99 percent of Jews from Arab lands were forced to leave. The world must hear us
One of the largest examples of ethnic cleansing in modern history is barely acknowledged and hardly known about
By Dr Stanley Urman
Hakham Ezra Dangoor, chief rabbi of Baghdad, pictured with his family in 1910. (Jewish News)
November 24, 2020, 1:20 pm
Special memorial prayer to be recited in memory of Jews from Arab lands
Initiative backed by Israel’s Ministry for Diaspora Affairs urges Jews around the world to remember thousands buried in Iran and Arab countries in the Middle East and North Africa
By Jewish News Reporter
Hakham Ezra Dangoor, chief rabbi of Baghdad, pictured with his family in 1910. (Jewish News)
December 4, 2018, 2:29 pm
Canadian lawmakers recognise Jewish refugees from Arab countries
Two politicians make statements in the country's House of Commons to commemorate 'Jewish Refugee Day'
By JTA
November 30, 2017, 10:40 am
OPINION: Marking a sad landmark in this year of anniversaries
Lyn Julius writes on the annual day to remember the fate of more than 850,000 Jews who were made refugees from the Arab world in the 20th century.
By Lyn Julius
November 17, 2017, 11:48 am
OPINION: Celebrate and commemorate impact on Jews from Arab countries
Lyn Julias writes about Jewish Refugee Week which focuses on Jews kicked out of Arab countries in the 20th century
By Lyn Julius
Henry Rousso
February 28, 2017, 3:55 pm
US almost deports French-Jewish Holocaust era scholar
Egyptian-born French Shoah-era scholar Henry Rousso was held at a Texas airport for 10 hours
By JTA
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