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Aug
2006
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Jewish exodus from Arab lands
Not the most reliable source ever, but interestingly shocking nonetheless.
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How voluntary, if at all this exodus was varies greatly from country to country.
I was talking to some political analyst friends about the Islamic revolution in Iran. They told me that they watch worldwide migrations of Jews. When Jews leave countries in big numbers they know that there are serious political problems in the country of departure. (Of course this does not work in countries with no historical Jewish populations…)
In the days and months before the revolution in Iran, tens of thousands of Jews left Iran. Now there are about 30,000 Jews in Iran: the largest Jewish population in the Islamic world. I think there were 250,000 earlier.
sorry, that last comment was from me: Esther.
Canaries in coal mines. How sad.
Esther, how are Jews in Iran generally treated? Do they feel the need to hide the fact that they’re Jewish, or is it something generally accepted?
You can see Jewish men wearing yarmulkes in Iran (especially in Esfahan) — it is not a secret. Even so, Jews walk on eggshells in Iran: they are very careful to maintain their place in society and not demand too much.
Since Ahmadinejad took power, the official rhetoric has become increasingly anti-Semetic, which is disturbing. They claim it is anti-Zionist, but in fact, the rhetoric is classic, textbook anti-Semetism.
That said, you almost never hear Iranians make casual anti-Jewish remarks unless they are well-educated leftists. (What’s that all about?)I heard more anti-Jewish remarks in Europe than here. Iranians seem to long for the days when there were more Jews and more Christians among them. I have heard people brag about their cities by saying: “We have Christians and Jews living among us.”
It’s a bad thing for everyone when minorities suffer. Really. Trust me.
How two communities that were integrated in so many places for so many years became the imago of antagonism and impossible peacefull relations ?….