Relevant Articles
Articles, essays, and research from scholars, journalists, and community members, chosen by JIMENA to deepen your understanding of Jewish life in Yemen.
Articles
Buried Stories Resurface (Lilith)
A review of Ayelet Tsabari’s novel “Songs for the Broken-Hearted,” which brings to light the lives of Yemenite Jews in Israel and the Yemenite Children Affair.
Ofra Haza, Tragic Israeli Pop Diva
Ofra Haza, daughter of Yemenite Jewish immigrants, carried the songs of her parents’ tradition onto the world stage.
From Sana’a, One of Yemen’s Last Jews Speaks (Times of Israel)
In 2015, Yahya Zandani described life for the roughly 60 Jews left in Yemen, most of them living in a guarded compound in Houthi-controlled Sana’a.
Empress of Empowerment: An Interview with A-WA’s Tair Haim (Time Out Israel)
Tair Haim of A-WA, the band of three sisters with Yemenite roots, talks about bringing the folk songs of Yemenite Jewish women to audiences around the world.
A Final Push to Free Yemen’s Remaining Jews
Esther Levy Chehebar calls for a coordinated effort to help the last Jews of Yemen leave, drawing on the campaign that freed Syria’s Jews in the 1990s.
A Lesser Wife
In an excerpt from her memoir, Ayelet Tsabari tells the story of her Yemeni-born grandmother, married as a child in Yemen, who found her independence in Israel.
When Yemen Was a Kingdom Run by Jews
Tablet explores Himyar, the kingdom in what is now Yemen that was ruled by Jewish kings for about 150 years before its fall in the sixth century.
Report on the Jews of Yemen
Justice for Jews from Arab Countries traces the near total departure of Yemen’s Jews, from 55,000 in 1948 to almost none today, estimating their lost property at $14.5 billion in today’s dollars.
Report on the Jews of Aden
Justice for Jews from Arab Countries documents the Jewish community of Aden and its displacement between 1948 and 1967, estimating its lost property at $2.1 billion in today’s dollars.
