Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1994-07-07

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THE
The Ohio Jewish Chronicle
Serving Colwnbus and the Central Ohio
Jewish Community since 1922
VOLUME 72
NUMBER 27
JULY 7,1994
28 TAMMUZ 5754
Columbus, Herziiya
become 'sister cities'
page 2
ROAD TO ALIYAH
From ideology to reality
page 3
Lichtenstein re-elected
Brotherhood president
page 4
Humorist to entertain
at Beth Jacob Dinner
page 4
WHV Auxiliary to
Volunteer Recognition Luncheon
page 5
OSU student receives award
page 7
Gilat Zisman wins prize
te best essay on Judaism
page 10
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IN NORTHERN YEMEN — A jeweler stretches silver wire outside his shop in the mountain village of Haidan a-Sham. Only
about 800 Jews remain in Yemen. Photo by UJA Press Service/Zion Ozeri.
IN SOUTHERN YEMEN
While civil war rages Jews anxious to leave for Israel
As civil war continues in southern Yemen, the northern part ofthe country — where the
Jewish Population lives — has not been directly effected. But according to Gideon Taylor,
director of special projects fpr the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, many
ofthe 500 Jews still in the country now fear the dislocations of war and want to leave for
Israel.
Yemen had been sealed off from the West until 1990, when the Yemen Arab Republic
and the Marxist state of Southern Yemen united. Once individual travelers were allowed
into the country, JDC began supplying Torah scrolls and religious articles to the Jews still
in Yemen. Some 1,000 Jews remained from the once flourishing community that dated
back 2,500 years, from the destruction of the First Temple.
In 1992, JDC, in partnership with the Jewish Agency and with funds raised by
Federations, including the Columbus Jewish Federation, began the secret rescue operations of Margie Carpet II. Several hundred Yemenite Jews were reunited with family and
friends who had reached Israel in the Operation Magic Carpet rescue of 46,000 Jews in
1949-1950.
Last October, the United Jewish Appeal sent photographer Zion Ozeri to Yemen to
document Jewish life. The community has continued its deeply religious way of life almost
unchanged within a feudal Arab culture. Ozeri's photos are featured in the UJA exhibit
"The Jews of Yemen — The Continuity of Caring."
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