Commemorating 850,000 Jews Expelled from Arab Countries, Nov. 30

Israel Daily Picture ^ | November 30, 2015

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• Commemorating 850,000 Jews Expelled from Arab Countries, Nov. 30

  Jewish Women of the Orient 100-150 Years Ago

  Last year, Israel's Knesset designated November 30 as the memorial day to commemorate the expulsion of Jews from Arab countries and Iran. Flourishing ancient communities were forced to flee anti-Semitic persecution, deadly pogroms, and confiscation of property. An estimated 850,000 fled, most of them to Israel.

  Historic photographs of the Jewish communities and individuals serve to remind us of the rich heritage they left behind.

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Israel's History - a Picture a Day (Beta) sends out an occasional e-mail with a link to each post providing a new visual glimpse into the history of the Jewish people in Israel. Photos located in any variety of government or individual studio and personal archives provide treasures for this historic collection.

Today's e-mail illustrates images from Maison Bonfils studio [which]

"...was established in Beirut in 1867 and produced thousands of photographs from all over the Middle East. Some of the most important pictures of Jewish holy sites in Jerusalem were taken through Bonfils' lenses.

Lebanese collector Fouad Debbas amassed some 3,000 Bonfils photographs. When he died in 2001, his collection faced possible dispersal, deterioration, or worse. The British Library's Endangered Archives Programme stepped in to save the collection, digitize it and post the pictures online.

[Zenjitsuman]

And since 1948 they have complained about Israel which it might be said was created by Muzzies throwing Jews out of their homes in Arab countries.

Came back to bite them in the ass.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks wtd.