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One of Yemen's last Jews emigrates after lifelong refusal to leave
Duda Badra’s departure marks a further dwindling of Yemen’s ancient Jewish community, now believed to number just four people. By Lauren Marcus, World Israel News Staff An elderly woman who is believed to be one of the last remaining Jews in Yemen recently left the country, Hebrew-language media reported on Thursday. The woman, identified as Duda Badra, was married for many years to Yahya bin Yousef, a prominent figure in the tiny Yemenite Jewis…
A local journalist reported that Bedra Yousef, one of the remnants of the country's wealthy community, left the country about a year after her husband's death to seek medical treatment. He said the couple, who had no children, had resisted "all temptations" to leave Yemen over the years.
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