Yehia ben Yossef, also known as Yahya ben Yosef or Yahya Ben Youssef, z”l, the last remaining Jew in Yemen, passed away last Thursday at nearly 100 years old. His death marks the end of a millennia-long Jewish presence in Yemen, a community that once numbered in the hundreds of thousands. Ben Yossef was buried by his Muslim neighbors, highlighting a moment of interfaith respect. The Yemenite Jewish community has a rich history spanning 19 centuries in Southern Arabia, and his passing signifies the conclusion of this significant cultural chapter.
Yehia ben Yossef, the last Jew in Yemen, died last Thursday. He was buried with respect by his Muslim neighbors. So ends the 19 century long history of the Jews in Southern Arabia. https://t.co/7AFm4fw8YK
Yahya Ben Youssef, z"l, at nearly 100 years old, was one of the last six Jews still living in Yemen until he passed away last Thursday. His Muslim neighbors helped bury him, as there are no enough Jews remaining in Yemen to carry out the funeral tradition. Ben Youssef… https://t.co/Y2L7dETJR5
No Jews left in Yemen. Total ethnic cleansing—disgusting. https://t.co/A6LOzBy9rs
See, Islam does not hate the Jews. If they did, how could Mr. ben Yossef have lived in Yemen? This is the type of retort that I receive daily. That there was a single Jew left in Yemen is proof that Yemen loves the Jews. https://t.co/b7Az3YjEWi
It’s hard to overstate the place in Jewish history the Yemenite Jews hold. This is tragic. https://t.co/ZlIfI0uHUK
The last Jew in Yemen, Yehia ben Yossef, has passed away. This marks the end to millennia of a continuous Jewish presence in Yemen. He was buried by his muslim neighbours. https://t.co/vdmbCz5in4
It’s hard to understate the place in Jewish history the Yemenite Jews hold. This is tragic. https://t.co/ZlIfI0vfKi
The last Jew in Yemen is dead. So ends the 1900yr old history of Jews in Southern Arabia. https://t.co/KBEIObPoT5
Once a community of hundreds of thousands, the sole remaining Jew in Yemen has died. Just like that, thousands of years of Jewish life and culture is gone—only to live on in Israel. A truly sad day. https://t.co/R7fBhzLlS7
Last week Yahya ben Yosef z”l, one of Yemen's last remaining Jews, passed away. Yahya was a scion of the great Yemenite Jewish community that goes back thousands of years & is another reminder of the deep-rooted presence of Jews in the Arab world. May his memory be a blessing.…