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History of the Jews in Eritrea

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In 1948, after Israel was founded as a Jewish state, many Yemeni Jews residing in Eritrea emigrated to Israel. In the 1950s, 500 Jews still lived in the country. The last Jewish wedding at Asmara Synagogue was celebrated during that decade. The synagogue also served Jews who came from all over Africa
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Eritrea formally gained its independence in 1993. At the time, there were only a handful of Jews still left in the country. (In 2001 the Cohan family numbered four)All but one have either died or emigrated. There was only one last native Jew left in Eritrea, Samuel Cohen, who ran an import-export
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Eritrea once had a small community of Yemenite Jews who arrived in the country after having been attracted by new commercial opportunities driven by Italian colonial expansion in the late 19th century. In 1906, the
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Judaism is not one of the four religions recognized by the Eritrean government. Despite this, the government never restricted Jewish freedom to worship, and the country has no history of any persecution of Jews.
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In the 1930s, the Jewish community was bolstered when many European Jews emigrated to Eritrea to escape
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business and attends to the Asmara Synagogue. In 2018 he was killed by person or persons unknown
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can trace their history back to the late 19th century arrival of
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Eritrea
Africa
a series
Jews
Judaism
Etymology
Who is a Jew?
Religion
God in Judaism
names
Principles of faith
Mitzvot
613
Halakha
Shabbat
Holidays
Prayer
Tzedakah
Land of Israel
Brit
Bar and bat mitzvah
Marriage
Bereavement
Baal teshuva
Philosophy
Ethics
Kabbalah
Customs
Rites

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