Aden Jewish Museum

Hedva Amrani, Yemenite-Jewish entertainer reveals Arab-Israeli history, culture, politics, music

Hedva appears at the 2010 Israel Film Festival premiere in L.A. She explains how Israelis from Arab countries regard their Arab culture while Arabs still discriminate against Jewish & Israeli culture. Jews were considered patriotic nationals of every Arab country. After the League of Nations' ratified Israel as a Jewish sovereign, one after another Arab-Muslim state expelled all of its citizens of Jewish faith - totaling nearly 1 million. Today, 62-years later, the Arab countries continue to refuse to absorb Palestinian refugees (exploiting them as a political device to press Israel into detrimental concessions towards an eventual resumption of Muslim conquest of Israel) and as a distraction from inferior Arab political leadership. Ms. Amrani discusses her perspectives on Arab perpetual rejection of Israel (who extends the olive branch in good faith), and wrong-placed, international pressure on Israel to make concessions to her self-professed enemies. She will perform a live concert of popular and Israeli music (including her classic song for peace between Muslims and Jews- B' Lev Echad (With One Heart) in L.A. on December 14th. See

ISRAEL MUSIC HISTORY Yemenite Jewish Dance Israel Independence Day 2008

ISRAEL MUSIC HISTORY

Yemenite Embroidery Also In Cp 029 (1955)

Various shots of a mosque in Israel. Tilt down to show a group of women working in the open air doing embroidery. Narrator informs us that they are new arrivals from the Yemen in South Arabia. C/Us of some of the women - they display their work to the camera. C/Us of their handiwork. Narrator states that this embroidery forms the main source of income for Yemenite women. Intricate embroidery is in vogue, thanks in part to the Women's International Zionist Organisation.



C/U of highly embroidered pieces of fabric and of the necklace worn by one of the women - an ornate piece of jewellery. Narrator states that the Yemenite families are undoubtedly the oldest Jewish community in the world and they are likely to prove a valuable addition to the Israeli nation.



M/S of a family at work - the woman embroiders, the man does some silver work, the baby sits at their feet. Narrator speaks of the metal and silver work that Yemenite men excel at. C/U of a woman smiling as she threads a needle. C/U of her ornate metal necklace.



Gold and silver wire is used as thread - various shots of work in progress and of an ornate head-dress worn by one of the women. M/S of a man working on a large piece of embroidery, it is spread out over the ground.



Narrator ends by saying: Among a young and virile nation, a community with ancient traditions is reviving its talents.



Note: information about the Women's International Zionist Organisation exists in the documentation file. Check with version on CP 029 - there may be minor differences.



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Resident of the Yemenite Village, Jerusalem

The Evening Call to Prayer in Old City Jerusalem

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This is the evening call to prayer in Old City Jerusalem. The first 30 seconds or so are silence just before the call begins. The repeated words Allahu akbar mean, Allah is the greatest. There are several mosques in the picture, but the most obvious one is just south, almost right in front of me when I pan to the right. By my count, there are at least 6 visible throughout the video. You can tell the mosques by their minarets that are lit up green at night. I am told the Muslims use green because it was the Prophet Muhammad's favorite color according to the Hadith (although I have heard many reasons suggested). I apologize for my occasional sniffles; it was cold.

I took this video from the top of the Austrian Hospice. You can enjoy this beautiful view any time of the day; just go to the door and ring the bell. They will let you in.


ALSO VISIBLE IN THIS VIDEO:
(1) The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Christian Quarter. This is the traditional and most likely location of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. Its two blue domes topped with crosses are visible when I pan to the right (at 0:22).

(2) The Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in the Christian Quarter. This is the tall steeple with windows just to the left of the Holy Sepulchre (at 0:24). You can climb it and get a killer view of the Old City for just a few shekels.

(3) The Hurva Synagogue in the Jewish Quarter. Its white dome is lit up to the left of the Holy Sepulchre (at 0:28).

(4) The al-Aqsa Mosque. This is the black domed mosque on the southern end of the temple mount. This is the functional mosque on the old Temple Mount complex, called haram esh sharif (the Noble Sanctuary) by Muslims (at 0:33).

(5) The Dome of the Rock. This is the golden dome visible when I pan to the left, probably the most well-recognized of any holy site in Jerusalem. This is not a mosque but a memorial. It commemorates the place where Muhammad is said to have been taken into heaven and received the five pillars of Islam. Today it is the third most holy site in Islam (at 0:35).

(6) The Mount of Olives. This is the hill visible behind the Dome of the Rock (at 0:40).

the Yemenite Hafla at the Museum in the Old city of Jaffa

התכזינה המסורתית שלנו השנה, לאור ההצלחה של התערוכות
שלנו ברוסיה, בסימן גשר תרבויות ניחוחות תימן פוגשים את
הקהילה הרוסית בישראל ומרוסיה ג'חנון ,סחוג ,קפה תימני
,משקאות גת, נרגילות, שירה וריקודים כמיטב המסורת.

Бен Цион Давид приглашает вас на вечер посвященный
укреплению культурных связей между Россией и Израилем.
Вас ждут древние танцы и мелодии, традиционная кухня
и напитки, пряные ароматы йеменского кофе, теплая
атмосфера и колорит древних йеменских поселений

Ben Zion David personally invites you to Old Jaffa to
join the fun with music, dancing, good food & spirits
AND great company!
Date: Lag B'Omer Thursday May 10th
Time: 19:00 -
YEMENITE ART ~ 3, Mazal Dagim St. Old Jaffa
Tel: 03-6812503 ext 2 email: benziond1@bezeqint.net

Michael was a Gay Jew from Mexico

The Chinese Yemenite

Lo Hei Party in Singapore

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The Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries, or Jewish exodus from Arab countries, was the departure, flight, expulsion, evacuation and migration of 850,000 Jews, primarily of Sephardi and Mizrahi background, from Arab and Muslim countries, mainly from 1948 to the early 1970s. The last major migration wave took place from Iran in 1979–80, as a consequence of the Islamic Revolution.
A number of small-scale Jewish exoduses began in many Middle Eastern countries early in the 20th century with the only substantial aliyah coming from Yemen and Syria. Prior to the creation of Israel in 1948, approximately 800,000 Jews were living in lands that now make up the Arab world. Of these, just under two-thirds lived in the French and Italian-controlled North Africa, 15–20% in the Kingdom of Iraq, approximately 10% in the Kingdom of Egypt and approximately 7% in the Kingdom of Yemen. A further 200,000 lived in Pahlavi Iran and the Republic of Turkey.
The first large-scale exoduses took place in the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from Iraq, Yemen and Libya. In these cases over 90% of the Jewish population left, despite the necessity of leaving their property behind. Two hundred and sixty thousand Jews from Arab countries immigrated to Israel between 1948 and 1951, accounting for 56% of the total immigration to the newly founded state. Following the establishment of the State of Israel, a plan to accommodate 600,000 immigrants over four years, doubling the existing Jewish population, was submitted by the Israeli government to the Knesset. The plan, however, encountered mixed reactions; there were those within the Jewish Agency and government who opposed promoting a large-scale emigration movement among Jews whose lives were not in danger.Later waves peaked at different times in different regions over the subsequent decades. The peak of the exodus from Egypt occurred in 1956 following the Suez Crisis. The exodus from the other North African Arab countries peaked in the 1960s. Lebanon was the only Arab country to see a temporary increase in its Jewish population during this period, due to an influx of Jews from other Arab countries, although by the mid-1970s the Jewish community of Lebanon had also dwindled. Six hundred thousand Jews from Arab and Muslim countries had reached Israel by 1972. In total, of the 900,000 Jews who left Arab and other Muslim countries, 600,000 settled in the new state of Israel, and 300,000 migrated to France and the United States. The descendants of the Jewish immigrants from the region, known as Mizrahi Jews (Eastern Jews) and Sephardic Jews (Spanish Jews), currently constitute more than half of the total population of Israel, partially as a result of their higher fertility rate. In 2009, only 26,000 Jews remained in Arab countries and Iran. and 26,000 in Turkey.The reasons for the exodus included push factors, such as persecution, antisemitism, political instability, poverty and expulsion, together with pull factors, such as the desire to fulfill Zionist yearnings or find a better economic status and a secure home in Europe or the Americas. The history of the exodus has been politicized, given its proposed relevance to the historical narrative of the Arab–Israeli conflict. When presenting the history, those who view the Jewish exodus as analogous to the 1948 Palestinian exodus generally emphasize the push factors and consider those who left as refugees, while those who do not, emphasize the pull factors and consider them willing immigrants.

Chena

Two generations, a mother and then her daughter, celebrate the pre-marriage Chena celebration, of Yemenite tradition, with their family and friends in Israel.

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Jerusalem, Israel: Temple Mount and The Dome of the Rock

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The Bene Israel (Sons of Israel), formerly known in India as the Shanivar Teli caste (Saturday Oil Presser caste) and later as the Native Jew Caste, are a historic community of Jews in India. It has been suggested that it is made up of descendants of one of the disputed Lost Tribes and ancestors who had settled there centuries ago. In the 19th century, after the people were taught about normative (Ashkenazi/Sephardi) Judaism, they tended to migrate from villages in the Konkan area to the nearby cities, primarily Mumbai, but also to Pune, Ahmedabad, and Kolkata, India; and Karachi, in today's Pakistan. Many gained positions with the British colonial authority of the period.
In the early part of the twentieth century, many Bene Israel became active in the new film industry, as actresses and actors, producers and directors. After India gained its independence in 1947, and Israel was established in 1948, most Bene Israel emigrated to Israel, Canada and other Commonwealth countries and the United States.

ISRAEL: GAZA: YASSER ARAFAT VISITS ISRAEL

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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has made his first trip to Israel since the start of the Middle East peace process, visiting the widow of murdered Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin to offer his condolences.

The visit to Leah Rabin on Thursday night was shrouded in secrecy because of widespread hatred of Arafat by many Israelis.

On his arrival back at PLO headquarters in the Gaza Strip, Arafat said he told Mrs Rabin her assassinated husband had been a hero of peace and his great friend.

It was only when the PLO leader arrived back on safe ground in the Gaza Strip that his top secret trip was revealed.

While Yasser Arafat spent only a brief time with Mrs Leah Rabin at her home in Tel Aviv, his aides have confirmed it was a visit Arafat himself initiated.

With tension high in Israel after last Saturday's murder of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, extra security measures were taken to ensure the safety of the PLO leader.

SOUNDBITE: (English)
A: Definitely. It was our duty because you know that in the funeral I have not political participate for security matters. Then it had been arranged to go offer our condolences to her excellency.
Q: What did you say to her?
A: That we lost a brave man who made the peace of the braves with us. He was our partner and we thank you (Mrs Rabin) for continuing his role.
Q: Was the new Prime Minister Mr Peres there?
A: No.
Q: Did she say something specific to you?
A: Yes, she said that she and Israeli people are insisting to carry on with the peace process.
Q:
A: It is a duty, it is my duty to offer my condolences to the wife of my partner and the peace of the braves.

SUPER CAPTION: Yasser Arafat, PLO Leader.

According to Israel Radio, Mrs Rabin wished the Palestinian leader success in seeing through the process of Israeli-Palestinian conciliation initiated by Arafat and her late husband.

As Arafat is ushered away into the dark the picture in Israel is still one of an extreme tension - between those who backed Rabin's peace plans and those who remain set against the handing over of parts of the West Bank and Gaza Strip to the Palestinians.

Arafat stayed away from Yitzhak Rabin's funeral on Monday, saying he did not want to provoke extreme right-wing Israelis.

His secret journey on Thursday night was his first trip to the Jewish state in 35 years.


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A Man A Plane And A Dream By Elgen Long

Amazing solo flight 23 Year dream of Elgen Long to fly over both North & South Poles. 1971.

Elgen Long is an American aviator and author who has set fifteen aviation records and firsts, including his 1971 flight around the world over both poles. He received the FAI Gold Air Medal for his accomplishment. He has developed a Crash and Sink theory explaining the disappearance of Amelia Earhart. Long has, for over 35 years, researched the last leg of Earhart's flight in an attempt to determine where her Lockheed Electra crashed. He and his wife Marie K. Long have documented the people and data involved in the disappearance, a collection that is held by the SeaWord Foundation.

Elgen co-wrote Amelia Earhart: The Mystery Solved with his late wife Marie Katherine Long, published in 1999. Long is the originator and leading proponent of the book's Crash and Sink theory explaining Amelia Earhart's disappearance. Long believes that, relatively near to Howland Island, the Electra ran out of fuel and Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan ditched at sea.

Movie rights to the book were purchased for Fox Searchlight Studios and Long was hired as technical consultant for the major motion picture titled Amelia (2009). The screenplay was written by Ron Bass. Two time Best Actress Oscar winner Hilary Swank stars as Amelia Earhart with Richard Gere cast as her husband George Palmer Putnam. Filming of the epic movie was under the direction of Mira Nair mainly at sites in Canada and South Africa. Amelia was released in late 2009.

In 1971, Long flew solo around the world over both the North and South Poles in a Piper Navajo, setting fifteen world records and firsts. Long was the first man to have crossed Antarctica alone via the South Pole. He was also the first to use inertial navigation in crossing the Antarctic Continent. For those feats, he was awarded the Federation Aeronautique International Gold Air Medal as the world's outstanding sports pilot, the Institute of Navigation Superior Achievement Award for outstanding performance as a practicing navigator, and the Airline Pilots Association Award for Outstanding Airmanship.

Since 1971, Long, and his late wife Marie, interviewed and collected data from over a hundred surviving individuals that had a direct connection with Amelia Earhart's last flight. Using the data they collected, Long - a former accident investigator for the Airline Pilots Association and Member of the International Society of Air Safety Investigators - used his special expertise in radio communications, navigation, and aircraft operational performance to collaborate with his late wife Marie in writing the book about Amelia Earhart's last flight. In 1976 Long was interviewed by the television program In Search Of... which was hosted by Leonard Nimoy. Long gave his prognosis on Earhart's fate and the positive condition her aircraft would be in in the deep sea.

A Navy veteran who flew in seaplanes throughout the Pacific during World War II, Elgen retired as Senior Boeing 747 Captain from The Flying Tiger Line in 1987, after serving for over forty years as pilot, examiner, instructor, radio operator and navigator. With a lifetime of aviation experience behind him he has devoted most of his retirement years to researching and writing about Amelia Earhart's last flight. He has led two expeditions to the mid-Pacific Ocean where Earhart disappeared, and in 2006 participated in a search that attempted to locate Amelia's downed aircraft on the ocean floor near Howland Island.

Long is still working to help further efforts to locate Amelia's downed plane.

Rescue of Yemenite Jews
While working as a commercial-flight navigator for Alaska Airlines in January 1949, Long received a telegram from company headquarters issuing instructions to make for a British Royal Air Force base in Aden, a port city in Yemen. There, his crew took part in a daring rescue mission that would come to be known as “On Eagle’s Wings” - a reference to Exodus 19:4 - to help airlift tens of thousands of Yemenite Jews facing persecution and death out of Yemen and into Israel.

Using one aircraft with seats removed to maximize space, Long and his crew completed seven days of non-stop transport from Aden to Tel Aviv. They rested for one day, and then they made five more runs, clocking 12 trips in total.

“On Eagle’s Wings,” also known as “Operation Magic Carpet,” saved 49,000 Yemenite Jews.

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Muslim leaders at the Rift Valley oppose Trump's decision on Jerusalem

A group of Muslim clerics from the Rift Valley region have slammed US President Donald Trump’s decision to formally recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
The US head of state is also seeking to move the nation’s embassy to Jerusalem.
Led by Council of Imams and Preachers of Kenya (CIPK) North Rift region chairman Sheikh Abubakar Bini, the leaders warned of heightened tensions or even violence across the Middle East.