The last Jew in Afghanistan

In the late 19th century, Afghanistan’s Jews numbered about 40,000, many of them Persian Jews who had fled forced conversion in neighboring Iran.

Beginning with an exodus to Israel after it became a state in 1948, the community has been in decline ever since.

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Mr Simentov’s wife and children moved to Israel years ago, but he stayed even through the Taliban regime.

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