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The Jews of Yemen have a long and rich history of adhering strictly to Torah and mitzvot, despite being surrounded on all sides by violence and hatred of Jews. This finally came to a boiling point last year, when the Israeli government rescued 27 families who urgently needed to flee. This should have been a happy ending. But for the mothers and fathers who risked their lives to impart Torah & mitzvot to their children, it was the beginning of a new nightmare.
The Israeli government placed the 27 families, including 107 children, in an absorption center in the southern city of Be’er Sheva. The absorption centers are extremely modest living conditions, with families confined to a single room. The deeply religious Yemenite families are now living together with Christian immigrants.
With no access to Torah education and surrounded by chillul Shabbat, the spirituality of the families has rapidly disintegrated. Those children who have had the rare opportunity to attend Charedi schools in Bnei Brak have reportedly refused to return home, in tears at the thought of re-entering a fully secular environment. Parents who risked their lives to raise their children with Torah & mitzvos are helplessly watching their children turn away from mitzvot.
An emergency meeting was called in the home of Rav Chaim Kanievsky, together with Rav Dov Landau shlit”a, Rav Shimon Baadani shlit”a, and HaRav Plitz. Their mission was clear & urgent: Issue a fundraising appeal to save 107 children from spiritual destruction.
The situation inevitably brings to mind the tragedy which took place 70 years ago, when Yemenite immigrants were purposely housed in environments which would rob them of their connection to mitzvot. The stakes are high: future of 107 children hinges on the success of Rav Kanievsky’s campaign.
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I wouldn’t put it past them. There is still strong desire to secularize the frum. Let’s help them together
#8 are you serious?
Hey if Beer Sheva or Isreal in general isn’t working out well for them, there is always the US, plenty of nice Frum communities in Bklyn, Monsey, Lkwd, Miami, Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Houston, Los Angeles, Seattle, S. Diego or Los Vegas, there is a very big growing Frum community in the latter.
There was an article online from March 2016. It said that the immigrants were supposed to be in the absorption center for one year and then receive financial support to live on their own, including money to put toward a modest house. It’s been more than a year. Did they get the money or not?
This doesn’t make sense why would the Isreali Gov put any Jew not just Taymanim with non Jewish Christians, this totally makes absolutely no sense, your telling me in the whole Isreal they have no where to put these families but in Christian homes ? Seriously ? I truly don’t don’t believe this, like one of the comments wrote that they trying to make them not Frum like they did right after the state of Isreal started, thats long gone, yes very sad & true but those days are gone, I’m very very sure that the Isreali Gov will help… Read more »
Yes I totally agree with #3, Beer Sheva has a nice size Frum community with plenty of Kosher stores & Frum schools, I’m sure they could get help with finding a place to live, they aren’t in the middle of Sioux City, Iowa or Omaha, Nebraska, in middle of No Frum community, where there are No Frum schools or shuls, this is Eretz HaKodesh & I’m very very sure they could find a nice very Frum community to live in that will make them happy, this is not right after the war when they took the Taymanim & cut off… Read more »
Too sad
…the fact that they even received a place in an absorption center is an outright miracle. Those centers are filled to bursting and finding even one room – let alone 27 – is a huge, huge, miracle. PS Be’er Sheva has chareidi schools and religious neighborhoods, and neighboring Dimona and Yerucham each have cheaper housing than Be’er Sheva and huge chareidi communities (Dimona’s is Sefardic, Yerucham’s Ashkenazic). SOOO What I’m saying is yes, this is a challenge, this is tough, this is really really not easy for them and living in a single room is hard for anyone (just ask… Read more »
…the Israelis are having so many problems across the board, repeating the tragic mistakes of 65 years ago…
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