Jewish Refugee Day: Recognizing the 850,000 Jewish Refugees from Arab and Muslim Lands
November 30, 2017
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Today Israel marks a national day to remember the departure and expulsion of Jews from Arab countries and Iran.
The commemorative day, which was designated by Israel’s legislative body three years ago, comes as a belated recognition of the collective traumas experienced by between 850,000 to 1 million Jews who were expelled or who fled from their homes in the Middle East and North Africa over a span of three decades (from the 1940s until the 1970s).