For uprooted Yemeni Jews, a new Passover perspective

 
NICOLE NEROULIAS
Published: March 17, 2010

MONSEY, N.Y. (RNS) Three thousand years after their enslaved ancestors escaped Egypt , a small band of Jews who fled Yemen last summer have a new perspective on the Passover story, along with everything else in their uprooted lives.

Aided by the State Department and a mix of faith-based and social service agencies, 62 refugees — more than half of them children — have safely resettled in this thriving J...


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