Last Jew in Afghanistan marks Yom Kippur alone

oberliner

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Sat Sep-22-07 12:30 PM
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Last Jew in Afghanistan marks Yom Kippur alone

KABUL (AFP) - Zebulon Simentov, the last Jew in Afghanistan, is once again marking the Jewish holy day of fasting in solitude, in a deserted synagogue in the capital of a devoutly Islamic nation.

"I have everything I need for the 24 hours of praying and fasting," Simentov tells AFP before the start of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, at sunset on Friday.

Around two decades ago, there were still about 20 Afghan Jewish families living in Kabul, although all were from Herat -- the largest city in northwestern Afghanistan near the border with Iran.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070922/wl_asia_afp/afghanistanreligionjews;_ylt=Arx8NoeohtyR325ICt7xDhOs0NUE

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Sat Sep-22-07 02:10 PM
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1. G-d that's depressing.

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