Zabolon Simantov

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The Last Jew in Afghanistan
The Last Jew in Afghanistan

The Last Jew in Afghanistan

(Newser) - Kabul resident Zabolon Simantov is quite literally the last Afghan Jew. He is the sole remaining member of a community that once numbered 4000.  He stays, he says, to keep the country's Jewish history alive. In this all-Muslim country, he has been pressured to convert and is cautious in...

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