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Jabal Amar, Yemen
The village and region of Jabal Amar (גבל עמר, جبل عمر) in Yemen (תימן, اليمن). Located near Hajjah, north of Sana'a, the village had a Jewish population.
عاش يهودين في هذا الموضع في القرن العشرين.
Description
The Jewish community in this village dates back hundreds of years and the Jews had their own area within a wall. Jews lived in the village until the 1960s, when the last of them left.
Jabal Amar, Yemen
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Sources
Interview with Y. Sharabi.
See also, The Encyclopedia of Yemenite Jewish Communities (Hebrew) p. 91.