Yemeni Jew immigrates to Israel, now only four Jews remain

(JNS) — One of the last Jews in Yemen immigrated to Israel after her husband died a little over a year ago, Hebrew media reported on Wednesday.

Badra Yousef lived in Yemen for years with her partner, Yahya, in the Arhab District north of the capital of Sanaa.

“Badra and her husband were Yemeni Jews who loved their homeland and lived there through both good times and bitter ones,” independent Yemeni journalist Ali Ibrahim Al Moshki wrote on his Facebook page, according to Israel’s public broadcaster Kan News.

In June, Al Moshki said that the passing of her husband and the many illnesses she is...