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The Day to Mark the Departure and Expulsion of Jews from the Arab Countries and Iran ( Hebrew: יוֹם לְצִיּוֹן הָיְצִיאָה וְהַגִירוּשׁ שֶׁל הַיְהוּדִים מֵאַרְצוֹת עֲרָב וּמְאִירָאן Yōm ləṢīyyōn haYəṣīʾā vəhaGīrūš šel haYəhūdīm məʾArṣōt ʿĂrāv ūməʾĪrāʾn) is a National Day of Commemoration in Israel, observed every year on November 30 to memorialize the departure and expulsion of Jews from Arab countries and Iran. [1]
The Knesset adopted the commemoration day into law on June 23, 2014. [2] November 30th was chosen due to its symbolic proximity to the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine - adopted on November 29, 1947 - after which many Jewish communities in Middle Eastern and North African countries started to experience pressure and hostility from their Arab and Persian neighbors that ultimately resulted in a large scale exodus of Jewish communities from these countries. [3] [4] The law was sponsored by MK Shimon Ohayon of Yisrael Beiteinu. [5]
For many Mizrahi Jews in Israel it is considered to be a belated recognition of a collective trauma long ignored institutionally throughout the country’s history. [6] [7] [8] [9]
On May 9, 2021, the first physical memorialization in Israel of the Departure and Expulsion of Jews from Arab lands and Iran was placed on the Sherover Promenade in Jerusalem. [10]
The text on the memorial reads;
"With the birth of the State of Israel, over 850,000 Jews were forced from Arab Lands and Iran.
The desperate refugees were welcomed by Israel.
By Act of the Knesset: Nov. 30, annually, is the Departure and Expulsion Memorial Day. Memorial donated by the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation, With support from the World Sephardi Federation, City of Jerusalem and the Jerusalem Foundation" [11]
The sculpture is the interpretive work of Sam Philipe, a fifth generation Jerusalemite. [12] [13]
Part of a series on |
Jewish exodus from the Muslim world |
---|
Background |
Antisemitism in the Arab world |
Exodus by country |
Remembrance |
Related topics |
The Day to Mark the Departure and Expulsion of Jews from the Arab Countries and Iran ( Hebrew: יוֹם לְצִיּוֹן הָיְצִיאָה וְהַגִירוּשׁ שֶׁל הַיְהוּדִים מֵאַרְצוֹת עֲרָב וּמְאִירָאן Yōm ləṢīyyōn haYəṣīʾā vəhaGīrūš šel haYəhūdīm məʾArṣōt ʿĂrāv ūməʾĪrāʾn) is a National Day of Commemoration in Israel, observed every year on November 30 to memorialize the departure and expulsion of Jews from Arab countries and Iran. [1]
The Knesset adopted the commemoration day into law on June 23, 2014. [2] November 30th was chosen due to its symbolic proximity to the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine - adopted on November 29, 1947 - after which many Jewish communities in Middle Eastern and North African countries started to experience pressure and hostility from their Arab and Persian neighbors that ultimately resulted in a large scale exodus of Jewish communities from these countries. [3] [4] The law was sponsored by MK Shimon Ohayon of Yisrael Beiteinu. [5]
For many Mizrahi Jews in Israel it is considered to be a belated recognition of a collective trauma long ignored institutionally throughout the country’s history. [6] [7] [8] [9]
On May 9, 2021, the first physical memorialization in Israel of the Departure and Expulsion of Jews from Arab lands and Iran was placed on the Sherover Promenade in Jerusalem. [10]
The text on the memorial reads;
"With the birth of the State of Israel, over 850,000 Jews were forced from Arab Lands and Iran.
The desperate refugees were welcomed by Israel.
By Act of the Knesset: Nov. 30, annually, is the Departure and Expulsion Memorial Day. Memorial donated by the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation, With support from the World Sephardi Federation, City of Jerusalem and the Jerusalem Foundation" [11]
The sculpture is the interpretive work of Sam Philipe, a fifth generation Jerusalemite. [12] [13]