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Zablon Simintov

Zablon Simintov
زابلون سیمینتوف
Simintov holding a Shofar in March 2005
Born1959 (age 64–65)
Herat, Kingdom of Afghanistan[1]
NationalityIsraeli[2][3]
Other namesZebulon Simentov
Known forBeing the last remaining Jew in Afghanistan
Children2[4]

Zablon Simintov[Note 1] (Dari/Pashto: زابلون سیمینتوف; Hebrew: זבולון סימן-טוב; born 1959),[5] also known as Zebulon Simentov, is an Afghan Jewish former carpet trader and restaurateur. Between 2005 and his evacuation from Afghanistan to Israel in 2021, he was widely believed to be the only Jew still living in Afghanistan. He was also the caretaker of and lived in the Kabul synagogue, the only synagogue in the capital city of Kabul.[6][7][8][9] On 7 September 2021, shortly after the Taliban takeover, he left Afghanistan with the help of a private security company organized by Israeli American businessman Mordechai Kahana and Rabbi Moshe Margaretten from the Tzedek Association.[10] A month later, it was discovered that Simentov may not have been the last Jew living in Afghanistan; a distant relative of Simintov, Tova Moradi, fled Afghanistan for Albania in October 2021 with her twenty grandchildren.[11][12][13]

  1. ^ Motlagh, Jason (2 September 2007). "The last Jew in Afghanistan". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  2. ^ ""I Have Had Enough": Zabulon Simintov, the Last-Known Jew in Afghanistan Returns to Israel". Jewish Journal. 23 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Afghanistan's last Jew departs for Israel after granting wife divorce". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  4. ^ The Virtual Jewish History Tour (Afghanistan) by Alden Oreck, Jewish Virtual Library
  5. ^ Langston, Henry (2 November 2011). "The Last Jew in Afghanistan". Vice. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  6. ^ Aizenman, N.C. (27 January 2005). "Afghan Jew Becomes Country's One and Only". The Washington Post. p. A10.
  7. ^ "Now I'm the only Jew in the city". The Times. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007.
  8. ^ "'Only one Jew' now in Afghanistan". BBC News. 25 January 2005.
  9. ^ Martin Fletcher (14 June 2008). "The last Jew in Afghanistan". NBC News. Archived from the original on 16 June 2008.
  10. ^ "The New York rabbi evacuating desperate Afghans". BBC News. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  11. ^ Sharon, Jeremy (8 September 2021). "Last Jew leaves Afghanistan". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  12. ^ "Afghanistan's last Jew finally leaves the country, reportedly headed to US". The Times of Israel. 7 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
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