Record

StorageSite	UCL Special Collections
Level	File
Reference Number	GASTER/9/1/Y/YEMEN
Title	Yemenite Jewish Community
Date	1927
Description	A letter from a Yemenite Jewish community to Jews of Europe asking for financial aid and help to escape the country. It is handwritten entirely in Hebrew, and mentions attacks on the community in the town of 'El Kayma' [sp?] The dates of 23 February 1927 and 20 June 1927 are mentioned. The letter is signed by the following people: - Yehaya Abrahim Sofer (from the El Kayma community); - The Beit Din of Yemen; - Matan Avraham Levi (an envoy sent from the town of El Kayma); - Yitzhak Tzavik [sp?]; - Amram Karha.
Extent	1 item (3 pages)
AccessStatus	Open

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