Zablon Simintov is always guaranteed the best seat in his local synagogue here, but the privilege comes with a downside: he’s the last Jew in Afghanistan. The country’s 800-year-old Jewish community — ...

KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 26 -- When Zablon Simintov found Ishaq Levin sprawled on the cement synagogue floor last week, he immediately realized two things: His housemate and archnemesis of nearly ...

Zablon Simintov lives alone—and worships alone. As the sole Jewish resident in Kabul, he has particular reason to fear the resurgent Taliban. Not that he thinks racism is all bad. For three weeks this ...

For Years Afghanistan's last two Jews carried on a bitter feud. From the Taliban tyranny to the American occupation, Ishaq Levin and Zablon Simintov squabbled and plotted against one another in ...

KABUL, -- Zablon Simintov is Afghanistan’s only Jew. The 61-year-old has borne separation from his family and life during civil wars and Taliban oppression to stay in his homeland, Afghanistan. But ...

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Zablon Simintov, Afghanistan’s last Jew, has left the country after the Taliban takeover. The 62-year-old had suffered separation from his family in Israel and endured civil wars and the 1996-2001 ...

Eight years ago, Zablon Simintov became “>fallen on hard times: Now the cafe, neat and shiny, faces closure because kebabs are not selling well – largely because of deteriorating security in Kabul ...

Zablon Simintov, living in Kabul at the only operating synagogue in the country. His wife and daughter live in Eretz Yisrael and hasn’t seen them for years but he chooses to remain in Afghanistan. He ...

Sixty-year-old Zablon Simintov was born and brought up in Afghanistan's Jewish community, but now he is the only one remaining. Despite pressure to convert to Islam, he says he'll keep practising his ...