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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:Jewish_community
gptkb:ethnic_group
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gptkbp:Afghan_Geniza_location
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gptkb:National_Library_of_Israel
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gptkbp:Afghan_Geniza_period
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11th-13th centuries
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gptkbp:cultural_assimilation
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adopted local dress and customs
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gptkbp:culturalHeritage
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Judeo-Persian manuscripts
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gptkbp:emigratedTo
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gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Israel
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:emigration_period
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1950s
1970s
1990s
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gptkbp:emigration_reason
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persecution
political instability
Taliban rule
Soviet invasion
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gptkbp:hasHistoricSite
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Herat Synagogues Complex
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gptkbp:historical_document
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Afghan Geniza
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gptkbp:historicalPopulation
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~5,000 (at peak in 1940s)
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gptkbp:historicalPresence
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since at least 7th century CE
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Jews of Afghanistan
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gptkbp:last_known_member
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Zablon Simintov (left in 2021)
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gptkbp:legalStatus
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dhimmi under Islamic rule
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gptkbp:mainCathedral
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Yu Aw Synagogue (Herat)
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gptkbp:mainLanguage
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gptkb:Judeo-Persian
Dari
Pashto
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gptkbp:majorCity
|
Herat
Kabul
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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gptkb:Taliban_takeover_2021
mass emigration after 1948
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gptkbp:notableInstitution
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gptkb:Jewish_cemetery_in_Herat
gptkb:Yu_Aw_Synagogue
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gptkbp:notablePerson
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gptkb:Zablon_Simintov
Tova Moradi
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gptkbp:organization
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Jewish Council of Herat (historical)
Jewish Council of Kabul (historical)
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gptkbp:persecutedBy
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periodic discrimination
forced conversions (occasionally)
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gptkbp:population
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less than 10 (as of 2022)
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gptkbp:relatedGroup
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gptkb:Mizrahi_Jews
gptkb:Central_Asian_Jews
gptkb:Bukharan_Jews
gptkb:Persian_Jews
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gptkbp:religion
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gptkb:Judaism
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gptkbp:status
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almost extinct community
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gptkbp:traditionalOccupation
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gptkb:art
gptkb:merchant
moneylenders
carpet dealers
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Mizrahi_tradition
gptkb:Dan_(tribe_of_Israel)
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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