#mizrahim

Right? Assimilation or not, diaspora or not, we originate in the Middle East and of course lots if us would retain such features. Some people can just admit they think us original Judeans and Mizrahim got either successfully exterminated back during the ongoing oustings by occupying forces (Romans, Ottomans, KHAYBAR, etc), or "soft-genocided" through over-assimilation.

But...

Basically, any "white" Jews are either converts or the result of a whopping 2000 years in diaspora. Black people were abducted to the US a mere 400 years ago and have already become lighter on average than the people in their African counties of origin. It's inevitable due to mixing, climate etc. Now multiply that time by 5. But DNA tests don't lie (and they're actually NOT illegal in Israel). My legs may have a blue sheen😂 but my test says 51% Middle East and North Africa. Actually, I've met very few Jews with extremely Eurocentric features, be it a small nose or thin, straight, light blond hair. Dark or at least Semitic features are still super common, even among Ashkenazim.

But I've heard people call Ethipian Jews white for living in Israel, I kid you not😭😭 Yeah this person is definitely white🙃

L'histoire

A plane filled with Iraqi Jewish refugees photographed on arrival at Lod Airport outside Tel Aviv in early 1951 (Teddy Brauner, GPO).

Today, November 30th, is Jewish Refugee day or Yom HaPlitim (יום הפליטים), and we remember their stories.

Their arrival came amid a mass exodus triggered by escalating persecution in Iraq, including violent pogroms such as the 1941 Farhud, during which Jewish homes and businesses were looted and many civilians including children were murdered and wounded. Jewish girls were publicly raped. The community also faced targeted assassinations, public executions such as the infamous Baghdad hangings, and a series of bombings in 1950–1951 aimed at Iraq's Jewish community. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Jews in Iraq were frequently arrested on fabricated charges, tortured in prison, and subjected to the banning of communal, religious and political activity. These pressures finally peaked in state-sanctioned expropriation, revocation of citizenship, and forced expatriation.

In 1951, 120,000 Iraqi Jews were issued passports for the sole purpose of emigration known as passports of No Return. A prerequisite was the waiving of all property and monetary belongings.

By the 1930s, Jews made up roughly a quarter of Baghdad’s total population, and by 1945 around 135,000 Jews lived across Iraq. Today only a handful remain.

This end of the millenia old Babylonian Jewish exile is referred to as Sant al-Tasqit.