STEWART G. WHITE, 72, of Oak Park,
died March 13, 2016.
He is survived by his beloved wife,
Betty White; daughter, Marla White of
Southfield; son, Eric White of Oak Park;
sister and brother-in-law, Sheryl and Jerry
Erlich of Royal Oak; sister-in-law, Marilyn
(John) Domutz; niece, Lorie Erlich; neph-
ew, Lonie Erlich; many loving cousins,
other family members and friends.
Contributions may be made to the
American Heart Association or to a char-
ity of one’s choice. Interment took place
at the B’nai Israel Cemetery in Novi.
Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.

19 Of The Last Jews Flee Yemen

Arielle Di-Porto/The Jewish Agency for Israel

Interment was at Hebrew Memorial
Park. Contributions may be made to the
Alzheimer’s Association-Greater Michigan
Chapter, 25200 Telegraph Road, Suite
100, Southfield, MI 48033, www.alz.org/
gmc; American Diabetes Association,
30300 Telegraph Road, Suite 105, Bingham
Farms, MI 48025, www.diabetes.org; or
American Cancer Society, 20450 Civic
Center Drive, Southfield, MI 48076, www.
cancer.org. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman
Chapel.

Ilan Ben Zion | Times of Israel

T

he Jewish Agency on March 21 brought a group of
some of the last remaining Yemenite Jews to Israel in
a covert operation, hailing the end of a decades-long
“historic mission” to “rescue” the Jews of the country.
The 17 members of the dwindling community were flown
in following a yearlong secret operation involving the Jewish
Agency for Israel and the U.S. State Department.
Two other members of the tiny community arrived in recent
days as well.
The group comprised the final batch of approximately
200 Yemenite Jews brought to Israel by the Jewish Agency in
recent years, the organization said.
Fourteen came from the town of Raydah, while one family
of five hailed from the capital, Sanaa, the Jewish Agency said
in its announcement.
“Some 200 Jews have been secretly rescued from Yemen by
the Jewish Agency in recent years, including several dozen in
recent months, as attacks against the Jewish community have
increased and the country has descended into civil war,” the
agency said, providing rare details on an effort that was kept
tightly under wraps for years
American officials helped coordinate the complicated
handover after the group was abused en route to Israel, Israeli
Channel 2 reported.

Jewish immigrants from Yemen arrive in Israel.

Approximately 50 Jews now remain in Yemen, with 40
living in Sanaa in a compound adjacent to the American
embassy. Despite the ongoing civil war, they refuse to leave
the country.
“This is a very significant moment in the history of the
State of Israel and for immigration to Israel,” Jewish Agency
Chairman Natan Sharansky said in a statement.
“From Operation Magic Carpet in 1949 until the present
day, the Jewish Agency has helped bring Yemenite Jewry home
to Israel,” he added.
“Today we bring that historic mission to a close. This chap-
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