Posted on 11/03/19
| News Source: MATZAV
As the old saying goes, two Jews, three opinions. Add one headache for the Taliban.
Zabulon Simentov, 66, who is believed to be the last remaining Jew in Afghanistan, was once imprisoned by the Taliban for arguing with a fellow Jew, then kicked him out because the constant bickering became too annoying.
“[The Taliban] beat me a lot,” Simentov told Foreign Policy. Unfortunately, his time in prison allowed the Taliban to run away with the shul’s Torah. Scribed in the 15th century, the scroll was allegedly taken by Taliban’s interior minister and sold on the black market.
Read more at Arutz Sheva.