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As the old saying goes, two Jews, three opinions. Add one headache for the Taliban.
Meet Zabulon Simentov, 66, who is believed to be the last remaining Jew in Afghanistan. The Taliban once imprisoned him for arguing with a fellow Jew, then kicked him out because the constant bickering became too annoying. He allegedly charges a pretty penny (or euro) for interviews.:lamo
When the Taliban took over Afghanistan in the late 1990s, Simentov went to Israel with his family but returned to Kabul after just two months. When he returned, Simentov encountered Yitzhak Levi living at the Kabul synagogue. They “fought viciously about which of them was the rightful owner of the land,” according to a 2017 Jewish Telegraphic Agency profile of Simentov.
In 1998, Levi wrote to the Taliban interior minister to accuse Simentov of theft of Jewish relics. Simentov retorted by telling the Taliban that Levi ran a secret brothel where he sold alcohol, which Levi denies. Simentov also spread rumors that Levi had converted to Islam, which Levi denied as well.
The Taliban was so annoyed by their constant fighting that they threw them in jail. But they eventually kicked them out when they continued to fight inside the prison.
Last Jews in Afghanistan argued so much the Taliban kicked them out of prison | Jewish News
I never knew anyone could be so jewish that the Taliban wouldn't imprison them...
This is one of the funniest things I've read in awhile.
Meet Zabulon Simentov, 66, who is believed to be the last remaining Jew in Afghanistan. The Taliban once imprisoned him for arguing with a fellow Jew, then kicked him out because the constant bickering became too annoying. He allegedly charges a pretty penny (or euro) for interviews.:lamo
When the Taliban took over Afghanistan in the late 1990s, Simentov went to Israel with his family but returned to Kabul after just two months. When he returned, Simentov encountered Yitzhak Levi living at the Kabul synagogue. They “fought viciously about which of them was the rightful owner of the land,” according to a 2017 Jewish Telegraphic Agency profile of Simentov.
In 1998, Levi wrote to the Taliban interior minister to accuse Simentov of theft of Jewish relics. Simentov retorted by telling the Taliban that Levi ran a secret brothel where he sold alcohol, which Levi denies. Simentov also spread rumors that Levi had converted to Islam, which Levi denied as well.
The Taliban was so annoyed by their constant fighting that they threw them in jail. But they eventually kicked them out when they continued to fight inside the prison.
Last Jews in Afghanistan argued so much the Taliban kicked them out of prison | Jewish News
I never knew anyone could be so jewish that the Taliban wouldn't imprison them...
This is one of the funniest things I've read in awhile.