Freshta Jalalzai
Freshta Jalalzai is an American-Afghan journalist who specializes in covering war and armed conflict.
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The Little-Known Story of Afghanistan’s Last Jew
Despite her frailty, 83-year-old Tova Moradi was a prized target because she was Jewish and had misled the Taliban during its previous rule in the 1990s by sheltering a rabbi in her house. She needed to escape, and Israelis were helping her flee.
An Afghan Synagogue Thrives in Queens
Others from the small community gathered around me, each with a story to relate about the life they left behind in Afghanistan, and their fond recollections despite the challenges they faced as members of a religious minority. Indeed, the agony of leaving their home and all that they had grown to love seemed fresh in their mind. Many of them, even those in their late 70s and early 80s, told me that the synagogue provided them with the solace and sense of belonging that they left behind in Afghanistan.