There is one Jew in Afghanistan

[Vox_Imperatoris]

I thought this was an interesting, if mundane and pointless, story to share. There is only one Jew left in Afghanistan.

Valete,
Vox Imperatoris

[gaffa]

When the US invaded, and we discovered the two Jews living there, fighting over possession of the synagogue, Jon Stewart had a very memorable comment:

“Let me see if I understand this. There are only two Jews in the entire country…
…and they hate each other.”

[Alienhand]

@gaffa

When the US invaded, and we discovered the two Jews living there, fighting over possession of the synagogue, Jon Stewart had a very memorable comment:

“Let me see if I understand this. There are only two Jews in the entire country…
…and they hate each other.”

When I read the OP a couple hours ago, I knew I had heard it somewhere before. The Daily Show really IS a source of news and information.

[Boyo_Jim]

Aren’t there some Jews among the occupying army? Or has the American army gone All Christian, All the Time?

[Derleth]

@Boyo_Jim

Aren’t there some Jews among the occupying army? Or has the American army gone All Christian, All the Time?

Don’t ask, don’t kvell.

[FriarTed]

@derleth

don’t ask, don’t kvell.

bravo!

[ivan_astikov]

Would jew believe it? Is this kosher, or not?

[AK84]

There used to be quite a large Jewish community in Afghanistan and the NW Frontier of Pakistan. Unfortunatly the were pretty much wiped out in the various Sikh-Afghan, British-Skih and British-Afghan wars,

Not that they were targeted generally, life expectancy in that place from 1780-1850 was not very high,

[Lucretia]

@AK84

There used to be quite a large Jewish community in Afghanistan and the NW Frontier of Pakistan. Unfortunatly the were pretty much wiped out in the various Sikh-Afghan, British-Skih and British-Afghan wars,

Not that they were targeted generally, life expectancy in that place from 1780-1850 was not very high,

It ain’t particularly high now, trust me.

[AK84]

Yeah. I am from that area.

[GingerOfTheNorth]

A friend of mine is currently working in Afghanistan. She’s a Jew. I’m not sure I’m allowed to tell you that.

[AK84]

She is in Afghanistan; a rock masquerading as a country in the middle of a war. I think being a Jew would be the least of my concerns if I was there.

[Vox_Imperatoris]

@AK84

There used to be quite a large Jewish community in Afghanistan and the NW Frontier of Pakistan. Unfortunatly the were pretty much wiped out in the various Sikh-Afghan, British-Skih and British-Afghan wars,

Not that they were targeted generally, life expectancy in that place from 1780-1850 was not very high,

The wiki article says most of them that were left, including the synagogue owner’s family, have gone to Israel now.

Valete,
Vox Imperatoris

[AK84]

So I hear.

[Terrifel]

@Wikipedia

The business owners on Flower Street, where he lives, call him “Zabolon the Jew”. They say they don’t know him well but greet him when he passes by. One exception is Karmatullah, a Muslim shopkeeper who stores some of his goods in Simintov’s home and who considers Simintov a fellow Afghan — at least in part. “We can’t say they are part of our history. They immigrated here. But it’s OK for Jews to be here as long as they don’t aim to occupy our country”.

It’s nice to have a set of ground rules that everyone agrees upon, innit?

That was probably the origin of the rift between this guy and Second Jew. This fellow was all like, “Hey! Another Jew! Mind if I use your synagogue?” And Second Jew was all, “Finally, reinforcements! Now that you’re here, our occupation of this country can really take off!”

Also: if you’re planning to be the only Jew in a country, make sure that your name is “Zabulon.” Or something equally colorful. Nobody wants to haggle with Steve the Jew.