Yemen rebels arrest rabbi accused of smuggling ancient Torah scroll to Israel
Like all Jews in Yemen, the rabbi, Yahia Youssef Yaish, has been the target of an anti-Jewish campaign launched by local Houthi militias upon their seizure of power Sanaa in December 2014.
500-600-year-old torah scroll brought from Yemen(photo credit: ARIELLE DI-PORTO FOR THE JEWISH AGENCY FOR ISRAEL)ByMAAYAN GROISMAN