Woman now thought to be Afghanistan’s last Jew flees country

Tova Moradi, 83, an Afghan Jewish woman who fled Kabul this month (AP Photo/Franc Zhurda)

For years, Zebulon Simentov branded himself as the “last Jew of Afghanistan.” He charged reporters for interviews and held court in Kabul’s only remaining synagogue. He left the country last month for Istanbul after the Taliban seized power.

Now it appears he was not the last one.