Couple married for 91 years and still in love
Yemeni Jews Shama’a and Zechariah married young and survived extreme poverty and persecution together. …
Zechariah and Shama’a have been married for 91 years. As Jewish orphans in Yemen, they married young to avoid being wed outside of their faith and culture. They survived extreme poverty and persecution, and were some of the first Yemeni Jews to move to Israel when the state was founded.
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