Not all Yemeni brides need to look the same [Archives:2008/1143/Reportage]
April 3 2008
By: Ofri Ilani
In 1949, tens of thousands of Jews from all over Yemen gathered in the southern city of Aden and waited there two months for planes that would take them to Israel as part of Operation Magic Carpet. Many of them brought with them from their homes their families' traditional bridal garments and valuable jewelry. But as they were about to board the plane, many found that they could not bring these items to Israel due to their weight. And so when the Yemeni Jews came to Israel, they left behind their local traditional garments.
“People said they just took off the garments
