ds ▁and ▁Tur ks ▁in ▁Japan ▁which ▁began ▁when ▁the ▁Tur ks ▁assault ed ▁the ▁Kur ds ▁after ▁a ▁Kur d ish ▁party ▁flag ▁was ▁shown ▁at ▁the ▁emb ass y . ▁ ▁Rel ated ▁eth no - rel ig ious ▁groups ▁ ▁Kur d ish ▁Jews ▁▁ ▁Al most ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁Kur d ish ▁Jews ▁of ▁north ▁Ira q , ▁who ▁were ▁number ed ▁around ▁ 3 0 , 0 0 0 ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 0 , ▁were ▁ev acu ated ▁to ▁Israel ▁during ▁operation ▁Ez ra ▁and ▁Ne hem iah . ▁A ▁significant ▁portion ▁of ▁those ▁Jews ▁self - ident ified ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Kur d ish ▁nation , ▁despite ▁their ▁Jewish ▁eth nic ity ▁and ▁religion , ▁and ▁some ▁still ▁consider ▁themselves ▁as ▁Kur ds . ▁All ▁together ▁ 1 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁Ira qi ▁and ▁Kur d ish ▁Jews ▁were ▁encourag ed ▁to ▁leave ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 0 ▁by ▁the ▁Ira qi ▁Government , ▁which ▁had ▁eventually ▁ordered ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 1 ▁" the ▁exp ulsion ▁of ▁Jews ▁who ▁refused ▁to ▁sign ▁a ▁statement ▁of ▁anti - Z ion ism ." ▁Sign ific ant ▁number ▁of ▁Kur d ish ▁Jews ▁composed ▁the ▁ex od us ▁wave ▁of ▁Jews ▁from ▁Iran ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s , ▁with ▁only ▁tiny ▁communities ▁remaining ▁today ▁in ▁San and aj ▁and ▁Mah abad . ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁newly ▁arriv ing ▁Kur d ish ▁Jews ▁were ▁hous ed ▁in ▁Isra