Back تاريخ اليهود في ليبيا Arabic Geschichte der Juden in Libyen German Historia de los judíos en Libia Spanish Libyan juutalaiset Finnish Histoire des Juifs en Libye French יהדות לוב HE Yahudi-Libya ID Storia degli ebrei in Libia Italian Istorya de los djudios en Libya LAD Historia Żydów w Libii Polish
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The history of the Jews in Libya stretches back to the 3rd century BCE, when Cyrenaica was under Greek rule. The Jewish population of Libya, a part of the Sephardi-Maghrebi Jewish community, continued to populate the area continuously until modern times. During World War II, Libya's Jewish population was subjected to antisemitic laws by the Fascist Italian regime and deportations by both the Italian and German armies.
After the war, anti-Jewish violence caused many Jews to leave the country, principally for Israel, though significant numbers moved to Italy and North America. Under Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, who ruled the country from 1969 to 2011, the situation deteriorated further, eventually leading to the emigration of the remaining Jewish population. The last Jew in Libya, 80-year-old Rina Debach, left the country in 2003.