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Preserving the Iraqi Jewish Archive

| 04/07/2003 | 0 Comments
Preserving the Iraqi Jewish Archive

Startling evidence of the once vibrant Jewish life in Iraq came to light in May 2003 — over 2,700 books and tens of thousands of documents were discovered in the […]

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TRADITIONS Of Their Own

| 26/04/2003 | 0 Comments
TRADITIONS Of Their Own

New York’s Iraqi Jews follow customs that originated far from Eastern Europe By Elicia Brown (freelance writer) April 26, 2003 [edited and corrected July 2017] In the narrow hallway outside […]

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They Will Never Forget

| 18/04/2003 | 0 Comments
They Will Never Forget

Jews who fled Iraq found a home in NY By Bart Jones STAFF WRITER The Iraqi government agents blindfolded Saeed Herdoon, shoved him and other Jews into a bus with […]

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Shanghai’s Messenger

| 03/07/1998 | 0 Comments
Shanghai’s Messenger

B’Nai Yisrael: The Jewish Community of Shanghai July 1998 Press Release REBIRTH OF SHANGHAI’S JEWISH COMMUNITY: OUR FIRST TORAH IN DECADES by Jodie Goldberg and Robin Gerofsky Kaptzan On June […]

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THE JEWS OF IRAQ

| 16/03/1998 | 0 Comments
THE JEWS OF IRAQ

By Naeim Giladi I wrote this article for the same reason I wrote my book: to tell the American people, and especially American Jews, that Jews from Islamic lands did […]

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