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The Nazi-inspired Pogrom That Triggered Iraqi Jews’ Escape to Israel
Beit Hatfutsot and Dor Saar-Man Sure the Nazi influence was noxious, but how could such an atrocity have occurred in a country where Jews had lived in peace for centuries? […]
Nazi Germany and the Farhud in Iraq
By Dor Saar-Man The most traumatic event in the collective memory of Iraqi Jews — the Farhud — took place during Shavuot 1941. During these violent riots in Baghdad thousands […]
Protagonists of ‘Remember Baghdad’ feel Jews have ‘unfinished business’ in Iraq
By Eliana Rudee/JNS When thinking of the words “refugee” and “Middle East,” many displaced groups come to mind. But few know that some of the original refugees of the region […]
Now-dispersed Iraqi Jewish community fights for access to its legacy
‘Why should someone’s diploma and grades be in a museum?’ With a stolen trove of historical documents slated for return to Baghdad, Jews from Iraq demand their personal effects back […]
Rekindling a Heritage of Peaceful Coexistence
Why the Legacy of One of the Great Jewish Modernizers of Alexandria Bears Remembering by Joseph Braude* Ask a young Egyptian what “Smouha” means and he will likely tell […]
US State Department Decision To Return Jewish Artifacts to Iraq is Bad Idea
The Zionist Organization of America Opposes the Tillerson/State Department Decision to “Return” to Iraq the Jewish Artifacts that Iraq Stole from Iraq’s Dispossessed Jewish Community. The Tillerson State Department’s statement […]
Manhattan’s Iraqi-Jewish owned single-vine winery
By David Klein Latif Jiji cited his Judaism and celebration of Passover as the inspiration for his winemaking. Wine. (photo credit: INGIMAGE) Latif Jiji looks over this year’s crop at […]
Canadian Jewry in the era of ‘none is too many’
By Irving Abella [In honour of Canada’s 150th birthday, The CJN presents essays on 10 significant moments in Canadian Jewish history.] On May 15, 1939, 907 […]
Iraqi Jews Speaking Up to Preserve Their Heritage
by Fiyaz Mughal Jewish history in Iraq has been documented as far back as 2,500 years to Babylonian Times and few know that Iraqi Jews played a role in the […]
Remembering Iraqi Jewish Refugee Children
by Orit Bashkin, Professor of Modern Middle East History at the University of Chicago. Life for Iraqi Jews in Israel was not easy, particularly for the youngest among them. Between […]
