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The Death of an Arab Jew
by Orit Bashkin [ Introduction from the book Impossible Exodus: Iraqi Jews in Israel ] In 1958, ‘Ezra Susu, a sixty-five-year-old disabled goldsmith and father of a disabled child, […]
The first Jews in Canada
By Allan Leviner When Canada first became a country, 150 years ago, there were slightly less than 1,200 Jews living here. But Jewish settlement in French, and then […]
Evidence of Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem unearthed in City of David
By Daniel K. Eisenbud “These findings depict the affluence and character of the Judean Kingdom and are mesmerizing proof of the city’s demise at the hands of the Babylonians.” During […]
A Rational Jewish Approach to Homosexuality
by Shmuley Boteach [ This posting is not intended to necessarily represent the position or voice of the IJAO nor Beit Eliahou on the matter of homosexuality; it is intended […]
It’s Easier to Serve Bagels than Baba Ganoush:
Chelsie May’s M.A. Thesis at Brandeis: Iraqi Jewish Women Articulate an Arab Jewish Subjectivity
Jews in Shanghai
by Steve Hochstadt I Jews in Colonial Shanghai One of the largest and most cosmopolitan cities in the world, Shanghai in the late 19th and early 20th century was an […]
Books by Rabbi Shelomo Bekhor Hussein
Books by Rabbi Shelomo Bekhor Hussein Rabbi Hussein was a legal decisor, liturgical poet, journalist, translator, and printing house owner who was one of the outstanding Babylonian rabbis in the […]
Haggadah of Rabbi David Hai Einy
Haggadah of Rabbi David Hai Einy – Jerusalem, 1905 This Babylonian-rite Haggadah was published in Hebrew with Arabic and English translations by the ancestor of Ronald Einy, our past synagogue […]
Haftara of Tish’a Be’av Shaharit
Haftara of Tish’a Be’av Shaharit, with translation and commentary in Judeo-Arabic
Iraqi Haftarot Shemot and Bo
On Parashiyot Shemot and Bo each year, Iraqi Jews read a Haftara that is different from the custom of most of the rest of the Jewish community. These Haftarot are […]
Help Preserve Judaeo-Arabic
University of Haifa Mother Tongue Project aimed at preserving pieces of our linguistic heritage. The phenomenon of language death is not unique to the Jewish people. The loss of languages […]
The Zionist Underground in Iraq
Emil Murad The following article is the personal testimony of an Iraqi Jew regarding the last days of his community and their preparations for emigration to Israel. It is an […]
