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A Lexicological Study of Arabic and Judaeo-Arabic in Iraqi Hebrew Novels

| כ׳ באדר א׳ ה׳תשע״ט (25/02/2019) | 0 Comments
A Lexicological Study of Arabic and Judaeo-Arabic in Iraqi Hebrew Novels

by Mohamed A. H. Ahmed ABSTRACT Sami Michael (b. Baghdad, 1926), Shimon Ballas (b. Baghdad, 1930) and Eli Amir (b. Baghdad, 1937) are three Iraqi Jewish authors who immigrated to Israel, […]

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Back to the roots: Iraqi Jews want their citizenship reinstated

| כ״ג באלול ה׳תשע״ח (03/09/2018) | 0 Comments
Back to the roots: Iraqi Jews want their citizenship reinstated

Youngsters sit in their classroom in Baghdad’s Jewish Frank Iny School, one of three Jewish school in the Iraqi capital, Feb. 6, 1969. (AP) Staff writer, Al Arabiya English Monday, […]

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In Exile, Iraqi Jews Are Desperate To Reclaim Their Artifacts

| י׳ באב ה׳תשע״ח (22/07/2018) | 0 Comments
In Exile, Iraqi Jews Are Desperate To Reclaim Their Artifacts

by Talia Zax Shortly after the Iraqi Jewish Archive was found, Doris Hamburg, then director of preservation programs at the National Archives, and Mary Lynn Ritzenthaler, then the National Archives’ […]

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The Last Relics Of Iraq’s Jewish Past Are In America. Should They Be Returned?

| י׳ באב ה׳תשע״ח (22/07/2018) | 0 Comments
The Last Relics Of Iraq’s Jewish Past Are In America. Should They Be Returned?

by Talya Zax On a leafy parkway in the Jamaica section of Queens, there is a house that is no longer a house. It’s one of New York’s two Iraqi […]

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The Iraqi Jewish Archive Could Reshape Foreign Policy. But Its Future Is Uncertain

| י׳ באב ה׳תשע״ח (22/07/2018) | 0 Comments
The Iraqi Jewish Archive Could Reshape Foreign Policy. But Its Future Is Uncertain

by: Talya Zax   Iraqi Jews are sure the Iraqi Jewish Archive belongs to them, and they’re determined to get it back. Meanwhile, Iraq is holding firm to the claim […]

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The Iraqi Jewish Archive is stolen property that should go back to its original owners

| י׳ באב ה׳תשע״ח (22/07/2018) | 0 Comments
The Iraqi Jewish Archive is stolen property that should go back to its original owners

By Carole Basri and David Dangoor, In the preamble to the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, it says that “damage […]

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Is the Lost Language of Iraqi Jews Really Lost?

| י׳ באב ה׳תשע״ח (22/07/2018) | 0 Comments
Is the Lost Language of Iraqi Jews Really Lost?

By Mardean Isaac On the anniversary of the Farhud of 1941, when Iraqi Jews’ violent dispossession began, a look at how the Baghdadi diaspora’s eventual return to Israel fostered scholarly […]

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How Iraqi Jews are Reclaiming their Cultural Legacy in Israel

| י׳ באב ה׳תשע״ח (22/07/2018) | 0 Comments
How Iraqi Jews are Reclaiming their Cultural Legacy in Israel

  By Pablo Jairo Tutillo Maldonado Last December, after Shabbat ended, I was walking near the Machane Yehuda, Jerusalem’s famous open-air market, when I saw people celebrating the beginning of […]

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The Discovery and Rescue of Iraqi Jews’ Patrimony in Baghdad. Will It Now Be Lost?

| ט׳ באב ה׳תשע״ח (21/07/2018) | 0 Comments
The Discovery and Rescue of Iraqi Jews’ Patrimony in Baghdad. Will It Now Be Lost?



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Iraqi Jews, Al Jazeera and Theft

| כ״ט בשבט ה׳תשע״ח (14/02/2018) | 0 Comments
Iraqi Jews, Al Jazeera and Theft

 by Lyn Julius, author of UPROOTED: How 3,000 years of Jewish Civilisation in the Arab World Vanished Overnight After taking control of Baghdad from Saddam Hussein, US troops discovered what came to […]

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The Baghdadi Jewish Dish that was Created in Mumbai and Kolkata

| כ״ח בשבט ה׳תשע״ח (13/02/2018) | 0 Comments
The Baghdadi Jewish Dish that was Created in Mumbai and Kolkata

  the taste was sour and sweet, a smooth, compelling aroma filled my mouth and nose, the texture was silky, a depth in it. i’d never tasted a chicken dish […]

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In Queen Esther’s Time, Persia’s Baghdad Was the Center of the Jewish World

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In Queen Esther’s Time, Persia’s Baghdad Was the Center of the Jewish World

by Maria Bywater   Happy Purim! To mark the occasion, I’m posting this piece about the Jews in one of the cities of Queen Esther’s Persian Empire: Baghdad. It’s an […]

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