Iraq
Guest Lecture – Prof J Sassoon
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Prof Joseph Sassoon will be discussing his latest book, “The Sassoons: The Great Global Merchants and the Making of a Dynasty” (Pantheon, October 22) The influential merchants of the nineteenth […]
Shlomo Hillel, Who Helped 120,000 Jews Flee Iraq, Dies at 97
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Working undercover, he used bribes, fake visas and a network of smugglers to bring refugees to Israel in the late 1940s and early ’50s. By Clay Risen Feb. 21, 2021 Shlomo […]
From Iraq to exodus: the flight of a country’s Jewish community
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by Holly Johnston ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — Bertha Bekhor was 15 years old when a man knocked frantically at the door of her Baghdad home, on a warm June evening […]
ערוץ השיעורים והשירים של הרב דוד מנחם
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. נוסח בבל, מקאם:שיגא יָהּ הַצֵּל יוֹנָה מְחַכָּה וְדִמְעָתָהּ לָךְ מְפַכָּה : וְתִשְׂמַח בָּךְ אַתָּה מַלְכָּהּ בִּשְׁמוֹנַת יְמֵי חֲנֻכָּה הוֹדוּ לְגֵאֶה עַל גֵּאִים וְנוֹרָא עַל כָּל נוֹרָאִים : הִצִּיל אֶת […]
Don’t forget the Jewish refugees from Arab and Muslim lands
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by Jonathan S. Tobin Palestinians and their supporters not only erase the Jewish history of the land of Israel, but also of the Jews of Arab lands who lost their […]
New initiative seeks to remember ‘forgotten’ Jewish refugees from the Middle East
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by Israel Kasnett More than that, an effort is underway to recognize centuries of contributions of Jews in the Middle East and North Africa, and to foster relations for the […]
Iraqi Judaism lives on in literary form
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by Joseph Croitoru Translated from the German by Nina Coon Interest in the Iraqi-Jewish cultural heritage is growing – both in Israel and Iraq. Novels in which emigrants and their […]
Iraqi Jew Creates New Life for Herself in America
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by Ben Sales When arguing with her first grade teacher about the Arab-Israeli conflict, Ceen Gabbai didn’t realize she was taking a huge risk. It was around September of 2000, and […]
Here’s what it’s like to grow up as a Jew in Iraq
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By Ben Sales NEW YORK (JTA) — When Ceen Gabbai argued with her first-grade teacher about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, she didn’t realize how big of a risk she was taking. […]
The Jews of Kurdistan: How Kurdish Jews became Israeli
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By Pinar Ulumaskan Every Sukkot, the Kurdish Jews of Israel gather to dance, eat delicious foods and share stories about their homeland — the historic Kurdistan, now divided between Turkey, Syria, Iran […]
Understanding the Indian Baghdadi Jews
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The Jewish Museum tells the history of British Jews while also celebrating the larger Jewish community. One such community is the Baghdadi Jewish community of India. Originally from Iraq and […]
From Baghdad to Boston and Beyond”: A Memoir of an Iraqi Jew
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“From Baghdad to Boston and Beyond”: A Memoir of an Iraqi Jew”. Amy Dane co-author of Dr. Jacob Shammash’s story of emigration from Baghdad in 1947, after the Farhud and […]