Baghdad
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 […]
Iraqi-Jewish archive triggers ‘traumatic memories’
A battle is ongoing over a collection of Iraqi Jewish heirlooms, as few agree on where it should be based. by Dalia Hatuqa Baltimore, United States – A […]
The Baghdadi Jews of India
By Joan G. Roland The Persian Gulf port of Basra began to serve as a trading center of the British East India Company in 1760, and it was from […]
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 […]
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 With a stolen trove of historical documents slated for return to Baghdad, Jews from Iraq demand their personal effects back […]
The Jewish Community of Baghdad, Iraq
Reposted from Beit Hatfutsot In recent years [late 19th and early 20th century] Jews in Iraq were permitted to live in two cities only – Baghdad and Basra. They numbered […]
In Israel, Iraqi Jews Reflect on Baghdad Heritage
By JAMES GLANZ and IRIT PAZNER GARSHOWITZ Photo The reconstructed alleys of the Jewish quarter of Baghdad at the Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center in Or Yehuda, Israel, outside Tel Aviv. […]
The expulsion that backfired: When Iraq kicked out its Jews
At first, the Jews deluded themselves that the hardship would pass; loyal citizens, the community had dwelled in Iraq for 2,600 years. Bent on destroying Israel, and gripped by vicious […]
Celebrating Rosh Hashanah in Baghdad
by Yochi Dreazen The sound of the shofar rang out incongruously in Iraq as an eclectic bunch of Jews sat down to celebrate the Jewish New Year in a land […]
