Baghdad
The Baghdadi Jewish Dish that was Created in Mumbai and Kolkata
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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’
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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
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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
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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
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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
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‘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 With a stolen trove of historical documents slated for return to Baghdad, Jews from Iraq demand their personal effects back […]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
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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
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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
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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
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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 […]