Iraq
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 […]
Iraq’s Kurdish Jews look to the future with hope and scepticism
Kurdish Iraqi Jews now have a representative in government, but few remain from a once vibrant community Taha Smith, pictured at the Erbil Citadel, where his grandparents used to attend […]
I Left Iraq but Iraq Never Left Me
Jewish Exiles Finally Begin to Tell Their Story Sephardi Voices, an Israeli audiovisual documentary project, aims to retell the story of Jewish civilization to include ‘the richness of Sephardi Jews’ […]
Shavu‘ot in Baghdad: 75th anniversary of the Farhud
by Joe Samulels The festival of Shavu‘ot commemorates the time when the Jews received the Torah at Mount Sinai. It also marks the beginning of a new agricultural season, Hag […]
The Farhoud Remembered
Seventy-six years after the mass massacre of the Baghdad Jews, in which the then-leader of the Palestinian Arabs, Hajj Amin Husseini, was deeply involved, his heirs to the Palestinian leadership […]
Finding my roots in Tel Aviv
Raised in England by Iraqi Jewish parents, Rachel Shabi ‘blanded out’ her family heritage to fit in with her peers. Years later, she has finally learned to embrace her parents’ […]
Jewish Role in Iraqi Music
by Yeheskel Kojaman The Iraqi Jewish community settled in Iraq long before the Arabs occupied the country. Jews mastered the Arabic language quickly, and participated in all fields of life. […]
Tel Aviv: Israel’s Iraqi Jews Remember Their Past
by Hannah Benson An exhibit at the Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center in Or Yehuda, Israel, displays what life was like in the “transit camps” for Israel’s Iraqi-Jewish immigrants after being […]
Leaving Iraq
interview with Asad Muallim A plane filled with Iraqi Jews photographed on arrival at Lod Airport in early 1951 (Credit: Teddy Brauner/GPO) B’nai Brith Canada spoke with our member, Asad […]
Paradise Lost – An Iraqi Jewish Story
interview with Tamara Ruben by ReformJudaism.org editor Aron Hirt-Manheimer. Tamara Ruben, the education director of Temple Emanu-El in Westfield, New Jersey, was born in Iraq in June 1950, only […]
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. […]
