Minhag Bavel
Remembering Purim in Iraq; a Paradise of Parties and Pastries
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Like visions of date palms laden with fruit, Purim in Iraq was paradise for children. “We were excused from school and over the two-day holiday, we’d attend six parties,” says […]
Zangula with Lemon Syrup
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Ingredients For the syrup: 2 to 3 lemons 1/2 cup (120 milliliters) water 1 cup (200 grams) sugar For the dough and for frying: 1 1/8 teaspoons (1/2 package) active […]
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 […]
Manhattan’s Iraqi-Jewish owned single-vine winery
By David Klein Latif Jiji cited his Judaism and celebration of Passover as the inspiration for his winemaking. Wine. (photo credit: INGIMAGE) Latif Jiji looks over this year’s crop at […]
Evidence of Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem unearthed in City of David
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By Daniel K. Eisenbud “These findings depict the affluence and character of the Judean Kingdom and are mesmerizing proof of the city’s demise at the hands of the Babylonians.” During […]
Jews in Shanghai
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by Steve Hochstadt I Jews in Colonial Shanghai One of the largest and most cosmopolitan cities in the world, Shanghai in the late 19th and early 20th century was an […]
22 Nut-Free Charoset Recipes
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Have you tried avocadoes, bananas, ginger, chocolate or cayenne pepper in charoset? How well does traditional apples-nuts-wine charoset stand up to her cousins? Have an international Jewish taste test and discover your […]
Baghdadi Jews in Early Shanghai
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by Maisie J. Meyer Many Baghdadi Jews (the term “Baghdadi” in this context encompasses Arabic speaking Jews from the Middle East, Aden and Yemen, and non-Arabic speaking Jews from […]
TRADITIONS Of Their Own
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New York’s Iraqi Jews follow customs that originated far from Eastern Europe By Elicia Brown (freelance writer) April 26, 2003 [edited and corrected July 2017] In the narrow hallway outside […]
Shanghai’s Messenger
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B’Nai Yisrael: The Jewish Community of Shanghai July 1998 Press Release REBIRTH OF SHANGHAI’S JEWISH COMMUNITY: OUR FIRST TORAH IN DECADES by Jodie Goldberg and Robin Gerofsky Kaptzan On June […]