Tag: Iraqi Jews
The secret archive of the Iraqi Jews
Dr. Harold Rhode spoke at the Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center in Or Yehuda, near Ben-Gurion Airport, on Tuesday, delivering an extensive lecture regarding his central role in the rescue and preservation of an immense...
Pope Francis and Part Two of the Abraham Accords
Our father, Abraham, has had a lot on his plate lately—always for the good of humanity, as is his habit. “Lech lecha,” the Creator commanded him, “go from your land and from your birthplace...
Iraqi officials: Restoration of citizenship does not extend to Iraqi Jews living in Israel
Gen. Fadhi Alwan Kazem, head of the Citizenship Department in Iraq’s Ministry of Interior, said in a March 17 debate about citizenship for persecuted minorities that aired on Al-Iraqiya TV (Iraq) that Jews are...
Iraqi TV host: ‘Apologize to Jews who were driven out, restore property of those...
Iraqi TV host Anwar Al-Hamadani went on record as saying “that it is our duty to apologize to our Iraqi Jewish compatriots for the tragedy that befell them” during the 1941 Farhoud massacre of...
Stranded in Iraq, some Jews say Israel abandoned them
DOHUK, Iraqi Kurdistan — A few hours’ drive from the former front line with the Islamic State terror group in Iraq live a group of Jews, erstwhile residents of Israel, who have found prosperity...
Remember Baghdad: Iraq’s last Jews tell the story of their country in new British...
“Jews, Muslims, Christians – we were all Iraqis – it was paradise.”
On the hundredth anniversary of the British invasion in 1917, Remember Baghdad is the untold story of Iraq, an unmissable insight into how...
Remembering the Jewish community of Baghdad
Described as “gripping” and “absorbing” by Peter Bradshaw, the The Guardian's chief film critic, Remember Baghdad reveals the untold story of Iraq, though the eyes of the Jews, Iraq’s first wave of refugees. From...
Now-dispersed Iraqi Jewish community fights for access to its legacy
In 2003, a group of 16 American soldiers from the Mobile Exploitation Team Alpha discovered a trove of Iraqi Jewish documents in Saddam Hussein’s basement. It was quickly realized by the soldiers that the...
Remembering the last Jews of Iraq
The story of the Jews in Iraq is one that dates back 2,500 years, but such was the speed that they were forced to abandon their homeland following the end of the Second World War and creation of...
Iraqi Jews are speaking up for the protection of their heritage
Jewish history in Iraq has been documented as far back as 2,500 years to Babylonian Times and few know that Iraqi Jews played a role in the Independence movement of Iraq in the last...