Iraqi jewish heritage
Iraq opens first Jewish museum as country's ancient community nears extinction
Iraq’s Jewish community, which dates back 2,500 years and once made up nearly a quarter of Baghdad’s population, now has its own museum in the city it largely left behind.
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Dudu Tassa and how Iraqi Arabic-Jewish music became hip again
The grandson of the famous Daoud al-Kuwaiti, Tassa continues the family music tradition, bringing his fans the Arabic Iraqi music they turn to him for.
High Court: No compensation for Jews killed in 1941 pogrom in Iraq
The Knesset could resolve the issue.
After ISIS, Mosul finally values its Jewish heritage
Since ISIS attacked the diversity of the Iraqi community, diversity is now valued far more consciously, and this trend’s most surprising consequence is related to the Iraqi Jews.
Baghdad hangings: When Jews were snatched and accused of spying for Israel
Daoud Ghali Yadgar was only 21 years old when he was snatched and accused of spying for Israel.
'I've been sentenced to death' - a farewell letter of an Iraqi Jew in 1969
Sami Halali and his family were able to flee Iraq to Israel in 1971. Sami explained that the family hid the letter in their house after they received it in Iraq, but read it only once because of the pain it caused.
Remembering Baghdad
The exodus of the Jews from many parts of the world is frequently and sadly sometimes a precursor for other forced migrations.
Senate Minority Leader: Don’t return trove of Jewish artifacts to Iraq
"Since the exile of Jews from Iraq virtually no Jewish life remains in the country – this treasured collection belongs to the Jewish community and should be made available to them.”
Bahrain king denounces Arab boycott of Israel, says countrymen may visit
The king of the island nation has plans to establish a Museum of Religious Tolerance in the capital city by the end of the year.
Despite protests, US State Department to return Jewish artifacts to Iraq
Democratic and Republican lawmakers and Jewish groups have lobbied to renegotiate the deal, arguing that the documents should be kept in the US or elsewhere where they are accessible to Iraqi Jews and their descendants.
Days of catastrophe in Baghdad
Two days in 1941 led directly to the violent expulsion of 120,000 Iraqi Jews from their land, the confiscation of their property and possessions.