Iraqi jews
'Memory is a form of resistance': President Herzog commemorates the Farhud
The Farhud marked the beginning of the end of a cohesive Jewish community in Iraq. Ten years later, in 1952, under the code name Operation Ezra and Nehemiah, the bulk of Iraqi Jewry left for Israel.
Paris court dismisses Jewish family's compensation claim against government for not paying rent
Thousands of Middle East Jewish refugees lost est. $263 billion in assets, researchers show UNHRC
Grandson of expelled Iraqi Jews sues French gov't for millions unpaid rent on house used as embassy
The quagmire that once was the fertile crescent
The Jewish minority became one of the most important bulwarks of the national economy, commerce and administration , and left an indelible imprint on Iraqi life.
When Baghdad burned
Against the backdrop of the Holocaust, the June 1941 Farhud Massacre was perpetrated upon the unprepared Iraqi Jews – as the British stood by and did nothing.
How an Iraqi Jew blazed the trail to freedom
Saving the Jews of Iraq
Just 26 years old, Shlomo Hillel played a major role in bringing 125,000 Iraqi immigrants to Israel.
The Jewish master of Arabic
Most revered for his Arabic to English translation of the Koran, Nessim Joseph Dawood was a revolutionary in introducing the West to Arab literature and culture – but his life story is so much more.
Bridging civilizations
Normally the elites of Iraqi Jewry in London are associated with the great merchant families, but Nessim Dawood represented an aristocracy of knowledge instead.
The Yehuda family Torah scroll
The Torah scroll was written on the finest deerskin available in Bahdad and completed in 1912; It now resides at the Ohel Ari Synagogue in Ra'anana.
The Jewish master of Arabic
Most revered for his Arabic to English translation of the Koran, Nessim Joseph Dawood was a revolutionary in introducing the West to Arab literature and culture – but his life story is so much more.
Sunni Islamist rebels surge towards Baghdad as Iraqi army loses control of north
Kurds seize Kirkuk, a city with huge oil reserves just outside their autonomous region, which they regard as their historical capital.
A black day in January for Iraq's Jews