Iraqi Jews

Shlomo Hillel, who spearheaded mass aliyah of Iraqi Jews, dies at 97

Shlomo Hillel’s career placed him at every juncture of Israel’s birth and growth.

By Ron Kampeas February 21, 2021 3:13 pm

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52 years ago, 9 Jews were hanged in Baghdad. Today, their descendants risk losing everything they left behind.

If the Iraqi Jewish Archives are sent back to Iraq, it will be another step in the ethnic cleansing of Iraqi Jews.

January 27, 2021 2:45 pm

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Why does Holocaust Remembrance Day ignore Middle Eastern Jews?

Holocaust remembrance largely glosses over the suffering endured by Jews from Arab countries, writes a Mizrahi Israeli Jew.

May 1, 2019 3:55 pm

Iraqi Jews’ expulsion highlighted at UK Limmud learning festival

December 25, 2017 1:43 pm

The Ancient Babylonian History of Haroset

By Avishay Artsy

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Drake and Jamie Foxx

Drake and Jamie Foxx perform at flashy bar mitzvah that shocked the Netherlands

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 1, 2017 12:06 pm

Iraqi intellectuals decry destruction of Jewish statesman’s historic home

August 12, 2016 1:43 pm

75th anniversary of Baghdad pogrom to be commemorated in 4 cities

May 30, 2016 12:17 pm

Remixing Iraqi Jewish Music

By Abby Sher

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Israel’s Iraqi, Moroccan and Algerian Jews who survived WWII to get Holocaust payments

December 4, 2015 2:14 pm

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