Iraqi Jewish Archive

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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.

By Carole Basri and Adriana Davis January 27, 2021 2:45 pm

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State Department says it is working to extend Iraqi Jewish Archive’s stay in US

Activists argue that a trove of Judaica should be kept in the U.S. or somewhere accessible to the Iraqi Jews forced to flee the country.

July 19, 2018 11:07 am

Despite protests, State Department says it will return trove of Jewish artifacts to Iraq

Jewish groups and lawmakers say the archive, rescued by U.S. troops during the war in 2003, belongs with Iraqi Jews in America.

September 8, 2017 3:27 pm

Israeli scribes restore Iraqi Torah scroll

January 23, 2015 6:38 am

Iraq extends Jewish archive stay in U.S.

May 15, 2014 8:37 am

State Dept. seeking ways to keep access open to Iraqi Jewish Archive

March 17, 2014 5:00 pm

Reset terms on return of Iraqi Jewish archive, House resolution urges

March 9, 2014 1:58 pm

Senate urges State Dept. to renegotiate terms for return of Iraqi Jewish archive

February 7, 2014 3:26 pm

Iraqi Jewish artifacts exhibit opens in Washington

November 10, 2013 6:02 am

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