With Jews largely gone from Iraq, memories survive in Israel
In 1947, a year before Israel's birth, Iraq’s Jewish community numbered around 150,000. Now their numbers are in single figures. And they are missed.
Aharon Ben Hur, 84, who immigrated from Iraq to Israel in 1951, holds an old photo of himself in his house in Rehovot, Israel, April 16, 2018. Picture taken April 16, 2018.(photo credit: AMIR COHEN/REUTERS)ByREUTERS
