End of exile: Iraqi Jew recalls escape from Baghdad 70 years ago

Baruch Meiri and 120,000 others fled from persecution in a mass immigration wave to Israel.

Jewish Immigrants from Iraq leaving Israel's Lod Airport, 1951.

Jewish Immigrants from Iraq leaving Israel's Lod Airport, 1951.

(photo credit: NATIONAL PHOTO COLLECTION/GPO)

ByMAYA MARGIT/THE MEDIA LINE

OCTOBER 28, 2021 13:31

Updated: DECEMBER 16, 2021 20:36