Iraqi jewish heritage

Hamas proves with Shlomo Mantzur murder that the spirit of the Farhud is truly alive - comment

Scheduled to be released during the first stage of the hostage deal between Hamas and Israel, it emerged on Tuesday that Shlomo Mantzur was killed on October 7.

 Memorial for Shlomo Mantzur who was kidnapped into Gaza on October 7 from Kibbutz Kissufim, October 7, 2024.
"Group of Ashkenazim Jews" 1900 not GALL

Jews from Arab lands are the missing piece of the Israeli-Palestinian discourse - opinion

 BEIT HARAV dedication ceremony a century ago, on 12 Sivan, 5683 / May 27, 1923. Seated on the dais is Rav Abraham Isaac Kook wearing his fur spodek; to his L are Harry Fischel, Herbert Samuel, and Sephardi chief rabbi Yaakov Meir.

A Sephardi renaissance is underway - opinion

A PHOTO of displaced Iraqi Jews in 1951. The government hopes to give a voice to the story of the millions of Jewish refugees

Don't forget, remember the Farhud - editorial


Publicity seeking Kurdish official brings back memories of Jewish Kurd aliya fiasco

Public Security Ministry official Zaken: Supervisor of Jewish sites can’t distinguish between truth and lies in his eagerness.

DR. MORDECHAI ZAKEN, an Israeli expert on the Kurds, visits a former synagogue in the city of Zakho, in Iraqi Kurdistan

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.

The 'Prayer' monument in Ramat Gan, in memory of the Jews who were killed in the ‘Farhud’ Pogrom in Iraq.

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.

Nessim Dawood

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.

Aladdin is trapped by the sorcerer in the magic cave.

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 Yehuda family Torah scroll.

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.

Nessim Dawood

Survey investigates why elderly parents often reject help from their kids

It is estimated that in Israel there are 832,000 people over the age of 65.

Elderly couple (illustrative)