Iraqi jews
Thousands of Middle East Jewish refugees lost est. $263 billion in assets, researchers show UNHRC
The report details how systematic state oppression, pogroms, and expulsions depopulated the nearly one million Jews of the Middle East.
Grandson of expelled Iraqi Jews sues French gov't for millions unpaid rent on house used as embassy
Alan Yentob, British Jewish broadcaster and former BBC controller, dies at 78
'Ensuring their story is remembered': Report highlights forgotten exodus of Iraqi Jews
'I've been sentenced to death' - a farewell letter of an Iraqi Jew in 1969
Sami Halali and his family were able to flee Iraq to Israel in 1971. Sami explained that the family hid the letter in their house after they received it in Iraq, but read it only once because of the pain it caused.
Chronicler of Iraq’s Jewish history murdered in Karbala
Alaa Mashzoub was an Iraqi writer and intellectual. He was shot 13 times while riding his bicycle.
Miss Iraq meets Miss Israel... in Jerusalem
After a selfie forced her to flee Baghdad, Sarah Idan reunited with her Israeli counterpart in Jerusalem.
Emerging from the chaos of ISIS, Baghdad’s bad boy triumphs
Once thought a failed state, Iraq has emerged from the chaos of ISIS to hold successful elections.
The 77th anniversary of the Farhud
For the sake of history and educating the future generations, a proper commemoration of the plight and the heritage of Jews from Arab countries should take place in Israel.
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.
Jewish nostalgia for Baghdad
A new film tells the volatile story of Iraq's Jews.
As I see it: Straws in the wind or a dangerous delusion?
Islam is the source of Muslim antisemitism, and that culture won’t change any time soon.
Why Israel ignores Iraq
Israeli decision-makers’ as well as commentators’ lack of interest in the political developments in Iraq, leads them to exaggerate in Iranian influence in Iraq and lose track of alternative trends.
Senate Minority Leader: Don’t return trove of Jewish artifacts to Iraq
"Since the exile of Jews from Iraq virtually no Jewish life remains in the country – this treasured collection belongs to the Jewish community and should be made available to them.”
