Iraqi jews
Iraq opens first Jewish museum as country's ancient community nears extinction
Iraq’s Jewish community, which dates back 2,500 years and once made up nearly a quarter of Baghdad’s population, now has its own museum in the city it largely left behind.
'Memory is a form of resistance': President Herzog commemorates the Farhud
Paris court dismisses Jewish family's compensation claim against government for not paying rent
Thousands of Middle East Jewish refugees lost est. $263 billion in assets, researchers show UNHRC
81 years since the Farhud: Iraqi families have not forgotten - opinion
My in-laws were lucky to have gotten out when they did. In December 1947, a Farhud-type pogrom swept Aleppo, leaving the community devastated.
Iraq's anti-Israel law only hurts Iraqis - opinion
Iraq’s persecution of Jews, while tragic for the Iraqi Jewish community, has ultimately only led to suffering within Iraq for the Iraqi people.
Pascale's Kitchen: Jewish-Iraqi cuisine
The first is for making kubbeh balls. The second is for a sweet and sour pumpkin soup and the third for okra soup, both of which are made with kubbeh. The fourth recipe is for baklava.
Iraq to delay selection of a new president, lawmakers say
Iraq is delaying the presidential race due to many lawmakers boycotting the vote, prolonging a battle over the presidency and a new government being fought largely between Sadr and the pro-Iran camp.
Israel’s Iraqi Jewish community free to celebrate Hanukkah together
Members of the Iraqi Jewish community in Israel met, sang and celebrated the holiday with their community's traditions.
Iraqi Jew recalls escape from Baghdad 70 years ago
The end of exile: An Iraqi Jews shares his personal history, surviving the Farhud and the flight to Israel.
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.
Iraqi speakers who called for peace with Israel face arrest
Some 300 Iraqi leaders convened to encourage normalization with Israel, prompting arrest warrants from an Iraqi court.
Mourning Iraq’s last Jewish doctor, Iraqis reconnect to Jewish history
Jews were important for Iraq and its modern development prior to the 1950s.
Dr. Dhafer Fuad Eliyahu, one of the last Jews in Iraq, passes away
Eliyahu refused a number of offers to emigrate from Iraq over the years.
