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.

Visitors examine exhibits at the “Jewish Shamash Museum” in Baghdad, Iraq.
PRESIDENT ISAAC Herzog commemorates 85 years since the Farhud.

'Memory is a form of resistance': President Herzog commemorates the Farhud

View of the Conseil d'Etat, France's highest administrative court, in Paris, France, January 25, 2024.

Paris court dismisses Jewish family's compensation claim against government for not paying rent

Overview of the Human Rights Council one day after the U.S. announced their withdraw at the United Nations in Geneva,

Thousands of Middle East Jewish refugees lost est. $263 billion in assets, researchers show UNHRC


Iraqi government prevents Jews from participating in Pope’s historic visit

Iraqi-born Edwin Shuker: Baghdad wasted a historic opportunity to reconcile with its Jews by inviting them to attend the ceremony at Ur.

A MURAL of Pope Francis adorns a church wall ahead of his upcoming visit to Iraq, in Baghdad on February 22.

Shlomo Hillel, former Israeli diplomat, politician, dies at 95

He was the pride of Israel's Iraqi community.

Former Mk and Minister Shlomo Hillel attends the LAbor Party conference marking the party's 50'th  anniversary in Tel Aviv, April 24, 2018. Shlomo Hillel is an Iraqi-born Israeli diplomat and politician who served as Speaker of the Knesset, Minister of Police and Minister of Internal Affairs. He was

Reichot VeTeamim: Iraqi traditional cuisine to warm you up

Limor Oren and Oded Shaharabani, a couple in life and owners of the delicatessen, decided to delve into the Iraqi cuisine and offer more than the regular kubbeh.

Reichot VeTeamim

Miracle discovery of Iraqi Jewish archives highlighted by new documentary

Saving the Iraqi Jewish Archives: A Journey of Identity, aims to highlight the existence of the archives and the Iraqi Jews who would like to reclaim them.

This Monument, ‘Prayer,’ in Ramat Gan, is in memory of the Jews who were killed in Iraq during the Farhud pogrom (1941) and in the 1960s.

Heritage takes center stage at 'A Stage for Arab-Hebrew Culture'

Ana Min el-Yahud (I Am from the Jews) at the Jaffa Theater blends Iraqi heritage with Israeli life

A scene from ‘I am From the Jews.’ August 2020.

Grapevine May 31, 2020: Justice delayed

Cracking down on sex abuse of minors has become a priority in Australia, and thus, the Australian media was particularly interested in quickly publishing the ruling of the Jerusalem District Court.

Diaspo President Reuven Rivlin and IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi host a Zoom call with lone soldiers in Israel and around the world on April 7, instead of hosting them at the President’s Residence as in previous years.

Hanukkah celebration lights up Iraqi Kurdistan at prophet's tomb

Around 20 Kurdish Jews gathered in the town to celebrate the "festival of lights." Some came from Israel, but the majority were from the three provinces that make up Iraqi Kurdistan.

A fourth Hanukkah candle is lit at the Western Wall

Israel ambassador calls on UN to recognize Jewish refugees

Ambassador Danny Danon introduced the resolution at a General Assembly discussion marking 72 years since the November 29 Partition Plan.

THE MOSSAD saved Jews in foreign lands from North Africa to Iraq to Syria to Ethiopia

Here’s what it’s like to grow up as a Jew in Iraq

“It was hard being Jewish because I felt like, if you’re Jewish, you don’t really have anywhere to belong to,” she said.

Boy wearing a kippa

Iraq’s former PM Maliki joins chorus against U.S.-Iran policy

Maliki was the leader of Iraq during a period of intense sectarianism, when pro-Iranian forces were largely seen as increasing their hold on Baghdad.

 Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki