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


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.

A MAN walks outside former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein’s palace in Salahuddin province north of Baghdad.

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.

Shi'ite Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) advance towards the city of Al-Qaim, Iraq November 3, 2017

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.”

A Babylonian Talmud from Vienna, 1793. This volume was among the items recovered from the flooded basement of Saddam Hussein’s intelligence headquarters.

Despite protests, US State Department to return Jewish artifacts to Iraq

Democratic and Republican lawmakers and Jewish groups have lobbied to renegotiate the deal, arguing that the documents should be kept in the US or elsewhere where they are accessible to Iraqi Jews and their descendants.

Passover Haggadah from Vienna, 1930. This colorfully illustrated French and Hebrew Haggadah was published in Vienna. Caption on image: Eating Matzah.

Manhattan's Iraqi-Jewish owned single-vine winery

Latif Jiji cited his Judaism and celebration of Passover as the inspiration for his winemaking.

Wine

Analysis: Who wins and loses from Syrian ceasefire deal?

Jordan played a key role in deal that concerns Israel and shows Washington is playing a new role in southern Syria.

Smoke rises following an explosion on the Syrian side near the Quneitra border crossing between the Golan Heights and Syria, August 29, 2014.

On the ground in Mosul: The face of a new Iraqi military, forged in war

In the battle for Mosul, the Iraqi Army has deployed a variety of its best units, including the 9th Armored Division, the black-clad Special Operations Forces and the Federal Police.

IRAQI SECURITY FORCES battle ISIS terrorists yesterday in western Mosul.

Report: ISIS leader Baghdadi close to being 'captured or killed'

The Iraqi Army is basing its conclusion on a military assessment following a recent battle it held with ISIS militants in the city of Tel Afar, located just 63KM from Mosul.

A man purported to be the reclusive leader of the militant Islamic State Abu Bakr al Baghdadi made a rare public appearance at a mosque in the center of Mosul, on July 5, 2014.

What's at the crux of Iraqi Kurdish interest in Israel?

How Golda Meir’s biography became a best-seller in Iraqi Kurdistan and why people there are so interested in Israel.

A book stand in Sulaymaniyah

Analysis: What challenges will the CIA face under Trump?

Decision has to be made quickly on US support of Syrian rebels.

US military vehicles are seen north of Mosul during an operation against Islamic State in late October