Posts Tagged: Iraqi Jewish Archive
Make the Iraqi Jewish Archive a Gateway Between Arabs and Jews
JNS.org - I launched what my documentary last year, titled Remember Baghdad, which chronicles the history of the Jews of Iraq -- until the community’s destruction in...
Campaigners Implore US State Department to Stand Firm Against Libyan Attempt to Confiscate Property of Jewish Heritage
Campaigners representing Jewish communities expelled from Arab countries reacted furiously on Tuesday to an effort by the current Libyan government to win legal recognition for...
Some of My Best Friends: ‘Bierkeller’ and ‘Bistro’ Anti-Semitism
JNS.org - If you're a fan of his weekly column for JNS.org, you may want to check out Ben Cohen's new book, Some Of My Best...
Iraqi Jewish Archive’s U.S. Exhibition Extended
JNS.org - Iraq has agreed to extend the American exhibition of Jewish artifacts that are controversially slated to return to the Middle Eastern country. The...
Sephardic Group Cautiously Praises Iraqi Government for Recognizing Jewish History
JNS.org - The Sephardic group Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa (JIMENA) cautiously praised the Iraqi government for its recognition of...
UN Conference Highlights Plight of Jewish Refugees, Fate of Iraqi Jewish Archive
JNS.org - NEW YORK—On a boat departing Egypt for America in 1963, Lucette Lagnado's father screamed "Take us back to Cairo!" He would never...
Iraqi Jewish Archive Goes on Display in Washington
JNS.org - The U.S. National Archives is now displaying 24 out of 2,700 Jewish books and ancient documents that were recovered in the basement of...
Schumer to Kerry: Jewish Archive ‘Should Not Be Returned’ to Iraq
At least one influential member of government is pushing to have the United States renege on its agreement to return valuable Jewish documents to the...
Large Questions Face Future of Iraqi Jewish Archive
JNS.org - A tip in May 2003 about a 7th-century Talmud volume in the basement of the Iraqi intelligence ministry (Mukhabarat) led a...
