Posts Tagged: Iraqi Jews
The Old Jewish Cemetery of Baghdad: A Forgotten Chapter in Iraq’s History
The old Jewish cemetery in Baghdad, a relic of a once-thriving Jewish community, holds the stories of generations who contributed to Iraq’s social, cultural, and...
Miss Iraq: Grotesque Antisemitic Iraqi Law Demands Strong Response
What does it mean when a society makes peace a crime, and adds the death penalty as a consequence? My native Iraq is about to...
Why Did the Media Forget ‘Iraq’s Kristallnacht’ on Its Anniversary?
Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine that began on February 24 has been widely condemned as an illegal act of aggression. The United Nations Human Rights Council...
Massacre of Iraqi Jews Remembered on 81st Anniversary
Jewish groups on Wednesday marked the 81st anniversary of the Farhud, a Nazi-inspired pogrom of Iraqi Jews that marked the beginning of the end for...
Media Erase Plight of Jewish Refugees From Arab Lands
The media went into overdrive this week with wall-to-wall coverage of the United Nations’ “International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People” that marked the...
Jews Vanish From Iraq, but Still Have No Closure
JNS.org - The oldest Jewish Diaspora in the world, that of Iraq, edged closer to extinction on March 15, with the death of 61-year-old Dhafer...
Iraq’s Last Jewish Doctor, Known for Offering Medical Services for Free, Dies at 61
JNS.org - Iraq’s last Jewish doctor and one of Baghdad’s last Iraqi Jews died at the age of 61, according to reports on Tuesday. Dr. Thafer...
From 150,000 to None: The Jews of Iraq
Nearly 3,000 years ago, after the destruction of Jerusalem's First Temple, the Jewish people were forced to disperse, with many ending up in Babylon, now...
Don’t Forget the Jewish Refugees From Arab and Muslim Lands
JNS.org - In international conflicts, history is more of a weapon than a field of study. That’s why the history of Palestinian Arab refugees is...
Arab States Are Claiming the Heritage of Their Expelled Jews
JNS.org - On or around November 30, Jewish communities around the world will be holding events to remember the mass exodus of Jewish refugees from Arab...
Ceremony Marks 50th Anniversary of Notorious Hanging of Baghdad Jews
The 50th anniversary of the public hanging of nine Iraqi Jews and the subsequent killing and imprisonment of dozens more was marked by a ceremony...
Shi’a Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr: Jews Can Return to Iraq — if They Show Loyalty
Shi’a cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said on Saturday that Jews could return to Iraq if they “demonstrated loyalty,” the Hebrew news site Walla reported. The 44-year-old Sadr...
Why International Farhud Day Stymies Invented Palestinian History
When International Farhud Day was proclaimed at a conference convened at the United Nations headquarters on June 1, 2015, its proponents wanted to achieve more than merely...
With Jews Largely Gone From Iraq, Memories Survive in Israel
Behind the high concrete walls of Baghdad’s Jewish cemetery, Violette Saul lies at rest under a weathered and cracked tombstone, one of the last memorials...
