Posts Tagged: Iraqi Jews
Some Iraqi Jews Have Unfinished Business in Their Old Country
JNS.org - When thinking of the words “refugee” and “Middle East,” many displaced groups come to mind. But few know that some of the original refugees of...
Top Democratic Senator Urges State Department to Not Send Collection of Jewish Artifacts Back to Iraq
Top Democratic Senator Charles Schumer on Tuesday called on the State Department to “reconsider” the impending return of a collection of over 2,700 Jewish artifacts to...
The Second Palestinian Nakba: Kuwait and the Iraq War
The Palestinians use the word "nakba" (catastrophe) to describe the exodus of Palestinians before and during the 1948 war against Israel. After the conflict, there were...
Honoring Jewish Refugees From Arab Lands: A Letter From a Forgotten Jew
I am a forgotten Jew. My roots are nearly 2,600 years old; my ancestors made landmark contributions to world civilization; and my presence was felt from...
Vying for a Seat on the UN Human Rights Council, Iraq Touts Jewish Life in the Country, While Hiding the Truth of Persecution, Exile
JNS.org -- In a bid to land a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), the Iraqi government is touting thousands of years of Jewish...
Assyrian Bishop Wants Friendship With Israel
“Israel has stability, the ear of the world community, and the ability to be a modern state in the Middle East. Israel has withstood the...
The Difficult and Important Task of Commemorating Iraqi Jewry’s Farhud
JNS.org - Every Iraqi Jew has a tale to tell about the Farhud, the two-day pogrom that befell the Jews of Baghdad 75 years ago in...
Iraqi Kurds Commemorate Expulsion of Jews in Unprecedented Ceremony
An unprecedented ceremony marking the deportation of Iraqi Jews seven decades ago was held on Monday in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, Agence France Presse reported. The...
From Baghdad to Israel: Actor Aryeh Elias, Passes Away at Age 94
Israeli film legend Aryeh Elias passed away at the age of 94 on Thursday, May 7. The veteran stage, television, and movie actor, who was...
Historic Aircraft Used to Rescue Iraqi Jews to be Brought to Israel
JNS.org - A Curtiss C-46 Commando transport aircraft used in 1947's clandestine Operation Michaelberg, during which 100 Iraqi Jews were rescued and brought to...
Will the U.S. Allow Iraq to Steal a Jewish Treasure?
I saw something amazing today. The National Archives of the United States, which houses the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, hosted an exhibition 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...
Iraqi Christians Fear Same Fate as Jews
Amid Mideast strife, Iraqi Christian leaders are increasingly concerned about their community's future in the region. "Maybe we will follow in the steps of our Jewish...
Defying Opposition, Writer Speaks About Jewish History at Iraq Religion Conference
The recently held Conference of Religions and Sects in Iraq, supervised by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, was the first conference in the country dealing with the defense...
