Iraqi jewish heritage

Hamas proves with Shlomo Mantzur murder that the spirit of the Farhud is truly alive - comment

Scheduled to be released during the first stage of the hostage deal between Hamas and Israel, it emerged on Tuesday that Shlomo Mantzur was killed on October 7.

 Memorial for Shlomo Mantzur who was kidnapped into Gaza on October 7 from Kibbutz Kissufim, October 7, 2024.
"Group of Ashkenazim Jews" 1900 not GALL

Jews from Arab lands are the missing piece of the Israeli-Palestinian discourse - opinion

 BEIT HARAV dedication ceremony a century ago, on 12 Sivan, 5683 / May 27, 1923. Seated on the dais is Rav Abraham Isaac Kook wearing his fur spodek; to his L are Harry Fischel, Herbert Samuel, and Sephardi chief rabbi Yaakov Meir.

A Sephardi renaissance is underway - opinion

A PHOTO of displaced Iraqi Jews in 1951. The government hopes to give a voice to the story of the millions of Jewish refugees

Don't forget, remember the Farhud - editorial


At a commemoration in London, Iraqi Jews tell of their flight to freedom

The legacy of the millenia-old Jewish communities of the Arab world must be preserved.

 A PANEL discussion takes place at the November 30 commemoration in London, chaired by the writer (center), and featuring Jack Hikmet and Sharon Theodore, who both lived in Baghdad at the time of the 1969 hangings.

Award-winning 'Wolf of Baghdad' comes in Israel at Animax

Cartoonist Carol Isaacs, who often draws under the name Surreal McCoy, is set to bring the cinematic adaptation of her award-winning Wolf of Baghdad comic to Israel for the first time.

 Wolf of Baghdad by Carol Isaacs

Unlikely trio bring spirit, sound of Iraqi music to Confederation House

The threesome will take the stage at Confederation House on July 28 (8:30 p.m.) to strut their stuff – which will lean heavily on the Iraqi Arabic side of the musical genre tracks.

 THE RADIO BAGHDAD trio pools its diverse cultural baggage and musicianship to mine the rich seams of Iraqi music.

Is Babylon once again rising from the ashes?

First-person: There is growing evidence the Iraqi government is serious about rebuilding this ancient wonder of the world.

Iraqis celebrate after UNESCO designated ancient city of Babylon as World Heritage Site in July of 2019

The journey of an Iraqi-Israeli-British man and what he learned

In From Babylon to Jerusalem, Nathan (with an assist from his friend Andrew Edwards) reflects on his life.

ARAB-ISRAELIS ATTEND a 2006 ceremony in Kafr Kassem memorializing 49 Arab-Israelis killed by Israel Police for allegedly violating curfew during the 1956 war. The memoir notes the author’s involvement in the commission that probed police actions.

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.

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

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

Dudu Tassa and how Iraqi Arabic-Jewish music became hip again

The grandson of the famous Daoud al-Kuwaiti, Tassa continues the family music tradition, bringing his fans the Arabic Iraqi music they turn to him for.

Dudu Tassa and the Kuwaitis album cover

High Court: No compensation for Jews killed in 1941 pogrom in Iraq

The Knesset could resolve the issue.

A PHOTO of displaced Iraqi Jews in 1951. The government hopes to give a voice to the story of the millions of Jewish refugees

After ISIS, Mosul finally values its Jewish heritage

Since ISIS attacked the diversity of the Iraqi community, diversity is now valued far more consciously, and this trend’s most surprising consequence is related to the Iraqi Jews.

AWARD-WINNING photographer Eddy van Wessel captured Mosul’s Jewish quarter: Hebrew inscriptions on the wall, near the Great Mosque of al-Nuri. (Eddy van Wessel)