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Tag: Iraqi Jews

0 Gender/Identity History

Politicising the victims of sexual assault means they suffer twice

Jewish Chronicle · 11 Jun

The article criticizes the politicization of victims of sexual assault, highlighting a Times piece that skewed the truth for a specific agenda regarding incidents of rape at Nova festival, Route 232, and Kibbutz Reim.

0 Communities Gender/Identity

How I embraced my identity as a mixed-race, British-Asian Jew

Jewish Chronicle · 23 May

Jay Prosser, in "Loving Strangers: A Camphorwood Chest, a Legacy, a Son Returns," recounts his journey of exploring his mixed-race, British-Asian Jewish identity through the treasures of his family's camphorwood chest.

0 Israel History

Weeping for Babylon - Avi Shlaim discusses the factors behind the exodus of Iraqi Jews and how the concept of the “Arab-Jew” can chart an alternative future.

Zvi Ben-Dor Benite in Jewish Currents · 15 Apr

Avi Shlaim's discussion of the exodus of Iraqi Jews sheds light on the abrupt dissolution of Jewish life in Iraq following the establishment of Israel, which led to anti-Jewish legislation and a subsequent emigration of the community in the 1950s.

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The Forgotten Exodus: Iraq

People of the Pod · 1 Aug 2022

"The Forgotten Exodus: Iraq" is a podcast series by the American Jewish Committee that focuses on Mizrahi and Sephardic Jews.

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Turning Dates Into Honey

Janna Gur in Tablet · 18 Oct 2021

Silan, a thick, chocolatey syrup made from dates, has become a popular alternative to honey in Israel.

0 History Antisemitism

Greatest Hits: Remembering Iraq's Farhud and Argentina's AMIA bombing

The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner · 17 Aug 2021

This episode of The CJN Daily revisits two significant events in Jewish history: the Farhud pogrom against Iraqi Jews in 1941 and the unsolved AMIA bombing in Argentina in 1994.

0 History Communities

Stories from Iraq's most famous pogrom: Farhud's 80th anniversary

The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner · 1 Jun 2021

This episode marks the 80th anniversary of the Farhud, a devastating pogrom against the Jewish community in Iraq that occurred in 1941, leading to mass displacement and the eventual exodus of Iraqi Jews.

0 Communities Literature

The Language of Babylon

Michael Weingrad in Jewish Review of Books · 27 Feb 2013

"Life After Baghdad: Memoirs of an Arab-Jew in Israel, 1950-2000" is a newly translated volume of memoirs by Sasson Somekh, an Iraqi-born Israeli scholar, continuing his story from "Baghdad, Yesterday."