History
The
Legacy of Abraham- Almost
everybody knows the outline of Abraham’s story, but
until recently he probably has not received the credit he
deserves as a religious innovator. As biblical pioneer of
the idea that there is only one God, he is on a par with
Moses, St. Paul and Muhammad, responsible for a "complete
departure from everything that has gone before in the evolution
of culture and sensibility". In other words, he changed
the world. more
The
Battle of Purim
Purim celebrates the salvation of the Jewish people, in
the year 3405 from Creation (356 bce), from Haman's plot
to destroy, kill and annihilate all the Jews, young and
old, infants and women, in a single day. more
The
Babylonian Refugee Camps in the Teheran Cemetery- The
terror policy that was enforced against the Jews of Iraq
encouraged them to flea at any cost or way possible. At
that time escaping routes to Israel through Syria, Lebanon
and Jordan were blocked. Escape attempts to Iran were made
and at first a few managed to infiltrate to south Iran through
Basra and to north Iran through Khanaqin and Kirkouk.After
consulting the people of the Jewish community in Teheran,
it was decided to lodge the refugees in the old cemetery
‘Bahashatia’ in Teheran. more
A
timeless picture of Ben Gurion, Eshkol,
Dayan, Perez, Rabbi Goren and many more, sent by Edward
Yamen more
Traditional
weights used in Iraq in recent times more
Listen
to 5 CD's of Old Iraqi Music and read about
Iraqi music history more
Paintings
by Eli Sawdayee, depicting the life style
of the thirties in an upper middle class house of a Baghdadian
Jewish family more
My Experience in Shanghai
during W.W.II
Cathy Hardoon tells the story of her life in Shanghai during
and after W.W.II and later, the immigration to the USA more
A photograph taken
in June 1943 on board the S.S. E-Sang in Kuwait harbour
more
Baghdad
under British occupation in 1917 and
the hisrory of the rare stamps more
The Gabbay Family Tree
complied by Sandy Sopher more
Where Judaism Began
Babylon looms large in Jewish history. It represents the
land from which the patriarch Abraham emerged, and it is
a name that nearly a millennium later became almost synonymous
with the term "Diaspora" - the place where "we
sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion more
Cut throat competition
A feature of the Iraqi Jewish merchant was his competitiveness
more
A photograph
taken in Baghdad 1927,at the wedding of Victoria Bekhor
and Ezra Somekh more
Prominent Egyptian Jews of recent
times more
Prominent Iraqi Jews of recent times
more
A photograph taken
in the 1930s shows doctors and nurses at Meir Elias Hospital
in Baghdad more
Ancient Jewish medicine in Baghdad
(in Arabic) more
Egyptian Jurists to Sue 'The Jews'
for Compensation for 'Trillions' of Tons of Gold Allegedly
Stolen During Exodus from Egypt more
Saddam's Secret Jewish Archives
In the basement of Iraqi intelligence headquarters, Torahs
and books from a lost community are rescued from three feet
of water more
Colorful Jewish community contributed
much to Shanghai- One of the most interesting
chapters in Shanghai's history was the growth of a vibrant
Jewish community last century - exiles who found refuge
in the city from hardship, war and persecution. more
Genealogical tables of the Exilarch's
Tree prepared by david hughes (RdavidH218@AOL.com)
more
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