News
A new print of the
Babylonian Haggadah Available now! click
here to order a copy from the Exilarch's Foundation more
The
Gour Shasha Hospital Tower in Israel
Over 1 million people visit the Rabin Medical Centre (RMC)
in Petach Tikva, Israel every year. Now, after much hard
work, a striking new tower, ‘The Gour Shasha Tower’,
warmly welcomes those masses with modern architecture and
home-like interiors. more
The
Third International Congress for Babylonian Jewry Research
was held on June 2002 in Israel. more
3rd
Session of the Congress: Was the year 1839 a turning point
in Children’s Education in the Baghdad and Aden Jewish
communities? Similar
and dissimilar aspects in Jewish Education in the Baghdad
and Aden communities From Mid-19th Century to Mid-20th Century.
more
Elections in Israel January 2003-
Final reasults for the 16th knesset more
A
Picture of Renee Dangoor, published in the
Al- Mutamar newspaper. more
Shbahoth:
Iraqi-Jewish Songs From the 1920s- A
new CD featuring the greatest of Iraqi-Jewish singers in
remastered historical recordings from the 1920s more
Iraqi-Jewish
Expats To Seek Compensation For Lost Assets-
In the wake of the war in Iraq, Iraqi Jews residing in the
United States and Europe are weighing the possibility of
filing class-action suits demanding compensation in lieu
of property and assets that they were forced to leave behind.
more
Iraq's
last Jews wait in fear for war- Ian
Cobain reports from Baghdad on a once-thriving community
That is vanishing without trace more
50 centenarians were honoured
recently at the home of the President of Israel more
Joel Millman of the wall street
Journal New York reporting from baghdad
more
A picture taken
recently at the Hadassah International conference. more
Iraq-Israel
relations could 'be the best'-
Baghdad-born
Iraq maven David Sasson on Israel's mistakes in pre-Saddam
Iraq and the opportunities that beckon now more
The Prince of Wales talking to Mr
Naim Dangoor at a charity dinner at Buckingham
Palace in aid of The Prince's Trust. more
The Libyan Leader's statement to
the Press more
The Forgotten Refugees
Some basic truths need to be reaffirmed about the Middle
East tragedy. A major stumbling block has always been the
question of the return of ˜or compensation for˜
Arab refugees from Palestine in 1948 and 1967. But Israel's
steadfast refusal by the Arab Palestinian leadership and
Arab countries since the 1920s also led to another great
refugee tragedy more
Arabic items with
comment by Shula Gabbay more
A transcript of
a broadcast in Market Place Radio on the
Jews of Iraq (11th of July 2003) more
Jewish Mosul Revisited A
United States Army Battalion Chaplain (Rabbi), visits and
rediscovers the ancient Jewish town of Ninveh-Mosul. Included
with the article- an old photograph of the leaders of the
Jewish community in Mosul in the 30s more
The Jewish community in Baghdad
deserve medals (in Arabic) more
What the papers said
A collection of recent publications in the media more
The few remaining Jews
in Baghdad
A handful of Jewish residents, wary of visitors, still remain
in Baghdad more
A notice in Jerusalem's
"Kol Hair" regarding the Exilarch's
Foundation's rice and lentil distribution project more
Jews of Baghdad- Jews
have lived in Iraq for nearly 3,000 years. That era is coming
to an end. Memories as old as Babylon, hopes and fears as
new as the headlines out of Baghdad, all blend together
in the living history of Iraq’s Jews. out of Newsweek
Oct., 2003 more
Libyan Jews claim £100m
for seized wealth - Exiled Jews are launching
a multi-million pound compensation claim for property sized
in Libya after Col Muammar Gaddafi signalled that he would
consider making payments in his latest effort to end historic
enmities more
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