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Iraqi Jewish Archives

One of the documents translated by AI is a book, handwritten likely by a Baghdadi youth in 5603 (1902 or 1903). The book features prayers, poems and a haggadah that translates the Hebrew to Judeo-Arabic. These pages show a portion of The Four Questions. (Courtesy Voices from the Archive)
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Oakland man’s AI platform unlocks a treasure trove of Iraqi Jewish history

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb March 27, 2026March 27, 2026

A new artificial intelligence platform is transforming access to one of the largest and most important collections documenting Jewish life in Iraq.  The Voices from the Archive project at judeoiraq.org […]

A man stands at a ruined Jewish synagogue in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on July 5, 2020. Jews were historically Iraq's second-largest religious sect, comprising 40 percent of Baghdad's population according to a 1917 census, before their exile in 1969. (Photo/JTA-Safin Hamed-AFP via Getty Images)
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52 years ago, 9 Jews were hanged in Baghdad. Today, their descendants risk losing everything they left behind.

Carole BasriAdriana Davis by Carole Basri, Adriana Davis and JTA January 28, 2021February 10, 2021

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