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Iraqi Jews

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)
Posted inIdeas

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 […]

“Always Carry Salt” author Samantha Ellis’ mother at the arch of Ctesiphon near Baghdad in the 1960s. (Courtesy Samantha Ellis)
Posted inOff the Shelf

In memoir, author yearns for an Iraqi Jewish culture just out of reach

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman December 17, 2025December 17, 2025
Hannah Gubbay (1885–1968) was the daughter of E. D. Ezra and Mozelle Sassoon, members of one of the richest Jewish families in Europe. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy private collection, by Barney Hindle)
Posted inOpinion

The Sassoons, the famed Jewish Baghdad dynasty, are having a moment. Here’s why that matters.

Sasha Goldstein-Sabbah by Sasha Goldstein-Sabbah June 2, 2023
Debórah Eliezer plays a multitude of characters in "(dis)Place[d]." (Photo/Wendy Yalom)
Posted inTheater

‘(dis)Place[d]’: One-woman show is a journey through generations of Iraqi Jews

Laura Pall by Laura Paull September 28, 2022September 28, 2022
The tomb of the biblical prophet Nahum in Alqosh, Iraq. (Photo/Forward-Courtesy ARCH International)
Posted inWorld

Close to crumbling, the tomb of an ancient prophet is saved in Kurdish Iraq

David Ian Klein by David Ian Klein and Forward September 22, 2021
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)
Posted inOpinion

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
Iraqi Jews at the tomb of Ezekiel in Kifl, Iraq, in 1932. (Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection/Library of Congress)
Posted inUncategorized

Calling it ‘anti-Semitism’ is itself a form of racism

Loolwa Khazzoom by Loolwa Khazzoom January 7, 2020January 7, 2020
A colorized historical postcard of Baghdad
Posted inFilm

Remembering Jewish Baghdad at Silicon Valley film fest

Michelle ShabtaiKaren Winokan by Michelle Shabtai and Karen Winokan October 23, 2018October 24, 2018
Debórah Eliezer in “(dis)Place[d]” (Photo/Ben Yalom)
Posted inCulture

One-woman play recalls dad’s life in Jewish Baghdad

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 1, 2017March 23, 2018
A scene from the documentary "On the Banks of the Tigris"
Posted inCulture

Sonoma County Jewish film fest’s 22nd run features Jewish influences in Iraqi music

by J. Staff September 22, 2017March 23, 2018

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