Feature: Who are Iraqi Jews & Where are They Today?

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Presenter: Danielle Drori

Delivered: NY on April 29, 2018

Iraqi Jews sometimes define themselves as "Babylonians." This presentation  explains why, dwelling on the many centuries of religious co-existence in Mesopotamia and describing the rise of nationalism in modern Iraq.

Sources & Future References

• Zvi Yehuda, The New Babylonian Diaspora

• Orit Bashkin, New Babylonians

• Robert Shahsa, Iraq’s Last Jews

• Abbas Shiblak, Iraqi Jews

• Studies in the History of Culture of the Jews in Babylonia, an anthology

• Naïm Kattan, Farewell, Babylon

Contact Info

• E-mail: danielledroree@gmail.com

Note: All community presentations are prepared & presented by non-experts on the subject. They are sharing information in the hopes of spurring interest in that subject.

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