The Last Jews in Baghdad : Remembering a Lost Homeland

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Summary: A must read
Review: This wonderful book, adds to the paucity of literature on the Jewish community of Iraq, which vanished and was forced to flee following the creation of Israel. Forced to flee many of its members still harkens back to their times in Iraq, with fond memories of a Jewish community that had been deeply intertwined with the life of Iraq. The Jewish community of Iraq was the oldest in the world, stretching back to Abraham, who came from modern day Iraq and of course including the Babylonian exile as well as the great Sages who wrote the Talmud. This wonderful reminiscence of a time gone by and an era gone is a wonderful introduction to the lives of Jewish communities from Arab lands, and a great testimony to the Iraqi Jewish community and its legacy.

Seth J. Frantzman