Vitrine display - Elegant evening gown Curator: Nava Mussafi In the vitrine display case located in the museum’s entrance lobby, an elegant evening gown is exhibited, created for the bride Doris Sasson (née Susa) for her henna ceremony, which took place in 1948. The dress, featuring an asymmetrical neckline, is made of luxurious silk fabric and adorned with hand crafted metallic thread embroidery ( tel ) in a floral motif. The choice of a bold silhouette for its time in Baghd

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performance of classical Indian dances by Dinoor Aaronson

A new and exciting exhibition at the Babylonian Jewry Museum - End of an Exile Presenting the story of the remained Jewish community in Iraq after "Operation Ezra and Nehemiah" to the present day The exhibition is open to the general public | BJHC, 83 Mordechai Aven., Or Yehuda Tel/WhatsApp: 03-5339278 ext. 8 | babylon@bjhc.org.il

Herzl and Balfour Hakak brothers with Aliza Dayan Hamama the general manager of the BJHC in the Expulsion of Jews from Arab Countries and Iran marking event

Happy Holidays: Tishrei Holidays in the Camera's Eye exhibition

Curators: Orly Baher Levy and Ayelet Assia Shemesh On March 9, 1950, after many long years during which Iraq prohibited Jews from immigrating to Israel, the official gazette of Iraq, al-Waqaāʼiʼ al-Iraqiya , promulgated the Waiver of Citizenship ( Tasqit ) Law. It stipulated that the country's persecuted Jews would be allowed to leave Iraq and immigrate to Israel on the condition that they relinquish their Iraqi citizenship. In practice, they were also forced to give up all

The Good RYH – Rabbi Yosef Hayyim exhibition Curator: Orly Baher Levy Rabbi Yosef Chaim (1835-1909) was the greatest rabbi of Babylon in recent generations and was considered the greatest spiritual authority in his generation. The exhibition features an animated video telling the story of the rabbi's life and serves as a kind of framework story for the exhibits in the showcase. The exhibition tells the rabbi's story in a way that makes it accessible to the widest possible aud

Rabbi Shimon Agassi and His Son Ezra Zion, Baghdad, 1910, Courtesy of Shimon Agassi, grandson of Rabbi Shimon Agassi Curator: Orly Baher Levy Rabbi Shimon Agassi (1852-1914), known as "Harashba," was one of the most eminent Baghdadi rabbis in the modern period – the head of a yeshiva, a Kabbalist, a scriptural interpreter, a liturgist, and a beacon for the community in times of crisis and anguish. While still a teenager, Rabbi Agassi was drawn to Kabbalah, which he continued

Tasqit exhibition

Mass grave of the Farhud massacre victims, Baghdad, 1940s Curator: Idit Sharoni The Farhud, which took place on June 1-2, 1941,...

The Swearing-in to the "Shura" – the Zionist underground in Iraq, a diorama from the exhibition Curator: Idit Sharoni Iraqi Jews began...

Henna ceremony costumes in a section from the Jewish Life Cycle exhibition Curator: Idit Sharoni The exhibition describes the central...

ילדי כיתה א' מחמ"ד שילה בטקס קבלת הסידור