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Mordechai Ben Porat 1923-2022
Curator: Orly Baher Levy Design: Lavih Serfaty Mordechai Ben Porat was a founder of the Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center and headed it...
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BJHC
- Oct 7, 2021
- 1 min
The Alley (Kucha)
This reconstructed lane shows visitors a section of a typical alley in the old Jewish quarter in Baghdad at the beginning of the 20th...
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BJHC
- Oct 7, 2021
- 1 min
The Kitchen
Curator: Orly Baher Levy Food and its preparation have always played a key and important role in the lives of human beings. Apart from...
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BJHC
- Mar 20, 2018
- 1 min
Folk Medicine and Amulets
The Jews of Iraq believed in the harmful power of the evil eye and in the existence of demons and spirits, who were held responsible for...
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BJHC
- Mar 19, 2018
- 1 min
Courtyard of a Jewish Home (Hosh)
At the heart of the museum, the courtyard of a traditional Jewish home in Baghdad has been recreated. This courtyard, built at the...
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BJHC
- Mar 19, 2018
- 1 min
Music
Music had a prominent place in the lives of Iraqi Jews. Alongside the traditional genre of shbahot (praises), chalri and dakakat, jews...
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BJHC
- Mar 19, 2018
- 1 min
Shnashil
The Shnashil, a small sitting room that protruded from the house, was located on the top floor of the traditional Jewish home. Under the...
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BJHC
- Mar 19, 2018
- 1 min
Absorption in Israel
The Jews of Iraq, who immigrated, en masse, during the first years of the State of Israel, were forced to give up their Iraqi...
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BJHC
- Mar 19, 2018
- 1 min
Babylonian Jewry in the Diaspora
At the end of the 18th century, communities of Babylonian Jewry began to spread to the Diaspora, at first the Far East and later in...
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BJHC
- Mar 19, 2018
- 1 min
The Summer Living Room (Tarar)
The summer living room at the museum is open to the replica of the courtyard on the ground floor. The decorative flooring is made of...
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BJHC
- Mar 19, 2018
- 1 min
Leadership in Ancient Times
After the destruction of the Second Temple, the Jewish community in Babylonia became the main centre of Jewish life. For over one...
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BJHC
- Mar 19, 2018
- 1 min
The Voice of a Groom and the Voice of a Bride
The exhibition presents the wedding customs of the Jews of Iraq, in the late 19th century and in the first half of the 20th century. In...
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BJHC
- Mar 19, 2018
- 1 min
The Great Synagogue
The Great Synagogue (Slat-Il-Kbiri) was the most ancient synagogue in Baghdad. This structure is replicated in a space which is about an...
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BJHC
- Mar 19, 2018
- 1 min
The Jewelry Designer
The Jewelry Designer showcases a unique collection of jewelry created by Regina Basha, a Jewish jewelry designer who worked in Basra and...
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BJHC
- Mar 19, 2018
- 1 min
The Shabbat (Sabbath)
Babylonian Jews would welcome the Shabbat with pomp. The focus of the exhibition is on the Shabbat table, around which the blessing over...
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BJHC
- Dec 12, 2017
- 1 min
The Ursi (winter parlor)
The ursi (winter parlor), called by the Jews from Iraq also jamkhana, was the most stately part of a classic Jewish house in Baghdad. ...
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