BJHC
newsletter September - October 2019
At the beginning of the new year and the Tishrei holidays, we held a number of events for the center's staff and volunteers. As part of a...
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BJHC
Jul 1, 20191 min
A Male Portrait // Closed exhibition
The exhibition features a portrait of a Jewish man in Iraq dressed in modern Western attire, a trend that began to take root in the 1930's.
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BJHC
Jul 1, 20191 min
Newsletter July - August 2019
At the center of the newsletter are visits of personalities at the Center, such as the retired Supreme Court President Dorit Beinisch....
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BJHC
May 30, 20193 min
Childhood Memory - David Karkukli (Hebrew and Arabic)
שני עשורים וקצת מפרידות בין שתי נסיעות באוטובוס העץ! זכרון ילדות – דוד כרכוכלי השמיני בפברואר 1963 החל כיום לימודים רגיל בבית הספר היסודי...
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BJHC
May 1, 20191 min
Newsletter May - June 2019
The newsletter presents a review of the international conference Jews of Babylon: Culture and Society in Modern Times, held in...
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BJHC
Mar 1, 20191 min
Newsletter March - April 2019
The newsletter covers the main events held at the Center, such as the celebration of International Women's Day, the next generation...
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BJHC
Jan 1, 20191 min
Newsletter January - February 2019
The newsletter provides an overview of important events at the Center, such as a seminar on the Farhud and an exciting dialogue marking...
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BJHC
Dec 1, 20181 min
Woman's Outfit – A Special Exhibit // Closed exhibition
An early 20th century outfit that belonged to Khatun Barukh Shua, a member of an affluent family from Baghdad. This item is an example of th
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BJHC
Oct 1, 20181 min
Israel 70 - Building Artistic Connections // Closed exhibition
This commemorative exhibition, to mark seventy years since Israel’s establishment, is the culmination of an educational, cultural and artist
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BJHC
Jun 1, 20181 min
Nessim Zalayet – Footprints // Closed exhibition
Nessim Zalayet was born in Baghdad in 1923. Zalayet, who started out in Iraq as a figurative artist who specialized in painting portraits, m
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BJHC
May 29, 20181 min
The Farhud
לקראת האזכרה השנתית לקורבנות הפרהוד שתתקיים במרכז, אנו מביאים לפניכם עדות מצמררת שעבר ניצול הפרעות בהיותו ילד. מסוף שנת 1977 ועד היום...
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BJHC
Apr 25, 20183 min
The Revolt in the Middle Euphrates (in Hebrew and Arabic), by Dr. Zvi Yehuda
בשנת 1916 כבשו האנגלים את העיירה כפל, בה נמצא לפי המסורת קברו של הנביא יחזקאל, מידי התורכים העות'מאנים. בשנת 1920 מרדו השבטים הערבים...
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BJHC
Mar 20, 20181 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, 20181 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, 20181 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, 20181 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, 20181 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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