The newsletter provides an overview of important events at the Center, such as a seminar on the Farhud and an exciting dialogue marking...

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

This commemorative exhibition, to mark seventy years since Israel’s establishment, is the culmination of an educational, cultural and artist

Nessim Zalayet was born in Baghdad in 1923. Zalayet, who started out in Iraq as a figurative artist who specialized in painting portraits, m

לקראת האזכרה השנתית לקורבנות הפרהוד שתתקיים במרכז, אנו מביאים לפניכם עדות מצמררת שעבר ניצול הפרעות בהיותו ילד. מסוף שנת 1977 ועד היום...

בשנת 1916 כבשו האנגלים את העיירה כפל, בה נמצא לפי המסורת קברו של הנביא יחזקאל, מידי התורכים העות'מאנים. בשנת 1920 מרדו השבטים הערבים...

Amulet (Tilism), Iraq, 1922, silver, shear, hammered pattern and legislation Curator: Idit Sharoni The Jews of Iraq believed in the...

At the heart of the museum, the courtyard of a traditional Jewish home in Baghdad has been recreated. This courtyard, built at the...

Music had a prominent place in the lives of Iraqi Jews. Alongside the traditional genre of shbahot (praises), chalri and dakakat, jews...

The Shnashil, a small sitting room that protruded from the house, was located on the top floor of the traditional Jewish home. Under the...

The Jews of Iraq, who immigrated, en masse, during the first years of the State of Israel, were forced to give up their Iraqi...

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...

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...

After the destruction of the Second Temple, the Jewish community in Babylonia became the main centre of Jewish life. For over one...

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...

The Great Synagogue (Slat-Il-Kbiri) was the most ancient synagogue in Baghdad. This structure is replicated in a space which is about an...

The Jewelry Designer showcases a unique collection of jewelry created by Regina Basha, a Jewish jewelry designer who worked in Basra and...

Babylonian Jews would welcome the Shabbat with pomp. The focus of the exhibition is on the Shabbat table, around which the blessing over...

The ursi (winter parlor), called by the Jews from Iraq also jamkhana, was the most stately part of a classic Jewish house in Baghdad. ...