Permanent Exhibitions

Mar 20, 2018

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 ...

Mar 19, 2018

Music

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

Mar 19, 2018

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 w...

Mar 19, 2018

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 citizenship...

Mar 19, 2018

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 Europ...

Mar 19, 2018

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 colo...

Mar 19, 2018

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 thousan...

Mar 19, 2018

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 ...

Mar 19, 2018

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 ...

Dec 12, 2017

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. Th...

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