Iraq’s Last Jews

Iraq’s Last Jews
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 232
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ISBN-10 : 9780230616233
ISBN-13 : 0230616232
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Book Synopsis Iraq’s Last Jews by : T. Morad

Download or read book Iraq’s Last Jews written by T. Morad and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-10-27 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iraq's Last Jews is a collection of first-person accounts by Jews about their lives in Iraq's once-vibrant, 2500 year-old Jewish community and about the disappearance of that community in the middle of the 20th century. This book tells the story of this last generation of Iraqi Jews, who both reminisce about their birth country and describe the persecution that drove them out, the result of Nazi influences, growing Arab nationalism, and anger over the creation of the State of Israel.


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