The new Babylonian diaspora : the rise and fall of the Jewish community in Iraq, 16th-20th centuries C.E. / by Zvi Yehuda.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yehuda, Zvi, author.

Contributor:

Merkaz moreshet Yahadut Bavel (Or Yehudah, Israel), sponsoring body.

Series:

Brill reference library of Judaism ; v. 57.

The Brill Reference Library of Judaism ; volume 57

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Somekh, Abdallah ben Abraham, 1813-1889.

Jews--Iraq--History.

Jews.

Iraq.

History.

Iraq--Ethnic relations.

Ethnic relations.

Rabbis--Iraq--Baghdad--Biography.

Antisemitism--Iraq--History.

Jewish diaspora--Social conditions.

Local Subjects:

Somekh, Abdallah ben Abraham, 1813-1889.

Rabbis--Iraq--Baghdad--Biography.

Antisemitism--Iraq--History.

Jewish diaspora--Social conditions.

Genre:

History.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xii, 307 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]

Summary:

The New Babylonian Diaspora: Rise and Fall of Jewish Community in Iraq, 16th?20th Centuries C.E.' provides a historical survey of the Iraqi Jewish community's evolution from the apex of its golden age to its disappearance, emergence, rapid growth and annihilation. Making use of Judeo-Arabic newspapers and archives in London, Paris, Washington D.C. and other sources, Zvi Yehuda proves that from 1740 to 1914, Iraq became a lodestone for tens of thousands of Jewish immigrants from Kurdistan, Persia, the Mediterranean Basin, and Eastern and Central Europe. After these Jews had settled in Baghdad and Mesopotamia, they became ?Babylonians? and ?forgot? their lands of origin, contrary to the social habit of Jews in other communities throughout history.

Notes:

"Published in partnership with The Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center (BJHC)."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Yehuda, Zvi, author. New Babylonian diaspora

ISBN:

9789004354005

900435400X

OCLC:

991814701