Iraqi Jews
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Iraqi Jews are a historically significant Jewish community from Iraq, particularly centered in cities like Baghdad and Basra, known for their rich religious scholarship, distinctive liturgical traditions, and influential diaspora across the Middle East and beyond.
Aliases (4)
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish ethnic group
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Middle Eastern Jews → Mizrahi Jews → |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Baghdadi Jews
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Jews of the Persian Gulf region → Kuwaiti Jews → |
| cuisine |
Iraqi Jewish cuisine
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| culturalTradition |
distinct wedding customs
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maqam-based liturgical music → unique Passover and Sabbath foods → |
| ethnicallyAssociatedWith |
Iraq
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| experienced |
Farhud pogrom of 1941 in Baghdad
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mass emigration in the mid-20th century → persecution in Iraq in the 20th century → |
| follow |
Baghdadi Jewish liturgy
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Iraqi Jewish liturgical traditions → |
| historicalContinuityWith |
Babylonian Jews
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| historicallyCenteredIn |
Baghdad
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Basra → |
| historicalRole |
bankers and financiers
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merchants in Mesopotamia → participants in Iraqi cultural life → |
| historicalStatusInIraq |
dhimmi under Islamic rule
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| knownFor |
halakhic literature
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piyyut and liturgical poetry → rabbinic scholarship → |
| languageHistoricallySpoken |
Arabic
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Aramaic → Hebrew → Judeo-Arabic → |
| maintain |
distinct prayer melodies
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distinct rabbinic traditions → |
| majorDiasporaIn |
Australia
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Canada → Hong Kong → India → Iran → Israel → Jordan → Shanghai → Singapore → Turkey → United Kingdom NERFINISHED → United States → |
| massAliyahPeriod |
Operation Ezra and Nehemiah
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| massAliyahTo |
Israel
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| massAliyahYears |
1950–1951
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| notableCenterOfTalmudicStudy |
Babylonia
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| originatesFrom |
Babylonia
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Mesopotamia → |
| partOf |
Jewish diaspora
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| produced |
Babylonian Talmud tradition
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| religion |
Judaism
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| rite |
Babylonian Jewish rite
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Sephardi rite → |
| subjectTo |
denaturalization laws in Iraq
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property confiscation in Iraq → |
Referenced by (6)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Indian Jews
("Baghdadi Jews")
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Iraqi American ("Iraqi Jewish American") → |
hasSubgroup |
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Chinese Jews of Kaifeng
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ancestralOrigin |
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Iraqi Jews
("Baghdadi Jews")
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closelyRelatedTo |
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Iraqi Jews
("Babylonian Jews")
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historicalContinuityWith |
|
David ben Zakkai
("Babylonian Jewish community")
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partOf |