Iraqi Jews

E83086

Jewish ethnic group Middle Eastern Jews Mizrahi Jews

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.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
Iraqi Jews canonical	7
Baghdadi Jews	5
Babylonian Jewish community	2
Babylonian Jews	1
Baghdad Jewish community	1
Baghdadi Jewish	1
Baghdadi Jewish customs	1
Basra Jews	1
History of Jews in Iraq	1
Iraqi Jewish American	1
Iraqi Jewish diaspora	1
Jewish community of Baghdad	1
Jewish community of Basra	1
Jewish community of Iraq	1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish ethnic group ⓘ Middle Eastern Jews ⓘ Mizrahi Jews ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Iraqi Jews self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Baghdadi Jews Jews of the Persian Gulf region ⓘ Kuwaiti Jews ⓘ
cuisine	Iraqi Jewish cuisine ⓘ
culturalTradition	distinct wedding customs ⓘ maqam-based liturgical music ⓘ unique Passover and Sabbath foods ⓘ
ethnicallyAssociatedWith	Iraq ⓘ
experienced	Farhud pogrom of 1941 in Baghdad ⓘ mass emigration in the mid-20th century ⓘ persecution in Iraq in the 20th century ⓘ
follow	Baghdadi Jewish liturgy ⓘ Iraqi Jewish liturgical traditions ⓘ
historicalContinuityWith	Iraqi Jews self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Babylonian Jews
historicallyCenteredIn	Baghdad ⓘ Basra ⓘ
historicalRole	bankers and financiers ⓘ merchants in Mesopotamia ⓘ participants in Iraqi cultural life ⓘ
historicalStatusInIraq	dhimmi under Islamic rule ⓘ
knownFor	halakhic literature ⓘ piyyut and liturgical poetry ⓘ rabbinic scholarship ⓘ
languageHistoricallySpoken	Arabic ⓘ Aramaic ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ Judeo-Arabic ⓘ
maintain	distinct prayer melodies ⓘ distinct rabbinic traditions ⓘ
majorDiasporaIn	Australia ⓘ Canada ⓘ Hong Kong, China ⓘ surface form: Hong Kong India ⓘ Iran ⓘ Israel ⓘ Jordan ⓘ Shanghai ⓘ Singapore ⓘ Turkey ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
massAliyahPeriod	Operation Ezra and Nehemiah ⓘ
massAliyahTo	Israel ⓘ
massAliyahYears	1950–1951 ⓘ
notableCenterOfTalmudicStudy	Mesopotamia ⓘ surface form: Babylonia
originatesFrom	Mesopotamia ⓘ surface form: Babylonia Mesopotamia ⓘ
partOf	Jewish diaspora ⓘ
produced	Talmud ⓘ surface form: Babylonian Talmud tradition
religion	Judaism ⓘ
rite	Babylonian Jewish rite ⓘ Sephardi rite ⓘ
subjectTo	denaturalization laws in Iraq ⓘ property confiscation in Iraq ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chinese Jews of Kaifeng → ancestralOrigin → Iraqi Jews ⓘ

Indian Jews → hasSubgroup → Iraqi Jews ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baghdadi Jews

Iraqi American → hasSubgroup → Iraqi Jews ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iraqi Jewish American

Iraqi Jews → historicalContinuityWith → Iraqi Jews self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babylonian Jews

Iraqi Jews → closelyRelatedTo → Iraqi Jews self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baghdadi Jews

Exilarch David ben Zakkai → partOf → Iraqi Jews ⓘ

subject surface form: David ben Zakkai

this entity surface form: Babylonian Jewish community

Eastern Aramaic → usedBy → Iraqi Jews ⓘ

David Marshall → ethnicGroup → Iraqi Jews ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baghdadi Jewish

Ben Ish Chai → influenced → Iraqi Jews ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baghdadi Jewish customs

Ben Ish Chai (Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad) → associatedWith → Iraqi Jews ⓘ

subject surface form: Ben Ish Chai

this entity surface form: Baghdad Jewish community

Rav Ashi → authorityIn → Iraqi Jews ⓘ

this entity surface form: Babylonian Jewish community

Farhud pogrom of 1941 in Baghdad → targetedCommunity → Iraqi Jews ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jewish community of Iraq

Farhud pogrom of 1941 in Baghdad → victimGroupEthnicity → Iraqi Jews ⓘ

Operation Ezra and Nehemiah → relocated → Iraqi Jews ⓘ

Operation Ezra and Nehemiah → affectedCommunity → Iraqi Jews ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jewish community of Baghdad

Operation Ezra and Nehemiah → affectedCommunity → Iraqi Jews ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jewish community of Basra

Operation Ezra and Nehemiah → isRelatedTo → Iraqi Jews ⓘ

this entity surface form: History of Jews in Iraq

Operation Ezra and Nehemiah → hasEthnicFocus → Iraqi Jews ⓘ

Kuwaiti Jews → partOf → Iraqi Jews ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iraqi Jewish diaspora

Kuwaiti Jews → sharesLanguageWith → Iraqi Jews ⓘ

Kuwaiti Jews → sharesCultureWith → Iraqi Jews ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baghdadi Jews

Kuwaiti Jews → sharesTradeNetworksWith → Iraqi Jews ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baghdadi Jews

Kuwaiti Jews → sharesTradeNetworksWith → Iraqi Jews ⓘ

Jews of the Persian Gulf region → notableCommunity → Iraqi Jews ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baghdadi Jews

Jews of the Persian Gulf region → notableCommunity → Iraqi Jews ⓘ

this entity surface form: Basra Jews