Iraqi Jewish community

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Iraqi_Jewish_community
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Jewish_community
gptkbp:currentPopulationInIraq fewer than 10
gptkbp:diaspora gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Israel
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:exodusDestination gptkb:Iran
gptkb:Israel
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:historicalPresence 6th century BCE
gptkbp:languageSpoken gptkb:Hebrew
gptkb:Judeo-Arabic
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Iraq
gptkbp:majorCity gptkb:Baghdad
gptkb:Basra
Mosul
gptkbp:massExodus 1950-1951
gptkbp:notableContributor Baghdad architecture
Baghdad banking
Baghdad education
Baghdad intellectual life
Baghdad journalism
Baghdad law
Baghdad literature
Baghdad medicine
Baghdad music
Baghdad philosophy
Baghdad poetry
Baghdad politics
Baghdad printing press
Baghdad science
Baghdad theater
Baghdad trade
commerce in Iraq
gptkbp:notableInstitution gptkb:Great_Synagogue_of_Baghdad
gptkb:Meir_Tweig_Synagogue
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Edwin_Samuel
gptkb:Sassoon_family
gptkb:Sir_Naim_Dangoor
gptkbp:persecutedBy gptkb:Farhud
1941
gptkbp:populationPeak 1940s
~150,000
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:tradition gptkb:Baghdadi_Jewish_music
Iraqi Jewish cuisine
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ashdod
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Iraqi Jewish community