Iraq Military Commander Survives Suicide Bomb Attack
Summary from Israel, from articles in English
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Except for one person, the orchestra was entirely Jewish - not because my father deliberately selected Jews, but because most musicians were Jews. (article 1)
Shlomo is one of the few able to tell the story of the last generation of Iraqi Jews - who remember living in and leaving Iraq. (article 1)
They were people who in many cases grew up with strong patriotic feelings but were always prepared for a future beyond Iraq's borders. (article 1)
Because those who remember vividly Jewish life in Iraq are dwindling in numbers, we felt a sense of urgency to record the experiences of these last Jews of Iraq. (article 1)
So, over the course of a year, we sat down to interview 64 Iraqi Jews from the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and Israel, members of a 2,500 year-old community and the oldest Jewish Diaspora. (article 1)
Our interviewees told us about their daily life in Baghdad at a time when Iraqi Jews saw themselves as part of the Iraqi national fiber in government, commerce, music and literature. (article 1)
Their accounts became our book, " Iraq's Last Jews: Stories of Daily Life, Upheaval, and Escape from Modern Babylon an oral history collection. (article 1)
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Source articles
- Escaping modern Babylon (haaretz.com, 07/10/2008, 2356 words)
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