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כותר • היהודים בעיר חילה וסביבותיה / המחבר דוד מועלם יעקב.

כותרים נוספים • Added t.p.: Jewish community of Hillah

מקום קשור • Ramla (Israel)-place of publication

מחבר/יוצר • מועלם, דוד בן יעקב

מוציא לאור • רמלה : אגודת בית הכנסת גאולה

שנה • תשל"ה

נושאים • Jews -- Iraq -- Hilla -- Bibliography

• Jews -- Iraq -- Hilla -- History

• Hillah (Iraq)

הערות • נוספו תקצירים ושער באנגלית.

סימול בספריית בעלים • From the collection of Professor Shmuel Moreh, 1932-2017

• מהאוסף של פרופסור שמואל מורה, 1932-2017

• من مجموعة الأستاذ شموئيل موريه، 1932-2017

סדרה • יהדות בבל : גולים וגאולים

• חלק ד

תיאור • 95, 17, [1] עמודים : איור, פורטרטים

• 24 ס"מ.

שפה • עברית

• אנגלית

Very rare monograph on Iraq Jewry

From content: memorial of this community, culture, Zionist movement and more.

Many figures and pictures.

Extreme rare copy – published by personal initiative unauthorized study.

Rare copy to find.

Soft cover

Tight bound clean text

Generally good shape

95+17  pages size:6.5-9.5 inches 

Modern Iraq Jewry history (1918 to the present)

Sociologist Philip Mendes asserts that before the anti-Jewish actions of the 1930s and 1940s, overall Iraqi Jews "viewed themselves as Arabs of the Jewish faith, rather than as a separate race or nationality".[13] Additionally, early Labor Zionism mostly concentrated on the Jews of Europe, skipping Iraqi Jews because of their lack of interest in agriculture. The result was that "Until World War II, Zionism made little headway because few Iraqi Jews were interested in the socialist ideal of manual labor in Palestine." (Simon, Reguer, and Laskier, p 364)

During the British Mandate from 1918, and in the early days after independence in 1932, well-educated Jews played an important role in civic life. Iraq's first minister of finance, Sir Sassoon Eskell, was a Jew, and Jews were important in developing the judicial and postal systems. Records from the Baghdad Chamber of Commerce show that 10 out of its 19 members in 1947 were Jews and the first musical band formed for Baghdad's nascent radio in the 1930s consisted mainly of Jews. Jews were represented in the Iraqi parliament, and many Jews held significant positions in the bureaucracy which in many cases led to resentment by the Iraqi population.

In the 1930s, the situation of the Jews in Iraq deteriorated. Previously, the growing Iraqi Arab nationalist sentiment included Iraqi Jews as fellow Arabs[citation needed], but these views changed with the introduction of Nazi propaganda and the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian Mandate. Despite protestations of their loyalty to Iraq, Iraqi Jews were increasingly subject to discrimination and harsh laws. On August 27, 1934 many Jews were dismissed from public service[citation needed], and quotas were set up in colleges and universities. Zionist activities were banned, as was the teaching of Jewish history and Hebrew in Jewish schools[citation needed]. Following the collapse of Rashid Ali's pro-Axis coup, the Farhud ("violent dispossession") pogrom of June 1 and 2, 1941, broke out in Baghdad in which approximately 200 Jews were murdered (some sources put the number higher), and up to 2,000 injured—damages to property were estimated at $3 million. There was also looting in many other cities at around the same time. Afterwards, Zionist emissaries from Palestine were sent to teach Iraqi Jews self-defense, which they were eager to learn. (Simon, Reguer, and Laskier, p 364)

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