Baghdad’s first Jewish museum draws crowds to rediscover Iraq’s Jewish past | CNN
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Iraq’s Jewish community numbered about 150,000 in 1947. Between 1950 and 1952, around 125,000 Iraqi Jews were airlifted to Israel.
Iraqis visit the Shamash Jewish Museum, formerly the Shamash Jewish school which opened on Al-Rashid Street in central Baghdad on October 30.
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Dozens of Iraqis visit Baghdad’s first Jewish museum each day to view faded school certificates, handwritten documents and family photographs. The exhibits offer a glimpse into a once integral part of Iraqi life that has all but disappeared.
The museum occupies the historic Shamash Jewish School, founded in 1928 on Al-Rashid Street, a prominent thoroughfare in Baghdad. Iraq’s Jewish community opened the museum last month in a rare public celebration of the country’s Jewish heritage.
