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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 429

Iraqi Jewish archive

The Iraqi Jewish Archive was found in the flooded basement of the Iraqi intelligence services in Baghdad in 2003. This photo shows items before they were restored by the US (National Archives)
July 19, 2018, 11:32 pm
State Department says working to keep Iraqi Jewish Archive in US
Move comes after group of Senate lawmakers introduce resolution recommending that the US renegotiate the artifacts’ return
By Josefin Dolsten
An expert in the US restoring one of the books rescued from the Iraqi Jewish community in Baghdad. (Courtesy: US National Archives and Records Administration)
July 19, 2018, 12:08 pm
Bipartisan bill seeks to keep Iraqi Jewish archive in US
Senators discussing legislation that would prevent State Department from returning trove of historical documents to Baghdad
By Josefin Dolsten
Carole Basri
March 6, 2018, 3:25 pm
Carole Basri
The Iraqi Jewish archive belongs to Iraqi Jews
The US government is poised to give Torah scrolls and other Jewish artifacts to a country that expelled its Jews
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer speaking to reporters in Washington, DC, Sept. 27, 2017. (Win McNamee/Getty Images via JTA)
October 3, 2017, 10:21 pm
Schumer to Tillerson: Don’t return trove of Jewish artifacts to Iraq
Senate Minority Leader tells State Department the ‘treasured collection belongs to the Jewish community and should be made available to them’
By Josefin Dolsten
Volunteers attempt to recover Iraqi Jewish archival material from the flooded basement of the Mukhabarat, Saddam Hussein’s intelligence headquarters, 2003. (Harold Rhode, Courtesy of the US National Archives)
September 8, 2017, 11:06 pm
Despite protests, US to return trove of Jewish artifacts to Iraq
Historic Iraqi Jewish Archive had been found in flooded basement of the Iraqi secret services headquarters in Baghdad after Second Gulf War
By Josefin Dolsten
Volunteers attempt to recover Iraqi Jewish archival material from the flooded basement of the Mukhabarat, Saddam Hussein’s intelligence headquarters, 2003. (Harold Rhode, Courtesy of the US National Archives)
January 6, 2016, 8:20 pm
Who should keep Iraqi Jewry’s archives, saved from Saddam, now on tour in US?
The future of a unique collection, salvaged in a ‘Monuments Men-style’ rescue from a secret police HQ in Baghdad, 2003, is up for grabs
By Rich Tenorio
Centuries-old books and documents from the Iraqi Jewish archive await preservation. (photo credit: Courtesy The National Archives)
May 16, 2014, 2:14 am
Iraq extends Jewish archive stay in US
Jewish groups, Congressmen demand exhibit remain in custody of a major Iraqi Jewish Diaspora organization
By JTA
Centuries-old books and documents from the Iraqi Jewish archive await preservation. (photo credit: Courtesy The National Archives)
March 18, 2014, 12:32 am
US seeks to keep access open to Iraqi Jewish Archive
Despite prior commitment, State Department exploring alternatives to simply returning entire collection to Baghdad
By JTA
Centuries-old books and documents from the Iraqi Jewish archive await preservation. (photo credit: Courtesy The National Archives)
March 10, 2014, 6:43 am
Battle over Iraqi Jewish archive heads to US House
Jewish groups and Iraqi Jews around the world oppose the planned return of centuries-old texts and documents to Iraq
By JTA
Centuries-old books and documents from the Iraqi Jewish archive await preservation. (photo credit: Courtesy The National Archives)
February 8, 2014, 12:00 am
Senate bids to save ancient Iraqi Jewish archive
Time is running out for State Dept. to renegotiate the status of the massive collection before it’s returned to Iraq in June
By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
Linda Menuhin is looking for closure in 'Shadow in Baghdad' (photo credit: courtesy)
January 7, 2014, 5:27 am
Jewish refugees from Arab lands slowly gain recognition
Documentary captures Skype conversations between an Iraqi Jew researching her father’s fate and the young reporter in Baghdad who tries to help her
By Alex Suskind
This photo of a special service at New Montefiore Cemetery in West Babylon, New York, shows damaged Torah scroll fragments being buried in a religious ceremony on Sunday (photo credit: AP)
December 17, 2013, 4:55 am
Damaged Iraqi Torah scrolls buried in Long Island
Some 2,700 Jewish books and documents seized after fall of Saddam Hussein are expected to be returned to Iraq
By Frank Eltman
Lyn Julius
December 9, 2013, 10:06 am
Lyn Julius
How Saddam seized the Jewish archive
Thousands of documents slated for return to Iraq may have been obtained with help from a Jewish collaborator
Thousands of waterlogged Jewish books and documents shortly after their discovery in a flooded basement of Saddam Hussein's former intelligence headquarters, May 2003. (Photo credit: courtesy The National Archives)
November 13, 2013, 6:13 am
Don’t give Baghdad trove of Jewish artifacts, groups urge US
Over 40 Jewish organizations write letter urging Washington not to return Jewish documents recovered from Iraqi basement in 2003
By ToI Staff and Ben Zehavi
Thousands of waterlogged Jewish books and documents shortly after their discovery in a flooded basement of Saddam Hussein's former intelligence headquarters, May 2003. (Photo credit: courtesy The National Archives)
November 6, 2013, 12:41 am
Rescued from Saddam, Iraqi Jewish archive finally on display
Some of the thousands of Jewish items recovered by US troops from a flooded Baghdad basement have been painstakingly restored for public display. But should they return to Iraq next year?
By Ben Zehavi
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