The Last Jews in Baghdad : : Remembering a Lost Homeland / / Nissim Rejwan.
Once upon a time, Baghdad was home to a flourishing Jewish community. More than a third of the city's people were Jews, and Jewish customs and holidays helped set the pattern of Baghdad's cultural and commercial life. On the city's streets and in the bazaars, Jews, Muslims, and Christ...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2004 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword. Jews as Native Iraqis: An Introduction
- Preface. On Taking Stock
- Chapter 1 In old Baghdad
- Chapter 2 The Rejwan tribe
- Chapter 3 Mother and the placebo effect
- Chapter 4 Na‘ima
- Chapter 5 Early initiations
- Chapter 6 Schooling
- Chapter 7 The great crash and us
- Chapter 8 Hesqail Abul ‘Alwa hires a helper
- Chapter 9 Living in sexual deprivation
- Chapter 10 Idle days
- Chapter 11 Distorted visions
- Chapter 12 Rashid ‘Ali’s coup and its aftermath
- Chapter 13 Bookshop days
- Chapter 14 A deepening friendship
- Chapter 15 The start: movies, book reviews
- Chapter 16 Out in the cold
- Chapter 17 Disposing of a library
- Chapter 18 End of a community
- Chapter 19 Farewells and reunions
- Appendix A The Jews of Iraq: a brief historical sketch
- Appendix B A selection of book reviews from the Iraq times
- Index of names of persons