The story of the Iraqi Jews in a nutshell
The history of the Iraqi Jews spans a period of several thousand years. The Jewish presence in Mesopotamia dates back to ancient times, so that Mesopotamia and later Iraq hosted one of the oldest Jewish communities in the world until the early 1950s. Their history is marked by alternating positive and negative phases, during which they experienced persecution, hate propaganda and expulsion, but also prosperity, a cultural mediating role, fruitful economic relations with foreign countries and the attainment of high social positions.
