Iraqi Jews in Israel

Iraqi Jews in Israel
Total population
250,000[1] - 450,000[2]
Regions with significant populations
Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and many other places.
Languages
Hebrew (Main language for all generations);
Older generation: Arabic language
Religion
Judaism

Iraqi Jews in Israel are immigrants and descendants of the immigrants of the Iraqi Jewish communities, who now reside within the state of Israel. They number around 450,000.[3]

History

In the 20th century, Iraqi Jews played an important role in the early days of Iraq's independence.

From 1951 to 1952, between 120,000 and 130,000 Iraqi Jews (around 75% of the Iraqi Jewish community) were airlifted to Israel in Operation Ezra and Nehemiah,[4] [5][6] via Iran or Cyprus.

Notable people

See also

Languages:

References

  1. ↑ "https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=860". Retrieved 21 April 2016. External link in |title= (help)
  2. ↑ http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-73357609.html
  3. ↑ http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-73357609.html
  4. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6611667.stm Israelis from Iraq remember Babylon
  5. ↑ Pasachoff & Littman 2005, p. 301
  6. ↑ "Operations Ezra & Nechemia: The Aliyah of Iraqi Jews". Jewish Virtual Library. American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise. Retrieved June 27, 2008.
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