Jewish Baghdad
Learn through schools, synagogues, cemeteries, rabbinic institutions and community spaces in Baghdad.
Open Learn exhibition →THEMATIC EXHIBITIONSchools and Jewish education
Trace the modern educational network that shaped generations of Iraqi Jewish students.
Open Learn exhibition →THEMATIC EXHIBITIONRabbis and scholarship
Move from Baghdad’s academies to Kurdish Jewish scholarly traditions.
Open Learn exhibition →REGIONAL EXHIBITIONJewish Kurdistan
Explore towns, cemeteries, quarters and village memories across the northern network.
Open Learn exhibition →THEMATIC EXHIBITIONTrade, rivers and global networks
Follow Baghdad and Basra through commerce, river geography and transregional Jewish networks.
Open Learn exhibition →THEMATIC EXHIBITIONSacred sites and pilgrimage
Explore prophet traditions, shrine complexes and pilgrimage landscapes while keeping tradition distinct from archaeological proof.
Open Learn exhibition →HISTORICAL EXHIBITIONThe Farhud: Baghdad, June 1941
Learn about the June 1941 violence as a historical event connected to Baghdad’s Jewish community—not as a label placed on every heritage site.
Open Learn exhibition →HISTORICAL EXHIBITION1950–1951: departure and transformed geography
Understand the mass departure as a transformation of people, institutions and memory across borders.
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