Life & contribution
Chief Rabbi of Baghdad in the 1920s, publisher and communal leader.
Detailed biography & historical context
Chief Rabbi of Baghdad in the 1920s, publisher and communal leader.
The documented record currently assembled for Ezra Dangoor includes the following: Served as Chief Rabbi of Baghdad from 1923 to 1926 after earlier rabbinic service in Rangoon. Opened a Hebrew-Arabic printing press in Baghdad in 1904 that issued religious works, educational texts and community publications.
This biography belongs to the long Baghdadi rabbinic tradition centered on study houses, courts and communal institutions. The figure is significant not only for personal scholarship but also for the transmission of Iraqi Jewish religious learning across generations and, later, across diaspora communities.
Archive classification: Rabbinic & Community Leadership. Recorded life dates/status: 1848–1930.
This profile synthesizes the documentary sources listed below; where the record is limited or contested, the dossier avoids unsupported detail.
Additional documented context
- Served as Chief Rabbi of Baghdad from 1923 to 1926 after earlier rabbinic service in Rangoon.
- Opened a Hebrew-Arabic printing press in Baghdad in 1904 that issued religious works, educational texts and community publications.
Documentary references
Additional biographical details are tied to the source records below.
Permanent ID · IJHDA-PER-0004
This biographical figure record is integrated into Discover Jewish Iraq from the Virtual Embassy’s Iraqi Jewish heritage collection.