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Iraq opens 1st Jewish museum as community faces extinction

short by Udit Gupta / on Thursday, 5 November, 2026
Iraq has opened its first Jewish museum, the Shamash Museum, in a former school building in Baghdad to preserve the community's history and heritage. The museum displays historical documents, photographs and personal records. While Jews once made up nearly a quarter of Baghdad's population, only four to six now live in city, with around 50 Jewish families in Iraqi Kurdistan.
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