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| ELI SAWDAYEE REMINISCENCE |
| THIS WEBSITE DEPICTS THE LIFE STYLE OF A JEWISH FAMILY WHO LIVED IN BAGHDAD IN THE THIRTIES. " THE HISTTORY OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF IRAQ DATES BACK TO THE FIRST BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY, THAT IS , TO THE YEAR 597 B.C., WHEN THE JEWS WERE DEPORTED TO BABYLON BY NEBUCHADNEZZAR FROM THEIR CONQUERED HOMELAND, WHICH IN THE CENTURIES BECAME KNOWN AS PALESTINE. " BETWEEN THE YEAR 1950-1952, 105 THOUSAND JEWS LEFT IRAQ WITH A KNAPSACK, LEAVING BEHIND ALL THEIR POSSESSIONS, JUST TO SAVE THEMSELVES FROM THE PERSECUTION BY THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT OF THE TIME. TEN THOUSAND MORE LEFT UP TO THE YEAR 1970. NOW " 2010 " THERE ARE LESS THAN TEN JEWS LEFT IN ALL IRAQ. |
| MAY WE HAVE A GOOD AND SWEET YEAR LIKE HONEY A YEAR OF HEALTH, WEALTH AND HAPPINESS. |