My Father's Paradise

A Son's Search for His Family's Past

Recommended by Peter W. Galbraith, and 1 others. See all reviews

Ranked #59 in Jewish, Ranked #87 in Israel


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Peter W. Galbraith This is a book by Ariel Sabar, whose family came from Iraqi Kurdistan. The Jewish population of Iraq with very large in 1940; a quarter of Baghdad’s population was Jewish. But the partition of Palestine sparked increased repression of Jews in the region and led to a mass exodus of Jews from Iraq, including the author’s father. In the Arab parts of Iraq, Jews were fired from their jobs, had their property confiscated and were brutalized. But, in the Kurdish regions, there were no pogroms. On the contrary, the Kurds grieved the exodus of their Jewish neighbors. Within the region different... (Source)


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