Jews and Judaism in Baghdad

The '''''' () was a pogrom carried out against the Jewish population of Baghdad, Iraq, on 1–2 June 1941 (coinciding with the Jewish holiday of Shavuot), immediately following the British victory in the Anglo-Iraqi War. The riots occurred in a power vacuum that followed the collapse of the pro-Fascist and pro-Nazi government of Rashid Ali al-Gaylani while the city was in a state of instability. The violence came immediately after the rapid defeat of Rashid Ali by British forces, whose earlier coup had generated a short period of national euphoria, and was fueled by allegations that Iraqi Jews h

ethnic group

Arabic dialect spoken by Jews in Baghdad

bombing of Jewish targets in Baghdad, Iraq, between April 1950 and June 1951

Iraqi synagogue

ancient building in present-day Iraq

public hangings of 14 alleged Israeli spies in Iraq