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- ↑ Middle East
- ↑ Carole Basri. "The Ethnic Cleansing of the Iraqi Jews" (Video). TorahCafe.com is a project of the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute . Torah Cafe.
In 1950 Baghdad was 40% Jewish. Today a handful of Jews remain. Uncover the shocking facts about the ethnic cleansing of Iraq’s Jews and what it means for peace in the Middle East today.
