Baghdad Jews Have Become a Fearful Few
I have no future here to stay.
Written in broken English but with perfect clarity, the message is a stark and plaintive assessment from one of the last Jews of Babylon.
The community of Jews in Baghdad is now all but vanished in a land where their heritage recedes back to Abraham of Ur, to Jonahs prophesying to Nineveh, and to Nebuchadnezzars sending Jews into exile here more than 2,500 years ago.
Posted by: gorb 2008-06-02 |