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Iraq -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century, Iraq -- History -- Hashemite Kingdom, 1921-1958, Jews -- Iraq -- History -- 20th century, Jews -- Iraq -- Identity, Jews -- Iraq -- Intellectual life, SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations, SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies, Ethnic relations, Jews, Jews -- Identity, Jews -- Intellectual life, Geschichte, Juden, Jews -- History -- 20th century -- Iraq, Jews -- Identity -- Iraq, and Jews -- Intellectual life -- Iraq

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Although Iraqi Jews saw themselves as Iraqi patriots, their community-which had existed in Iraq for more than 2,500 years-was displaced following the establishment of the state of Israel. New Babylonians chronicles the lives of these Jews, their urban Arab culture, and their hopes for a democratic nation-state. It studies their ideas about Judaism, Islam, secularism, modernity, and reform, focusing on Iraqi Jews who internalized narratives of Arab and Iraqi nationalisms and on those who turned to communism in the 1940s. As the book reveals, the ultimate displacement of this community was not t
Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Brothers and Others; Chapter 2: Nationalism and Patriotism; Chapter 3: The Effendia; Chapter 4: Friends, Neighbors, and Enemies; Chapter 5: Red Baghdad; Chapter 6: An End?; Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index