No.14, Autumn 2003
CONTENTS Mordechay Ben-Porat: From the Chairman Fall of the Evil Regime in Iraq THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS Visitor's Comments on our Internet Site Prof. Yitzhak Avishur: On the 3rd International Congress A Grove in memory of the Farhud victims Dr. Zvi Yehuda: The Jews of Iraq from Zionism To Integration Ayelet Shusan: A Dream Come True Prof. Mordechai Pras: Familial Mediterranean Fever A Meeting at the Presidential House JEWS OF IRAQ IN RECENT GENERATIONS EVENTS AT THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE Prof. Yona Sabar: Proper names and Family Names Sano Twena: The Hacham from Baghdad in Calcutta Dr. Zvi Yehuda: The Jewish Community in Baghdad in the 18th Century Mordechay Ben-Porat: A Dept Repaid Yitzhak Battat: The Jewish Theatre in Baghdad EVENTS AT THE MUSEUM Victor Ozair: The Ozair Family Tree Orly Baher: Objects Donated to the Museum IRAQI JEWS IN THE DIASPORA BOOK REVIEW Idit Sharoni-Pinhas: A Sculpture by Oded Halahmy Budding of modern Hebrew Creativity Dr.Chiara Betta: Silas Hardoon in Shanghai, 1874-1931 Sino Judaica, Vol. 4 (2003) Remembering Columbia's Heroes Jews, Opium and the Kimono Dr. Zvi Gabay: A visit to "Musmeah Yeshua" in Yangon IN MEMORIAM Rahel Musleah: Rosh Hashanah, Calcutta Style Prof. Tikva Lecker-Darwish, by Prof. Nava Kahana Sassoon and Shuker Visited Rabbi Zacks Gourji Shasha, by Mordechai Ben-Porat EVENTS AT THE CENTER Abraham Chitayat, by Danny Zadok Yigal Loushi: Review of Events Salman Dabby, by Mordechai Ben-Porat
Prof. Tikva Lecker-Darwish, by Prof. Nava Kahana
Gourji Shasha, by Mordechai Ben-Porat
Abraham Chitayat, by Danny Zadok
Salman Dabby, by Mordechai Ben-Porat