Journal of the Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center

CONTENTS(P)

• Mordechai Ben-Porat: From the Chairman
• INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
• Opening Event
• Speech by Prof. Daniel Khazoom
• Victor Ozair: Shamash and Alliance Schools Alumni Reminiscences Day (P)
• JEWS OF IRAQ IN RECENT GENERATIONS
• Dr. Zvi Yehuda: Daily life in the community Baghdad at the end of the 19th century.
• Dr. Shaul Sehayik: The magnificient Babylonian exile in decline. (P)
• BABYLONIAN JEWRY IN THE DIASPORA
• Sally Solomon: Feasting and Fasting
• Nikham Ross: Publications of Babylonian Jews in the Diaspora
• Los Angeles
• Toronto, Ontario
• Anwar Shahin:From Montreal to Israel
• Letters from the Diaspora
• Bernice Mukamal, Toronto
• Carole Basri, New York
• Latif Hoory, London
• EVENTS AT THE MUSEUM
• The Exhibition "By the Waters of Babylon"
• Idit Pinhas: Exhibition on "Succot according to the Custom of the Jews of Babylon"
• Visits by school pupils in academic 1995/6
• Objects and documents contributed to the Museum.
• EVENTS AT THE CENTER
• Yigal Loushi: Review of events (P)
• The Annual Function(P)
• Arie Shemesh: Memorial for the Jewish martyrs in Iraq. (P)
• The Center has a homepage on the Internet.
• RESEARCH ACTIVITY AT THE CENTER
• Semadar Danon:Third documentation conference
• Preparations for the section on Jewish Leadership
• The project of the "Babylonian Jewish Families"
• Ties between the Center and academic institutions abroad.
• Teachers' courses at the Center
• Yaakov Zamir: New pictures in the picture Collection
• Yaakov Zamir: Developments in the Center's Library.
• Financial contributions
• FROM THE KITCHEN OF BABYLONIAN JEWS (P)
• IN MEMORIOM
• Shaul Yarkoni
• Grace Ballas