History of the Jews in Iraq

The history of the Jews in Iraq is documented from the time of the Assyrian captivity in the 8th century BCE and Babylonian captivity (c. 586 BCE). Iraqi Jews (al-Yahūd al-ʿIrāqiyyūn), also known as Bavlim (Hebrew: יְהוּדִים בָּבְלִים, Yəhūḏīm Bāḇəlīm, lit. 'Babylonian Jews'), constitute one of the world's oldest and most historically significant Jewish communities.

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