Research Catalog

Title

The last Jews in Baghdad [electronic resource] : remembering a lost homeland / Nissim Rejwan ; foreword by Joel Beinin.

Author

Rejwan, Nissim.

Publication

Austin : University of Texas Press, c2004.

Details

Additional Authors

ebrary, Inc.

Description

1 online resource (xxii, 242 p.)

Uniform Title

Last Jews in Baghdad (Online)

Alternative Title

Last Jews in Baghdad (Online)

Subjects

• Baghdad (Iraq) > Ethnic relations
• Jews > Iraq > Baghdad > Social conditions > 20th century
• Jews > Iraq > Baghdad > Social life and customs
• Jews > Iraq > Baghdad > Biography
• Rejwan, Nissim

Note

• Includes index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

Reproduction (note)

• Electronic reproduction.

Contents

In old Baghdad -- The Rejwan tribe -- Mother and the placebo effect -- Naʻīma -- Early initiations -- Schooling -- The great crash and US -- Hesqail Abul ʻAlwa hires a helper -- Living in sexual deprivation -- Idle days -- Distorted visions -- Rashid ʻAli's coup and its aftermath -- Bookshop days -- A deepening friendship -- The start : movies, book reviews -- Out in the cold -- Disposing of a library -- End of a community -- Farewells and reunions.

OCLC

ssj0000189405

Author

Rejwan, Nissim.

Title

The last Jews in Baghdad [electronic resource] : remembering a lost homeland / Nissim Rejwan ; foreword by Joel Beinin.

Imprint

Austin : University of Texas Press, c2004.

Edition

1st ed.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

Reproduction

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

Connect to:

Available from home with a valid library card

Available onsite at NYPL

Added Author

ebrary, Inc.

LCCN

2004004110