One of Israel’s most prominent former ambassadors and an Arab specialist, Jacob Rosen, in August published a highly researched list of Baghdad Jewry surnames that span the time period 1874-2001.“
Although many books have been published about various aspects of Baghdadi Jewry and its rich heritage, none contain a systematically researched list of surnames. Partial lists do exist, but only in Hebrew,” he wrote on the Avotaynu Online website, which covers “the origins of and migrations of the Jewish people.”
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