History of the Jews in Iraq

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The Jews in Iraq (Hebrew: יְהוּדִים בָּבְלִים Babylonian Jews Yehudim Bavlim Arabic: يهود العراق‎ Yahūd al-ʿIrāq) is documented from the time of the Babylonian captivity c. 586 BC.

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language: Arabic language, Hebrew language, Neo-Aramaic languages, Judeo-Arabic languages
related: Mizrahi Jews, Baghdadi Jews, History of Jews in Kurdistan, Persian Jews, Jews
religion: Judaism
total population: 450000

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