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September 24, 416 Emperors Theodosius II (408 – 450) and Honorius (393 – 423)
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September 24, 416 Emperors Theodosius II (408 – 450) and Honorius (393 – 423)

Prohibition of Jewish Conversion to Christianity to Avoid Crimes “It had been ordained, in the old laws as well as in ours, that, since we have learned that converts of the Jewish religion want to join the community of the Church in order to escape their crimes and out of various necessities, this is done […]

Jews of Iraq
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Jews of Iraq

The mass emigration of Jews from Iraq in the years 1950 and 1951 brought to an end the existence of a community which had been in the region for millennia. From the very birth of Judaism in what was then Mesopotamia, Jews have been present in or very strongly linked to the area. Primary sources […]

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Postcard of the Sir Albert Sassoon Synagogue, Baghdad, 1927
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Postcard of the Sir Albert Sassoon Synagogue, Baghdad, 1927

Sir Albert Abdallah David Sassoon, Bart. was an Anglo-Indian merchant; head of the house of David Sassoon & Co., born in Baghdad 1817; died in Brighton, England in 1896. The Sassoons were known as “the Rothschilds of the East.”

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Operation Magic Carpet, 1949-1950
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Operation Magic Carpet, 1949-1950

During the course of Operation Magic Carpet (also known as Operation On Wings of Eagles), 49,000 Jews were airlifted to the new State of Israel. The vast majority of these Jews were from Yemen.

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Yemenite Jew, circa 1920
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Yemenite Jew, circa 1920

In 1922, the government of Yemen reintroduced the “orphans decree,” which stated that an orphan under 12 years of age would be taken from the Jewish community and turned over to a Muslim foster family.

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Yemenite Jew, 1914
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Yemenite Jew, 1914

About 10% of Yemen’s Jews left Yemen and immigrated to Palestine in the first wave of immigration, which lasted from 1881 to 1914.

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July 26, 412 Theodosius II (408 – 450) and Emperors Honorius (393 – 423)
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July 26, 412 Theodosius II (408 – 450) and Emperors Honorius (393 – 423)

Protection of Synagogues and the Jewish Sabbath “No one shall dare to violate or seize and occupy what are known the names of synagogues and are assuredly frequented by the conventicles of the Jews, for all must retain what is theirs with unmolested right and without harm to religion and cult. Furthermore, since the ancient […]

August 24, 410 The Golden Menorah
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August 24, 410 The Golden Menorah

The Visigoths led by King Alaric besieged Rome “It was at length agreed that the city should give 5,000 pounds of gold and 30,000 pounds of silver… Palladius was not able to complete the whole sum … they (e.g. the Romans) not only robbed statues of their ornaments but also melted down some of them […]

April 1, 409 Emperors Theodosius II (408 – 450) and Honorius (393 – 423)
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April 1, 409 Emperors Theodosius II (408 – 450) and Honorius (393 – 423)

Against Christian Conversion to Judaism; God – Fearers “A new crime of superstition shall obtain the unheard name of Heaven-Fearers [God-Fearers]. Let them know, that unless they return within a year to the cult of God and to the Christian veneration, they too shall be affected by those laws which we have ordered to be […]

February 3, 404 Emperors Arcadius (395 – 408) and Honorius (393 – 423)
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February 3, 404 Emperors Arcadius (395 – 408) and Honorius (393 – 423)

Privileges Granted to the Jewish Patriarchs “We order that all the privileges granted by our father, of divine memory, and by the emperors before him, to the excellent Patriarchs (e.g. Jewish Leaders), and to those set by them over others, shall retain their force.” Source: Council of Centers on Jewish-Christian Relations