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Nonfiction My Mother’s Spice Cupboard: A Journey from Baghdad to Bombay to Bondi Elana Benjamin
Nonfiction Farewell, Babylon: Coming of Age in Jewish Baghdad Naim Kattan; Sheila Fischman, trans.
Nonfiction Iraq’s Last Jews: Stories of Daily Life, Upheaval, and Escape From Modern Babylon Tamar Morad, Dennis Shasha, and Robert Shasha, eds.
Nonfiction Outsider in the Promised Land: An Iraqi Jew in Israel Nissim Rejwan University of Texas Press
Nonfiction Memories of Eden: A Journey Through Jewish Baghdad Violette Shamash; Mira and Tony Roca, eds.
Essay Ariel Sabar: A Time to Put Aside the Armor Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterAriel Sabar, author of My Father’s Paradise: A Son’s Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq, wrote an essay for last… JBC Staff July 20, 2009
News 2008 NETWORK Author News Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterCongratulations to Ariel Sabar on his National Book Critics Circle Win! He is the Autobiography Winner for his title My… JBC Staff March 13, 2009
Recommended Reading Taking Another Look at Iraq and Albania… Naomi Firestone-Teeter December 10, 2008
Recommended Reading Move Over Europe Over the past several years, the Jewish Book Council has received an influx of titles concerning the plight of Jews outside the boundaries of Europe. No longer are our… Naomi Firestone-Teeter November 21, 2008
