Who is the rightful owner of a stunning collection of Iraqi Judaica known as the Iraqi Jewish Archives: the descendants of that country’s exiled Jewish community now living in the United States, or the Iraq government that stole the material from its Jewish population in the first place?
That is the question as the National Archives in Washington, D.C. readies an exhibit titled “Discov-ery and Recovery: Pre-serving Iraqi Jewish Heritage.” Originally sch-eduled to open Friday, Oct. 11, it will open once the federal government shutdown ends.
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