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Re: Babylonian Jewry

From: "Jonathan D. Safren" <yonsaf AT beitberl.beitberl.ac.il>
To: Jonathan Bailey <jonathan.bailey AT gmx.de>
Cc: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Babylonian Jewry
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 09:01:30 +0200

Jonathan Bailey wrote:

> As far as I know, they migrated to Egypt, Spain, and the North African
> coast. They are
> what we know as Sephardim. I have not gotten deep into the history, but I
> do believe
> that it is there, and if you research the Sephardim, you will eventually
> get back to
> Babylon.

In 1949 there were about 110,000 Jews living in Iraq, the former Babylonia
and Assyria. So
they didn't all emigrate to Egypt, Spain and North Africa. Almost all of
these Iraqi Jews
live today in the State of Israel.
Sincerely,
--
Jonathan D. Safren
Dept. of Biblical Studies
Beit Berl College
Beit Berl Post Office 44905
Israel

Babylonian Jewry, Robert Vining, 11/20/1999
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: Babylonian Jewry, Jonathan Bailey, 11/20/1999
- Re: Babylonian Jewry, Jonathan D. Safren, 11/21/1999
- Re: Babylonian Jewry, peter_kirk, 11/22/1999
- Re: Babylonian Jewry, Jonathan D. Safren, 11/22/1999
- Re: Babylonian Jewry, shella, 11/22/1999