To Baghdad and Back: The Miraculous 2,000 Year Homecoming of the Iraqi Jews

by Mordechai Ben-Porat

Translated from the Hebrew. An eminent emigre (whose genealogy is included) chronicles the clandestine exodus of 130,000 Iraqi Jews to Israel from 1949-52. Appends letters of Ben-Gurion and Yizhak Hofi, the investigating committee report, details of the Ezra and Nehemiah Campaign, Halutz Movement activist list, and minutes of the 1951 Cabinet meeting where a decision was made on direct flights. No bibliography or index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

367 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1999

Reviews

[Joanna · Rating 3 out of 5]

A useful book though needed better editing and an index.