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The Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center was founded in 1973 as a non-profit institution for the purpose of collecting, preserving and commemorating the heritage of Babylonian Jewry. The Center operates a research institute, publishing house, library and archives. The center's Museum of Babylonian Jewry opened to the public in 1988.
The Jewish community in Nehardea established the first Jewish settlement there, continuing to send offerings to the First Temple in Jerusalem, which were transported from Babylon. [16] Nehardea became the capital for the Babylonian exilarch, and there is evidence suggesting that the first exilarch hailed from this community. [16]
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The Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center, a museum documenting the history of the Iraqi Jewish community, was established in Or Yehuda in 1988. [19] The museum, located at Mordechai Ben-Porat Av No. 83, also includes a library (open to the public by appointment only).
The first Jewish communities in Babylonia started with the exile of the Tribe of Judah to Babylon by Jehoiachin in 597 BCE as well as after the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in 586 BCE. [92] Many more Jews migrated to Babylon in 135 CE after the Bar Kokhba revolt and in the centuries after. [ 92 ]
The Academy Museum's exhibition 'Hollywoodland: Jewish Founders and the Making of a Movie Capital' centers on Jewish filmmakers who created the studio system.
The Sasanian period witnessed the flourishing of Jewish culture in Babylonia, and the beginning of a long period in which Babylonian Jewry took the lead in Jewish culture worldwide. A landmark in this process was the emigration of Rav from the Galilee, where he had studied with Judah HaNasi (author of the Mishnah), to Babylonia in 219 CE. The ...