By the Rivers of Babylon https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/uncategorized/2014/01/by-the-rivers-of-babylon-2/

January 29, 2014 | Joseph Braude
About the author: Joseph Braude is the author, most recently, of Reclamation: A Cultural Policy for Arab-Israeli Partnership (Washington Institute for Near East Policy) and founder of the Center for Peace Communications.

A new anthology of poems about Baghdad through the ages recalls the rich Jewish culture that Iraqi authorities have sought to erase from history.

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