“From the Babylonian captivity, Iraq became a centre of Jewish culture ”

Victoria died last month. She was almost 100 years old, still living on her own in her house in the tranquil north London suburb of Golders Green, far from the turmoil of war and revolution that had marked her life. Victoria was an Iraqi Jew. Spanning much of the 20th century, her memory carried down to us the poignant story of the Iraqi Jewish community from the 1920s to its final passing.

It’s a tale that goes