Yom HaGirush 2026

Yom HaGirush, observed on November 30, commemorates the 1950s expulsions of Jews from Iraq and other Arab states. David Kahtan, son of an Iraqi Jew, set out to understand how his father’s community vanished. The result of his search:
The Long Journey Home: The Untold Story of Iraq’s Jews.

19 November at 7 pm UK (2 pm EST): HARIF, the Association of Jews from MENA, will be holding their Annual Commemoration, online and in-person. Info and tickets: https://www.jw3.org.uk/spektrix/ChooseSeats?EventInstanceId=1115812ANCNHQLBGNPKHPCQVMLGDLMRDN. 

And on 28 November, HARIF encourages synagogues worldwide to participate in a mass kaddish for people buried in Arab lands whose graves cannot be visited. A prayer for this observance is included in the article in both Hebrew and English.

The photo shows Emir Faisal visiting Rabbi Dangoor and
elders of the Iraqi Jewish community in 1925.