That name, Yom HaGirush, marks when Jewish communities across many countries were once again dispossessed but became repossessed in the free nation of Israel.

The Vatican said it invited leaders of Iraq's 'Jewish community' to a meeting with the Pope on Saturday, despite the fact that Muslims violently purged the Jews from the country decades ago. 

Daniel Sasson recalls Iraq's plans to put all of the country's 150,000 Jews into ghettos, mimicking the Nazis' genocidal campaign in Europe.

The legendary Shlomo Hillel - secret agent, Haganah officer, politician and diplomat - passed away at the age of 97.

A first-ever ceremony marking the deportation of Iraqi Jews seven decades ago was held in Arbil, in the Kurdish region of Iraq.

This Week in Israel's History: Iraq kicks out its Jews