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Lisa Leff

Lisa Leff is Associate Professor of History at American University.

  • Left to right: Harold Rhode in the Mukhabarat basement; Torah scroll drying in a courtyard; 1918 letter from the British Military Governor’s Office in Baghdad to the Chief Rabbi regarding the allotment of 500 sheep for Rosh Hashanah.(National Archives)
    Left to right: Harold Rhode in the Mukhabarat basement; Torah scroll drying in a courtyard; 1918 letter from the British Military Governor’s Office in Baghdad to the Chief Rabbi regarding the allotment of 500 sheep for Rosh Hashanah.(National Archives)
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    Iraqi Jewish Treasures Displayed in D.C. Before Being Shipped Back to … Iraq

    In the chaos of the 2003 war, remnants of a once-thriving Jewish past were saved (or stolen?) by America. Where do they belong?

    byLisa Leff
  • (Joanna Andreasson)
    (Joanna Andreasson)
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    The Book Thief: How Stolen Nazi Documents Made Their Way to American Jewish Archives

    Did Zosa Szajkowski save precious documents from the Nazis, or did he steal the cultural patrimony of French Jews?

    byLisa Leff
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