JewishGen Talks: Baghdadi Jews Who Lost Their Iraqi Nationality in 1951 with Dr. Jacob Rosen

About the Talk
The Register of Baghdadi Jews Who Lost Their Iraqi Nationality in 1951: Among the many documents discovered in Baghdad after it was taken by the USA Army in 2003 was a register of around 38,000 names of adult Baghdadi Jews whose Iraqi nationality was withdrawn from them due to their departure to Israel. It is an unique and valuable genealogical source not only but its sheer volume but also with info one can extract from it.
About the Speaker
Jacob Rosen is an independent consultant in demographic mapping. Prior to his retirement in 2015, he was the Senior Counselor, Center for Political Research in Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Rosen is a veteran diplomat, having served as Israel’s ambassador to Jordan from 2006 to 2009. His other diplomatic posts include in Atlanta, New Delhi, Cairo, New York, London, and Hauge. In November 2002, he took up the post of Political Advisor for International Affairs to the Mayor of Jerusalem. He is a member of the executive of the International Institute of Jewish Genealogy. Rosen was born in Poland and immigrated to Israel at the age of 9. He served in the IDF from 1966 to1969 and then went on to earn his B.A. in Middle Eastern Studies at Hebrew University. He is fluent in Polish, Dutch, English, Arabic, and Hebrew and is the author of ""Crossing the Jordan River: The Journeys of an Israeli Diplomat"" (Atlanta, 2004)