Of the 500,000 or so Jews of Iraqi ancestry living today, only perhaps 3 Jews live in Iraq. Before 1948,  though, there were some 130,000 Jews in Iraq, of which 90,000 lived in Baghdad, when they comprised as much as a quarter of the total population.  The Iraqi Jewish community not only had a vibrant musical culture within itself, but played a disproportionate role in general Iraqi musical culture. John Erlich's program will discuss Iraqi Jews and their music, and he will play and sing examples to illustrate the discussion.

Fee: $12   Registration is required.

Presented by New Lehrhaus  (https://newlehrhaus.org/), in partnership with Congregation Netivot Shalom, and KlezCalifornia (https://klezcalifornia.org/).