Iraqi Jewish Artifacts

January 30, 2014 5:43 PM

A Babylonian Talmud before restoration. This volume of the Talmud discusses laws and topics relating to Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. (U.S. National Archives)

A restored Babylonian Talmud. This volume of the Talmud discusses laws and topics relating to Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. (U.S. National Archives)

IJA conservator Katherine Kelly works on an artifact. (U.S. National Archives)

This colorfully illustrated French and Hebrew Haggadah was published in Vienna and is pictured before restoration. (U.S. National Archives)

This colorfully illustrated French and Hebrew Haggadah was published in Vienna and is pictured after restoration. (U.S. National Archives)

Iraqi Jewish Archive material being sorted. (U.S. National Archives)

Materials drying in Iraq. (U.S. National Archives)

Materials are piled up before treatment and restoration. (U.S. National Archives)

A Torah case. (U.S. National Archives)

A close up of the detail on a Torah case. (U.S. National Archives)