Rav Ashi (352–427) was a Babylonian Jewish rabbi, of the sixth generation of amoraim. He reestablished the Academy at Sura and was the first editor of the Babylonian Talmud.
A depiction of Rav Ashi teaching at the Sura Academy
The tomb of Rabbi Ashi on Har Shanan in the Galil mountains in Israel
History of the Jews in Iraq
The history of the Jews in Iraq is documented from the time of the Babylonian captivity c. 586 BCE. Iraqi Jews constitute one of the world's oldest and most historically significant Jewish communities.
Seated in the centre: Sir Sassoon Eskell, first Minister of Finance of the Kingdom with King Faisal I immediately to his left. The tycoon, Senator Menahem Saleh Daniel is seated on the far right of this shot.
Jewish scribes at Ezekiel's Tomb, 1914
Jews in Rawanduz, northern Iraq, 1905
The Great Synagogue of Baghdad circa early 20th century