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{{short description|'''Chabad-Lubavitch and Iraq: no resident emissary or centre; Aleph Institute support for Jewish US troops during the occupation, and a 2023 Tanya printing in Baghdad'''}}<br />
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{{Infobox organization<br />
| name = Chabad-Lubavitch in Iraq<br />
| type = No resident Chabad emissary or centre (visits and one-off activity only)<br />
| headquarters = None in the country<br />
| location = Iraq (no base)<br />
| area_served = Baghdad; US bases<br />
| key_people = None resident. Visiting: [[Jacob Goldstein]] (2003, National Guard chaplain)<br />
| remarks = Visits and one-off activity only<br />
}}<br />
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'''Chabad-Lubavitch in Iraq''' has no resident emissary, Chabad house or registered local body. No Iraqi centre appears in the movement's own directory.<ref name="LubRegions" /> The documented activity is support for Jewish members of the US forces during the occupation, through the Chabad-affiliated [[Aleph Institute]] and a Chabad chaplain, and a one-off printing of the ''Tanya'' in 2023.<br />
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== Visits and one-off activity ==<br />
There is no resident emissary or centre.<br />
* '''2003.''' The Chabad rabbi [[Jacob Goldstein]], a National Guard chaplain, took Torah scrolls and prayer books to Jewish soldiers in Iraq and the region.<ref name="LubBaghdad2003" /><br />
* '''2008.''' The [[Aleph Institute]] sent Passover supplies to Jewish US troops in Iraq. They were flown into Baghdad's Green Zone by military helicopter for seders "at army bases across Iraq".<ref name="AlephIraq2008" /><br />
* '''May 2023.''' Two Lubavitch men, Yanky Rubin and Mendy Lieberman, printed copies of the ''Tanya'' in Baghdad and then in Kuwait City.<ref name="CHinfoTanya2023" /><br />
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== Relations with the state and the US military ==<br />
The 2003 and 2008 activity took place within the US military presence during the occupation.<ref name="LubBaghdad2003" /><ref name="AlephIraq2008" /> No contact between Chabad and the Iraqi state was found.<br />
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== Funding and controversies ==<br />
None found.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Iraq]]<br />
* [[Chabad-Lubavitch in West Asia]]<br />
* [[Aleph Institute]]<br />
* [[Chabad Lubavitch of Kuwait]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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<ref name="LubRegions">Lubavitch.com centres directory, regional indexes for the [https://www.lubavitch.com/centers/middle-east/ Middle East], [https://www.lubavitch.com/centers/asia/ Asia], [https://www.lubavitch.com/centers/africa/ Africa] and [https://www.lubavitch.com/centers/europe/ Europe], accessed 21 October 2026. None lists Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Qatar or Syria. Chabad-side directory.</ref><br />
<ref name="LubBaghdad2003">Baila Olidort, [https://www.lubavitch.com/sukkot-in-baghdad/ "Sukkot in Baghdad"], Lubavitch.com, 10 October 2003. Chabad-side.</ref><br />
<ref name="AlephIraq2008">Chabad.org, [https://www.chabad.org/news/article_cdo/aid/665916/jewish/Baghdad-Iraq-Special-Provisions-Distributed-Across-the-Country.htm "Baghdad, Iraq: Special Provisions Distributed Across the Country"], 17 April 2008. Chabad-side.</ref><br />
<ref name="CHinfoTanya2023">CrownHeights.info, [https://crownheights.info/chabad-news/819443/in-undercover-operation-tanya-printed-for-the-first-time-in-iraq-and-kuwait/ "Tanya Printed For the First Time In Iraq and Kuwait"], 13 May 2023. Chabad-side.</ref><br />
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