Yet these countries may get them from their rightful owners.

Tantamount to returning stolen treasure to a thief.

Like returning stolen goods to a thief.

A treasure trove of Torah scrolls, prayer books, and other relics—all that remains of an Iraqi Jewish community persecuted to extinction—belongs in Israel, not Iraq.  

A decade ago, thousands of Jewish artifacts seized by Saddam Hussein were found in a flooded Baghdad basement. Their rescuer is now campaigning to prevent. . .

Artifacts now on display at the National Archives in Washington illustrate the past greatness of Iraq’s Jewish community and the parlous state to which it. . .

The Iraqi Jewish archive, currently undergoing restoration in the United States, is scheduled to be returned to the Iraqi government. It wasn’t theirs to begin with.

Rescued from the headquarters of Saddam Hussein’s secret police in 2003, the Iraqi Jewish Archive was flown to the U.S. for safekeeping. Next year, it. . .