Last one out, turn out the light

Samira Yacoub, a small woman with bright eyes and jet-black
hair, in an unlikely spokesperson for the tiny surviving Jewish community
in Iraq.Yet, in a country buffeted by competing religious sects vying
for position in a new government, Yacoub declares Iraq’s Jews — all
35 of
them — should not be left out.

Somewhat surprisingly, there is a strong Jewish tradition in Iraq.
Under the Iraqi monarchy that was overthrown in 1958, the country had
nearly a half million Jews, many of whom were prominent in politics
as well as businesses; the country’s first finance minister was Jewish
and Jews were a vital part of Iraq’s large and prosperous middle class.  From
the Boston Globe