Photos of U.S. Ambassador Jones at the Babylonian Jewish Heritage Center

U.S. Ambassador Richard H. Jones pays visit to The Babylonian
Jewry Heritage Center in Or Yehuda on February 16, 2006.

Ambassador Jones was welcomed by Mordechai Ben-Porat, Founder and Chairman of The Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center. The visit began with a video, which explained the history of the research center and museum, followed by a tour of the museum's impressive collection of ethnographic material, Judaica, archival documents, books, and manuscripts which trace the 2700 year history of Babylonian Jewry. The visit concluded with a traditional Iraqi lunch.

Ambassador Richard Jones, Mordechai Ben-Porat, Chairman, Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center, and Prof. Shmuel Moreh, Emeritus Professor of Arabic Language and Literature, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Rachel David, tour guide, Pnina Shacham, Head of Education and Guide Department, Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center, Ygal Lushi, Director, Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center, Ambassador Richard Jones, Mrs. Jones, Prof. Shmuel Moreh, Emeritus Professor of Arabic Language and Literature, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Idit Sharoni-Pinchasi, Curator of Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center Museum
Ygal Lushi, Director, Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center, Ambassador Richard Jones, Mordechai Ben-Porat, Chairman, Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center	Prof. Shmuel Moreh, Emeritus Professor of Arabic Language and Literature, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Pnina Shacham, Head of Education and Guide Department, Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center and Ambassador Richard Jones
Prof. Shmuel Moreh, Emeritus Professor of Arabic Language and Literature, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mordechai Ben-Porat,Chairman, Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center, Ambassador Richard Jones and Mrs. Jones