Rabbi’s turban

Along with several cloaks, a sash, and some family documents, this turban was donated to the Israel Museum from the personal clothing of Rabbi Sassoon Kedoory (1885–1971), the last Chief Rabbi of the Jewish community of Baghdad. The impressive headdress seems to be a personal version of the typical headgear of Baghdadi rabbis. It consists of a soft red woolen fez with a blue silk tassel, surrounde…