In 1953, a 21-year-old Jewish woman was abducted from her home in Baghdad, just ahead of her intended emigration to Israel where the rest of her family had already fled. The woman, Hannah Menasheh, was kidnapped by a Muslim neighbor, who forced her to renounce her Judaism and raise his children, keeping her true identity a secret, under penalty of death.

Now, Hannah is back. After the death of her captor last year, the 76-year-old woman somehow found her way to an Israeli embassy in a European country, looking to be reunited with her long-lost family. The story is shocking and moving — and one wonders how many more stories there are like this one coming out of the new Iraq.