Background
Yehuda Assia was born on September 24, 1917, in Baghdad, Iraq.
Yehuda Assia was born on September 24, 1917, in Baghdad, Iraq.
Yehuda Assia moved to Israel in 1949. He received the degree of the Doctor of Philosophy (Honoris Causa) at Weizmann Institute of Science.
Yehuda Assia worked as a Banker, co-founder, and managing director of Swiss-Israel Trade Bank in Geneva (now the Royal Bank of Canada) and the Foreign Trade Bank Israel (now the First International Bank of Israel).
He was the Honorary President of the Iraki Jews Scholarship Fund in Israel.
Yehuda Assia was a member of the Board of Governors and Executive Committee at Weizmann Institute of Science. He was a member of the Board of Governors at Tel-Aviv Museum.
Yehuda Assia was married to Jeanette Ainslie and had 3 children (David, Dahlia, Daniella).