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חמשה חומשי תורה

IJA Number: 3640 · Language: Hebrew

This is the first of a four volume set from the Rabbinic Bible published in Venice in the beginning of the 17th Century. This is the five books of the Torah with the Aramaic translation and Rabbinic by Rashi and ibn Ezra.

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Correspondence about Teachers, Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools, Iraqi Government

IJA Number: 3321 · Language: Arabic

These are documents from the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary schools in Baghdad. The item includes correspondence between the schools and the Iraqi government concerning teachers' salaries for assessing income tax, and requests from the schools of the Iraqi government’s permission to hire certain individuals to teach and deliver lectures. The item also contains a record book of faculty information and employment agreements and contracts.

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Student Folders with Photographs, Baghdadi Jewish Schools

IJA Number: 3309 · Language: Arabic

These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish schools. The documents consist of individual student records and photographs, exam scores, student certifications, admissions forms, letters of recommendation, doctor’s notes, and correspondence regarding student affairs.

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المؤتمر الصهيوني

IJA Number: 3178 · Language: Arabic

This is a book published in Arabic titled "The Twenty-Eighth Zionist Congress, 1972." It is translated from Hebrew and English, and edited by Dr. Elias Shufani. It was joint published by the Institute for Palestinian Studies and Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies.

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Student Folders and Book Lists, Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools

IJA Number: 3067 · Language: Multiple Languages

These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish schools. There is one folder containing student records (including photographs), exam scores, and correspondence between schools regarding student certification. The other folders contain book lists of textbooks to be used by various grade levels at the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools for the English and French tracks; there are indications of how many books were needed to order and which books corresponded with requirements of the General Education Certificate, 1968-1970. Also included is one “List of G.C.E. Booklets of Past Exam Papers,” book lists for 1960-1970 for the English track, and 1961-1971 for the French-track classes.

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School Records and Student Photographs from the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools

IJA Number: 3065 · Language: Arabic

These are student records from the Shamash Secondary and Frank Iny schools. Included in student files are: grades, transcripts, achievement reports, vaccines, warnings for misbehavior, recommendation letters, school transfer documents, graduation diplomas, and photographs. Also included are rosters for fifth grade students; correspondence between the head of Shamash and Frank Iny Schools to different institutions (Dental and Medical Schools in London, Chelsea College of Science and Technology in Edinburgh, University of London, Directorate of the Scholar Mission, and Directorate of Recruitment in Baghdad) regarding students’ academic matters.

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Verification Certificates, Employee Recommendations, Baghdadi Jewish Community

IJA Number: 3318 · Language: Multiple Languages

These are documents, including correspondence, from the Baghdadi Jewish community. Included are birth, marriage, divorce, and death certificates as well as letters of recommendations for former employees of the Jewish community. Some certificates are written in English; when in Arabic, the certificates often list the names in Hebrew.

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Baghdadi Jewish Community Elections, Budgets, Meeting Minutes, Reforms in Organizations; Frank Iny School Chemistry Notes

IJA Number: 3313 · Language: Multiple Languages

These are assorted documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. They include documents pertaining to elections held within the Baghdadi Jewish Community, budgetary and financial records, and minutes of meetings. Also included is an extensive report about reforms needed in Jewish hospitals, schools, and other organizations and associations. The item also contains chemistry notes from the Frank Iny School from 1959-1960.

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Correspondence Regarding Legal (Marriage and Divorce) Proceedings between the Ministry of Justice and the Jewish Religious Courts

IJA Number: 3310 · Language: Multiple Languages

These documents include several construction contracts and accounting information for the Baghdadi Jewish Community. Also included are letters of correspondence between the Iraqi Ministry of Justice and the Jewish Religious Courts regarding legal issues, often involve marriage and divorce proceedings and jurisdiction issues. Most documents originating from the Jewish Courts are handwritten in Judeo-Arabic.

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Correspondence between Baghdadi Jewish Schools and Iraqi Ministry of Education; Name Changes of Streets in Baghdad

IJA Number: 3073 · Language: Arabic

This is correspondence from the Iraqi Ministry of Education and Office of Education in Baghdad to all school administrations with regards to public health for students, the battle against illiteracy, school statistics, school inspectors, explaining amendments to the personal status law, the opening of a new school, personnel issues, administrative instructions, school daily and annual calendars, extracurricular activities, transfer of students, exams, curriculum standards, a national anthem contest, book lists, girl and boy scouts, lists of school administrative officials, and field trips. Also included is a list of recent name changes of streets and public square names throughout Baghdad.

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ספר אמרי בינה

IJA Number: 3465 · Language: Hebrew

This is the first volume of a multi-volume set of commentary on the Shulḥan ʻArukh, a code of Jewish law.

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Financial Documents, Jewish Hospitals Committee

IJA Number: 3314 · Language: Arabic

This item contains documents related to the finances of the Jewish Hospitals Committee and administrative documents about employee/employment issues, construction of a structure to house a donated X-ray machine, and a financial audit report. Also included are balance sheets, income and expense reports, and other financial information and correspondence.

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כתובים

IJA Number: 1525 · Language: Hebrew

This is the fourth of four volumes of the Hebrew Bible printed in 1568 by Giovanni Di Gara. It is known as the Fourth Rabbinic Bible (Biblia Rabbinica), and it is a reprint Daniel Bomberg's third Rabbinic Bible printed in Venice in 1548. This book is one of the oldest in the collection. It includes the entire book of writings, with commentaries by Ibn Ezra and Rashi, an Aramaic translation of the text, and the Messorah notes. In the last section of the book there is Targum for all the weekly portions and the Messorah Gedolah. On page 926v there is a one line Di Gara colophon.

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Verification Certificates, Correspondence, Baghdadi Jewish Community

IJA Number: 3748 · Language: Multiple Languages

These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. Included are certificates for birth, engagement, marriage, divorce, and death of community members. There is correspondence from the President of the Jewish Community regarding financial hardships, marriage disputes, medical assistance needs and travel for medical treatment, and confirmations of character, identity or citizenship. There are also documents confirming religious education and births in other countries including Austria, Greece, and Romania. Birth certificates verifying birth dates go as far back as the 1870s.

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Birth and Marriage Certificates, Baghdadi Jewish Community

IJA Number: 2742 · Language: Multiple Languages

These documents are from the Baghdadi Jewish community. Included are birth, engagement, marriage, divorce, and death certificates of community members. Certificates cover from the 1880s-1946. Many are in Arabic, Judeo-Arabic, and English.

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Correspondence Regarding Standardized Exams, Shamash Secondary School

IJA Number: 3707 · Language: Arabic

These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish schools. They contain correspondence regarding payments for the SAT and Achievement Tests between the president of the Jewish community, the Educational Testing Service in Princeton, N.J., the Bank of Iraq, and the principal of the Shamash Secondary School. There are also several brochure publications regarding administration of standardized tests, advertisements for supplemental test preparation, generic correspondence from the Educational Testing Services, forms assessing English language competency, and copies of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) exam for 1964.

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Correspondence from the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools; Student Certificates; Exam Records

IJA Number: 3075 · Language: Multiple Languages

These are documents from the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary schools of correspondence between the two schools and the Iraqi Ministry of Education regarding student certifications. There are a number of certificates for students moving from intermediate to secondary levels, and for passing the Iraqi State Baccalaureate exam. There are charts with student names and records of their test scores for 1960-1962.

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Receipts, Girl’s School; Construction Bills, Menahem S. Daniel's Clinic

IJA Number: 2843 · Language: Arabic

These archival materials contain handwritten notes and receipts paid by Hadiah Munchi Salih Girls School for various services: restoration, worker payments, revenues and expenses, bidding list for rubble sale, electrical repair, and an amount of state tax. Also included are bills for construction of Menahem S. Daniel's clinic: plans for the construction, building, security and property tax. It also includes bills belonging to the National School: construction, furniture plans, doors, and maintenance.

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Correspondence from Shamash Secondary School; Student Folders with Photographs

IJA Number: 2630 · Language: Arabic

These archival documents contain correspondence between the head of Shamash Secondary School to different institutes: Ministry of Defense, Directorate of the Scholar Mission, Directorate of Recruitment, Robert College in Istanbul regarding students’ academic matters. It also includes student folders containing grades, achievement reports, smallpox vaccines, warning for misbehaving, recommendation letters, graduation diplomas, and photographs.

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Exams, Shamash Secondary School

IJA Number: 2550 · Language: Arabic

These are exam materials from the Shamash Secondary School in Baghdad. They include fourth year exams in arithmetic, trigonometry, and algebra, 1954 and 1957-1970, with handwritten answer keys. There are handwritten notes for one undated English exam. Included are final, mid-year, monthly, quarterly, and conditional exams as well as some monthly quizzes.

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Construction Blueprints; Verification Certificates; Examination Results, Baghdadi Jewish Community

IJA Number: 126 · Language: Multiple Languages

The item contains documents pertaining to the bidding process and blueprints for a construction project for the Baghdadi Jewish Community. The item also contains marriage, birth, divorce, and engagement certificates, and a comparison of examination results attained by students from several different schools in Baghdad.

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Baghdadi Jewish Religious Court Records; Burial Expenses; Citizenship Issues; Correspondence

IJA Number: 3762 · Language: Arabic

This item includes Baghdadi Jewish Religious Court records and memos concerning marriage, divorce, dowry, alimony payments, property issues, and financial matters. The item also includes burial related expense reports, documents concerning Baghdadi Jewish emigration and citizenship issues, and a request to the Chaldean Patriarchy to provide copies of the Bible.

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Financial Records, Jewish Hospitals Committee and the Jewish Lay Council

IJA Number: 3702 · Language: Arabic

These are financial documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. Included are budgetary and audit reports from the Jewish Hospitals Committee and the Jewish Lay Council.

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Iraqi Government Education Instructions; Roster of Students Taking Exam

IJA Number: 2850 · Language: Arabic

These are Iraqi government documents concerning education matters. The files include instructions for the administration of exams, requirements for acceptance to Baghdad University, curriculum guidelines for history and social science, and a roster of students taking an exam.

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