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Correspondence Regarding Wills, Estates, and Trusts of Community Members; Community Establishments Receiving Funds

IJA Number: 3322 · Language: Multiple Languages

These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish Community. Included is correspondence regarding the wills, estates, and trusts of several wealthy community members (Sir Ezra David, Raphael Aaron Gubbay) and where their money is going within the community. Correspondence is between community leaders, family members, and attorneys regarding splitting up of money and receipts of receiving funds.

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President of the Baghdadi Jewish Community: Correspondence, Invoices, Legal Matters

IJA Number: 3781 · Language: Multiple Languages

These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. They include correspondence between the President of the Jewish community and Iraqi government agencies; invoices from both private companies and government utilities; an appeal from the French Sisters Convent for a hospital building fund; letters from Al-Amir Sporting – Baghdad and the Orient Trading Corp. Ltd.; notes from the Eastern Bank, Ltd., the Ottoman Bank, and the Bank of Iraq; responses to request for information on specific individuals; an index; legal issues regarding assets; records of loans and beneficiaries for 1970 and 1975. There are also birth, engagement, marriage, and death certificates; on some of the certificates, the names are listed in Hebrew. For one of the death confirmation certificates, the President of the Jewish community lists the family of the deceased.

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Correspondence Regarding Financial, Legal, and Employee Matters, Baghdadi Jewish Community

IJA Number: 3111 · Language: Multiple Languages

These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. They contain financial and legal correspondence from the Jewish Religious Court, Shamash Secondary School, President of the Jewish Community and the Iraqi State Railways regarding employees – a teacher’s separation, coordination for an employee to leave for a court case, and financial disputes.

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Student Folders with Photographs, Baghdadi Jewish Schools

IJA Number: 2748 · Language: Arabic

These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish schools. The documents consist of individual student records including photographs, exam scores, student certifications, admissions forms, letters of recommendation, applications to foreign institution, doctor’s notes, and correspondence regarding student affairs. In addition, there are several copies of the 1960-1961 Shamash Secondary School class rosters for grade/form five.

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School Documents and Test Administration Instructions, Student Rosters, Teacher Issues, Baghdadi Jewish Schools

IJA Number: 3787 · Language: Multiple Languages

These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. The item includes fundraising letters for the establishment of the Jewish Lay Council’s School Relief Committee, invoices for construction materials for repairs and utilities; budget estimates, guides for school administrators, test administration instructions, student rosters, and documents pertaining to teachers and employment issues. Correspondence is in Arabic, English, and French, and comes from Switzerland, Bombay, England, and Shanghai. There is one birth certificate from 1946.

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Arabic Newspaper Clippings Regarding Jews Emigrating from Iraq

IJA Number: 2746 · Language: Arabic

This is a collection of newspaper clippings in Arabic. Articles include content such as: Anti-Jewish themes; the Iraqi government's response to Jewish emigration; Jews in Muslim and/or Arab countries; citizenship laws and the abrogation of citizenship; Zionism; Anti-Jewish legislation. The newspapers are: النباء (Al-Nabā’); الامة (Al-‘Umma); الحصون (Al-Ḥaṣūn); اليقظة (Al-Yaqaẓa/Al-Yaqẓa); الدخبار (Al-Dakhbār); لواء الاستقلال (Lawā’ Al-Istiqlāl); الزمان (Al-Zamān); الحواداث (Al-Ḥawādth); الدفة (Al-Dafah); الاخبار (Al-Akbār); النهار (Al-Nahār); الفخ (Al-Fakh); الاراء (Al-Arā’)

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