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Arranging Travel for Operation Ezra & Nehemiah; Issues Pertaining to Jews Abrogating Citizenship
IJA Number: 3699 ·
Language: Multiple Languages
These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. This item contains documents and correspondences pertaining to Baghdadi Jews abrogating their Iraqi citizenship in order to travel abroad. Included is an offer from a travel company about arranging transportation for the airlift of Iraqi Jews from Iraq to Israel (Operation Ezra and Nehemiah), complaints to the Iraqi government concerning police interference with Jews traveling, announcements to the Baghdadi Jewish community about opportunities to learn more about the citizenship laws and to forfeit citizenship, and correspondence between the government and the Jewish community concerning citizens who desire to forfeit their citizenship but have complicated circumstances. The item also contains letters in Judeo-Arabic, many which include community members' names.
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Archival Materials
School Transfer Paperwork; Newspaper Clippings; Grade Book; Ledger
IJA Number: 2751 ·
Language: Arabic
These documents contain school transfer paperwork for students and incomplete clippings of newspaper articles that discuss the establishment of the Israeli state and the Palestine issue. The item also contains fragments of a grade book, ledger, and possibly a back cover page from a book about the Zionist movement.
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