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President of the Baghdadi Jewish Community Financial Report

IJA Number: 2776 · Language: Arabic

This is an archival document from the Baghdadi Jewish Community containing a financial report from the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad for April 1, 1949-January 31, 1953, which mentions the effects of changing citizenship laws on the Jewish community.

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President of the Baghdadi Jewish Community Financial Report

IJA Number: 2775 · Language: Arabic

This is an archival document from the Baghdadi Jewish Community containing a financial report from the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad for April 1, 1949-January 31, 1953, which mentions the effects of changing citizenship laws on the Jewish community.

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Legal Documents Related to the Disbursement and Management of Endowments, Baghdadi Jewish Community

IJA Number: 2744 · Language: Arabic

This is archival material from the Baghdadi Jewish Community containing legal documents related to the disbursement and management of several different endowments for Baghdadi Jewish institutions such as the Albert David Sasson School, Meir Elias Hospital, and Reemah Kadoorie Eye Hospital. There are original deeds and contracts regarding property distribution, the distribution of waqfs (endowments), and tapu sanad deeds (state-owned land granting occupancy).

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Correspondence from the President of the Jewish Community Regarding Schools, Laws Establishing Organizations, Hospitals

IJA Number: 2736 · Language: Arabic

These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish Community committees and associations through which the Jewish community conducted its business; included for each committee are names of chairmen, board of directors, and secretaries. The documents contain correspondence between the President of the Jewish Community and various Jewish schools in Baghdad, including Frank Iny, Tomkhe Tora Society (teaching Torah to poor children), and the Midrash Talmuh Torah Schools. Subjects include classroom assignments, teacher salaries, requests for Hebrew Bibles from the British and Foreign Bible Society in London for schools in Baghdad. There is also correspondence with the Iraqi Ministry of the Interior regarding the laws of establishing organizations, and documents outlining the arrangement of various organizations including the Dorshe Tora Society (teaching Torah to adults) and Ozer Dalim (committee for helping the poor); correspondence between the Jewish Lay Council and the Baghdad Chamber of Commerce, the Ḥevrah Ḳadishah (Burial Society), Meir Elias Hospital and the Jewish Hospitals Committee; correspondence regarding the training of ambulance attendants, the annual report of the Red Crescent Society from 1947, and lists of the heads and structure of Jewish organizations, hospitals and schools. These committees were all vital in the daily life of Baghdadi Jews.

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Receipts and Correspondence, Baghdadi Jewish Community

IJA Number: 1435 · Language: Arabic

These documents include receipts and correspondence from the Baghdadi Jewish Community. The item also contains a letter from a Baghdad Court regarding a company's decision to delay an audit.

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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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Baghdadi Jewish Community Tax and Endowment Records; Letter about Jewish Holidays

IJA Number: 1893 · Language: Arabic

These documents are from the Baghdadi Jewish community and include property and income tax records, paperwork concerning endowment holdings, and a letter inquiring about the Jewish holidays and rituals.

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Ledger for Administered Properties, Ezra Menahem Daniel Endowment

IJA Number: 1390 · Language: Arabic

This is a ledger with information about the Ezra Menahem Daniel endowment and properties it administers.

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Legal Paperwork from the Daniel Family; Laws and Regulations

IJA Number: 1047 · Language: Arabic

This is legal paperwork from the Baghdadi Jewish Community regarding the personal property of the Daniel family including contracts, depositions, correspondence, a small blueprint, deeds, receipts, and citizenship verification. There is a printed copy of Majmū‘a, a collection of laws and regulations for the Jewish community and includes 77/1931 and 36/1931. There is a printed copy of Al-Waqā’i‘ Al-‘Irāqiyah, the official government newspaper for publishing legislation and contains Law 64/1967.

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