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Correspondence, Primarily Regarding the Jewish Hospital in Baghdad
IJA Number: 3074 ·
Language: Multiple Languages
These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish Community. The majority of the documents relate to the Jewish Hospital in Baghdad but included are other correspondence within the community. It also includes a letter from a German Jewish Doctor from 1933 trying to move to Baghdad.
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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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Rental Agreements, Lawyer Appointment, Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
IJA Number: 3050 ·
Language: Arabic
These are legal documents from the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews that contain rental agreements and an appointment of a lawyer to represent the organization.
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Teacher Documentation and Information, Baghdadi Jewish Schools
IJA Number: 1286 ·
Language: Arabic
These are archival documents from the Jewish schools in Baghdad. Included is a 1942 notebook by the Frank Iny School teacher, Bahija Ahmed Shhab, and correspondence between the Frank Iny School and Baghdad University confirming Shhab's appointment as a teacher. Other documents include: the administrative affairs and management of the Iraqi Jewish schools in Baghdad containing a booklet with a completed form of a teacher’s resume hired by the private Middle School for girls; a letter requesting the hire of a teacher addressed to the head of the Jewish Schools Committee in 1945; a letter to the head of the school requesting time off and sick leave days for teachers; a letter from the Frank Iny School to the University of Baghdad president in 1960 confirming that a teacher had worked at a middle school in 1946.
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Rent and Lease Disputes, Heskel Menahem Daniel Endowment Properties
IJA Number: 1283 ·
Language: Arabic
These are archival materials from the Baghdadi Jewish Community. Included are correspondence about rent disputes and lease contracts for the Heskel Menahem Daniel Endowment properties. The letters are directed to the representative of the head of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews. There are also receipts for donations to a charitable endowment.
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Correspondence among Jewish Community Committees
IJA Number: 1048 ·
Language: Multiple Languages
These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. There is a letter from the British Military Governor for the allotment of lambs for the Jewish New Year 1918. Included are various correspondences: what students should bring to the Rabbinical College in Rhodes, Greece; verifications of birth certificates; letter and reply to the Jewish Lay Council from the Institute for the Blind to report its budget for 1934; letter from the Girls Sewing Charitable Society that lists its budget for 1934; letter from the head of Ozer Dalim Society to the President of the Jewish community regarding charity; 1933-1934 budget for Tomkhe Tora Society in Baghdad; letter from Chief Rabbi Benjamin Moshi; letter from the budget council of the Jewish Lay Council to all accountants in the Jewish community regarding decisions and instructions on budgets for 1934; letter from an accountant addressed to the head of the budget council regarding annual budget for 1934 - expenses, property tax, Jewish schools, wages for retired and needy people; spreadsheets containing expenses and revenues of the belongings of the Jewish community - hospitals, Morashi and education institutes; letter to a military figure asking for the release of six named war prisoners in 1919; letter from a legal codification department requesting deputy rabbi to look into a divorce subject to the rabbinical system in 1929; letters about a legal case of a woman claiming the right to collect her deceased husband's allowance, arguments stating she was divorced before he died; letter to the Lay Council concerning a house contract and a settlement; letter from the administration office of the Jewish community to a tenant regarding money for leasing a house; letter from the President of the Jewish community addressed to Iraqi government and Council of Ministers urging them to help distressed victims that were subjected to a catastrophic burglary and damage to their properties and shops, a total of 2731 families; letters to the Jewish Schools Committee regarding decreasing wages, transfers, retirements, sale of school belongings, requests interpretation of some amount to be reported, decrees and increases of allocated money; 1100 new students and their requirements from Jewish community funds; school debts and a copy of the annual budget; a teacher requests a teaching job in Almedrash School or any Jewish school in Baghdad appended by recommendation to the head of the Jewish Lay Council; request to make changes on class schedules and other educational arrangements. Correspondences from community members to the President of the Jewish Community regarding personal issues: help to finding relatives; dispute on a dowry issue; burials; a teacher requests a financial reward for 32 years of working in Midrash Talmud Torah, requests to continue to receive a retirement allowance of deceased husband; letter to Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri from a member of the Supreme Court requesting an additional salary for some extra work he does to help him financially; letter from workers requesting salary increases to the President of the Jewish Butchery; list of thirty names of needy and retired people whose allowances were decided upon by the Jewish Lay Council and approved by General Council. Also included are issues of the Iraqi Chronicle in 1973 on the nationalization of Exxon and Mobil Oil companies.
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Books
ספר תפלת החדש
IJA Number: 1150 ·
Language: Hebrew
This is a Sephardic prayer book printed in Livorno. Inside are handwritten notes and an advertisement from the Eastern Press in Baghdad.
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Ledgers from the High School Arts and Culture Association
IJA Number: 3472 ·
Language: Arabic
These are archival documents from the Society of Arts and Culture in Baghdad. They are ledgers of names with amounts paid/received and revenue stamps. The majority are from 1971-1972. The original title of the letterhead indicates this is for tracking lectures of the teachers of the organization but this has been crossed out and now indicates it is account or salary administration for the organization.
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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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Financial Information, Baghdadi Jewish Community; Correspondence between a School and the Government
IJA Number: 3307 ·
Language: Arabic
These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community, mostly financial documents such as bills and receipts. Also within the item is correspondence between a Girl's School and the Iraqi government.
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Student Folders with Photographs, Baghdadi Jewish Schools
IJA Number: 3302 ·
Language: Arabic
These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish schools. The item includes students' folders with photographs, exam records, transcripts, and information about awards and disciplinary actions.
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Correspondence about Visas, Iraqi Ministries of the Interior and Foreign Affairs
IJA Number: 3270 ·
Language: Arabic
This item contains correspondence between the Iraqi Ministries of the Interior and Foreign Affairs concerning the granting of a visa to a person who entered Iraq from Iran.
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President of the Baghdadi Jewish Community, Personal and Communal Documents
IJA Number: 3077 ·
Language: Multiple Languages
These documents contain correspondence, mostly on a personal level, of the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad. Included are requests for a telephone to be installed in a school, teacher labor issues, student transfers, receipts and invoices, thank you notes and condolences to members of the Jewish Diaspora in Europe, America, and the Middle East. The documents include an excerpt from the 1945 edition of the Biographical Encyclopedia of the World, featuring the president of the Jewish community of Baghdad, Sassoon Khedouri; a license to import one Chevrolet car from the U.S.; a wedding invitation; and several business cards of foreign dignitaries.
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Student Folders with Photographs, Baghdadi Jewish Schools
IJA Number: 3069 ·
Language: Arabic
These are archival documents containing student files (some with photographs) from the different Jewish schools in Baghdad including: school matters, student transfers, acceptance forms, school reports, acceptance letters, graduation certificates, medical notification excuses, name changes, student punishment and parent’s requests for their children to repeat classes, pledge for misbehaving, and recommendation letters.
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Financial Information, Baghdadi Jewish Community
IJA Number: 3076 ·
Language: Multiple Languages
These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. Included are: financial records of the Iraqi Jewish Community with receipts for financial transactions; payment of bills; purchase of materials and services; financial disbursements to the poor.
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Books
אלפא ביתא: ותרגילי מקרא למתחילים
IJA Number: 3581 ·
Language: Hebrew
This is a Hebrew primer used in Baghdad. There are many copies in the collection.
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אלפא ביתא: ותרגילי מקרא למתחילים
IJA Number: 3580 ·
Language: Hebrew
This is a Hebrew primer used in Baghdad. There are many copies in the collection.
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אלפא ביתא: ותרגילי מקרא למתחילים
IJA Number: 3337 ·
Language: Hebrew
This is a Hebrew primer used in Baghdad. There are many copies in the collection.
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אלפא ביתא: ותרגילי מקרא למתחילים
IJA Number: 3362 ·
Language: Hebrew
This is a Hebrew primer used in Baghdad. There are many copies in the collection.
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الوقت مجلة شهرية ادبية سياسية جامعة
IJA Number: 3193 ·
Language: Arabic
This is a multi-volume bound copy of an Arabic journal titled “Time: A Monthly Literary and Political Periodical.” It contains volumes 5-8 from 1966.
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الوقت مجلة شهرية ادبية سياسية جامعة
IJA Number: 3192 ·
Language: Arabic
This is a multi-volume bound copy of an Arabic journal titled “Time: A Monthly Literary and Political Periodical.” It contains volumes 1-3 from 1970.
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ספר עין יעקב
IJA Number: 3511 ·
Language: Hebrew
This is a book of commentary on Jewish literature. There is no date of publication.
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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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