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Archival Materials

Information Regarding Property Belonging to Menahem Heskel Daniel

IJA Number: 1284 · Language: Arabic

These are archival materials from the Baghdadi Jewish community. Included are: handwritten calculations, a letter to Menahem and Shamoan Heskel Daniel regarding properties being demolished, handwritten list of expenses for a property, the endowment’s legal suits, and a warning letter to a tenant regarding rebuild a wall.

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Official Letters to Jewish Organizations and Government Office, President of the Jewish Community

IJA Number: 3764 · Language: Multiple Languages

These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish Community. They include correspondence from the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad to Jewish community presidents in Sulaymaniyah, Irbil, Mosul, Basrah, Kirkuk, Fallujah, regarding condolences, regulations, hospitals, permits, religious dietary laws, smallpox, distributions to the poor, employment and unemployment, financial settlements, legal settlements, charitable donations and requests for documentation. There is also correspondence with various government and community organizations including the Office of Information – Mosul; National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of Iraq; The British Bank of Iran; Office of the Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews of Great Britain; Chevrolet; Iraqi Red Crescent Society; The Society for Improving the Conditions of the Blind in Iraq; French Ambassador in Iraq; The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China; The Great Synagogue of Baghdad; and the President of the Catholic Diaspora. The item also includes the newspapers: الزمان (Al-Zamān), Issue #4764 from May 1, 1953; and الحوادث (Al-Ḥawādth), Issue #3096 from 1953.

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Citizenship Correspondence between Iraqi Government and Jewish Community; Synagogue Financial Information

IJA Number: 2727 · Language: Arabic

These are documents relating to the Baghdadi Jewish community, many about Iraqi citizenship. Included are various correspondences between the Jewish community and the Iraqi government. Correspondence with the Secretary General of the Frozen Fund Administration regarding the revocation of Iraqi citizenship of employees at Jewish establishments and daily payment of workers; a letter with names and salaries of employees; a letter from the Secretariat for Monitoring and Managing the Funds of the Jews to the Jewish Hospital Council proclaiming Jewish Iraqi citizenship and permitting employers to pay the employees but freeze a percentage of their salary for the Secretariat. Correspondence with the Secretariat to Monitor and Manage the Funds of the Jews: proclaiming Iraqi Citizenship to the Directorate of Travel and Citizenship, and to the President of the Jewish Community verifying if certain people are having their Iraqi citizenship revoked; requesting the release of a Jewish community fund; the formation of a committee to manage the affairs of David Ezra Synagogue; inquires related to property; request to exempt the Jewish poor from paying tax on their belongings when leaving Iraq; a request to return a shop belonging to the Jewish community; paying the Jewish cemetery guard accumulated salaries; returning an endowed Jewish property; provisions to help the Jewish poor; releasing items belonging to Ḥevrah Ḳadishah (burial society) for Jewish burial; returning the endowed eye hospital and pharmacy; Information about Hebrew religious books in the storage of the Directorate; letters between the President of the Jewish Community and Iraqi government offices regarding exchanging information and answering inquiries, the heirs of Jewish deceased, names, Jewish hospital operations, property tax, lifting the "hand" from the Jewish community funds, and management of the Jewish community funds. Documents relating to Baghdadi Synagogues: an inventory from Mindili Synagogue; correspondence between the Committee on the Administration of Ezra Synagogue and the Directory of Rights and Commercial Matters regarding the members of Ezra Synagogue citizenship status; correspondence from the Jewish Lay Council and banks about opening a bank account for Ezra Synagogue; correspondence from the Lay Council to the Secretary General of the frozen funds regarding the name of the Ezra synagogue committee. Correspondence between the Jewish Lay Council to the General Secretariat regarding exporting 100 Jewish books to without paying for the silver cover; a reply from Municipality of Rights and Commercial Matters to permit the export of the books if it had no silver cover; the Jewish presidency’s reply that it is a family owned, there are not commercial items, and it is against the freedom of religion law. Correspondence from Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri: to the General Directorate of Import regarding Iraqi Jewish property taxes, the Jewish properties exempted from tax, hospitals, schools and orphanages; to the Chairman of the Property requesting a copy of plans and documents of properties belonging to the Jewish community; to the Director of Property Tax requesting a reduction or exemption of property tax for demolition or vacancy reasons.

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Correspondence between the Alliance Assurance Company, Ltd. (London) and the Ezra M. Hakkak & Sons Ltd. Insurance Department

IJA Number: 1433 · Language: Arabic

These documents contain correspondence from the Alliance Assurance Company, Ltd. (London) and the Ezra M. Hakkak & Sons Ltd. Insurance Department (Baghdad). They include wire transfer receipts and reports from various jurisdictions, and a lawsuit regarding a rental property from Heskel Daniel’s endowment.

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Receipt and Correspondence from the Baghdadi Jewish Community’s Lawyer

IJA Number: 653 · Language: Arabic

These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community's lawyer. Included are receipts and correspondence from the community’s accountant to a lawyer regarding a lawsuit for the Jewish community to evacuate a building they own.

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Correspondence Regarding Tenant Dispute

IJA Number: 647 · Language: Arabic

This material from the Baghdadi Jewish Community contains documents related to property owned by the community. Included are: correspondence regarding a tenant; a letter from a tenant to the Jewish Lay Council for the Ḥevrah Ḳadishah (Burial Society) regarding a dispute over a rental property; a court case that resulted between the President of the Jewish Community and the tenant; a document of a lawsuit from the tenant; and a bill from an attorney to the tenant. Also includes: a lawsuit bill from a lawyer to the President of the Jewish Community and a receipt from the attorney; a letter from a tenant to the President of the Jewish Community requesting maintenance to the building damaged by a flood; correspondence between the head of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews, a tenant, and a lawyer regarding a rented property.

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Information Regarding a Lawsuit Involving the Ḥevrah Ḳadishah

IJA Number: 654 · Language: Arabic

These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. Included is the testimony of the President of the Ḥevrah Ḳadishah, the Burial Society, and correspondence with the community's lawyer regarding a lawsuit over land owned by the Burial Society.

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Correspondence between the President of the Jewish Community, Jewish Religious Court

IJA Number: 3713 · Language: Multiple Languages

This is correspondence between the President of the Jewish Community, the Jewish Religious Court, Iraqi government departments, and public and private employers regarding salaries, legal cases, payments, receipts and invoices.

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Property Dispute Lawsuit between Tenants and the President of the Jewish Community

IJA Number: 2782 · Language: Arabic

This archival material from the Baghdadi Jewish community contains: a lawsuit between tenants and the President of the Jewish community over a property dispute caused by the law revoking citizenship from Iraqi Jews; correspondence between the President of the Jewish community, the court, the persecutors, and the attorneys regarding the dispute; the official lease contract, the court verdict on the dispute, and an appeal and settlement between the two disputing parties; receipts and attorney's fee.

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Correspondence between the President of the Baghdadi Jewish Community and the Iraqi Government

IJA Number: 2813 · Language: Arabic

This is correspondence between the President of the Baghdadi Jewish Community and the Iraqi government regarding identification of community members. The correspondence includes confirmation of death and citizenship regarding inheritance issues. These documents reflect the Baghdadi Jewish community's name change to the Mosaic community.

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