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Archival Materials

Iraqi Citizenship Laws and Court Cases; Correspondence from the President of the Baghdadi Jewish Community

IJA Number: 2778 · Language: Arabic

These documents pertain to Iraqi citizenship laws and court cases regarding the implementation of those laws. There are printed copies of Al-Waqā’i‘ Al-‘Irāqiyah, the official government newspaper for publishing legislation, containing Law 5/1951 on monitoring and managing the assets of Jews who have abrogated their Iraqi citizenship; Law 12/1951, appendix to 5/1951; Law 64/1967, amendment to the appendix of 12/1951; Law 125/1967, amending the end of 12/1951; Law 1/1964, amending the instructions to 1/1963 on Iraqi Jews traveling outside of Iraq; Law 161/1963, amending the fourth regulation of 12/1951; Law 54/1962, amending 12/1951; Law 14/1963, cancelling 11/1960; Law 11/1960, amending 12/1951; and Law 1/1950, amending 62/1933. There are also court cases and correspondence from the President of the Baghdadi Jewish Community discussing loyalty of the Iraqi Jews.

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Archival Materials

Verification Certificates, Correspondence, Baghdadi Jewish Community

IJA Number: 3748 · Language: Multiple Languages

These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. Included are certificates for birth, engagement, marriage, divorce, and death of community members. There is correspondence from the President of the Jewish Community regarding financial hardships, marriage disputes, medical assistance needs and travel for medical treatment, and confirmations of character, identity or citizenship. There are also documents confirming religious education and births in other countries including Austria, Greece, and Romania. Birth certificates verifying birth dates go as far back as the 1870s.

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Archival Materials

Legal Materials and Correspondence Related to the Daniel Family Endowment

IJA Number: 2632 · Language: Arabic

This is archival material in from the Baghdadi Jewish Community containing documents related to a legal case dealing with the disbursement and management of an endowment from the Daniel family. It includes court testimony, correspondence with the local endowment administrating official, the Jewish Lay Council, the President of the Jewish Community, school administrators; and the transfer of management of the waqf. There are original title property deeds dated 1924-1931.

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Archival Materials

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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Archival Materials

Correspondence from Baghdadi Jewish Community Including Legal Issues (Marriage, Inheritance, Endowments), Financial Matters, School Administration

IJA Number: 3712 · Language: Arabic

These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish Community. They contain requests for community records and residency confirmations; wire transfers; correspondence regarding the adoption of Jewish laws in the Diaspora; communication from the Ambassador of Iraq in Rabat regarding Moroccan officials requesting information on laws applicable to the Iraqi Jewish community (customary laws pertaining to marriage, inheritance, etc.); legal agreements for engagement and marriage; requests for marriage confirmations, death certificates; employment separations; lawsuit regarding the management of an endowment; repairs to school buildings; correspondence regarding sending sefarim (Jewish religious books) to New York; letters referencing the Law of Acquisitions, 43/1934; discussions about tearing down or rebuilding a wall; invoices and accounting information from the Ezra Menahem Daniel Sports-Ground Committee; school administration; requests for vaccines; property laws; deeds; the administration of scholarships; announcements about community meetings and ceremonies; requests for food provisions for prisoners during the holidays; and requests for clarification of laws in conflict with the interim constitution of 1958. These documents reflect the Baghdadi Jewish community's name change to the Mosaic community.

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Archival Materials

Community Endowments; Laws of the Jewish Community

IJA Number: 2829 · Language: Arabic

These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish Community that include correspondence and documents regarding community endowments (waqf), the history of endowments and relationship with the Office of Waqfs; internal community leadership disputes; function and relationships with various community legal structures, the law of the Jewish Community (#77, 1931), the law regarding the administration of endowments (#27, 1929), the organization of the Jewish community (#36, 1931), and statue #32, 1950.

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Fragments

Fragments

IJA Number: 132 · Language: Multiple Languages

These are groups of fragments of pages from books and archival documents. Included is a title page, and a military packing list, as well as documents in Arabic.

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Archival Materials

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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Archival Materials

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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