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Archival Materials

Correspondence among Jewish Community Committees – Financial Matters, Salaries, Budgets

IJA Number: 2740 · Language: Arabic

This is archival material from the Baghdadi Jewish Community that contains correspondence between various Jewish community groups and government offices. Topics include: increases in monthly salaries, the allocation of money to various Jewish community offices, religious ceremonies, plans for vacant lots, travel for medical treatment and rest, kosher meat, ledgers with the amount of meat purchased in 1949 (for meat tax), correspondence from the Mayor of Baghdad regarding trash removal, financial summaries, budgets, salary reports, newspaper clipping, employee raises, purchased goods, women’s ritual purity laws, correspondence with individual rabbis, girls’ school, applications for permits, and an index of registered judges' names. There are also correspondence and flyers in Judeo-Arabic; the Judeo-Arabic flyers are from the Tomkhe Torah Society.

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Archival Materials

Correspondence between the Ministry of Justice and the President of the Jewish Community; School Materials

IJA Number: 2720 · Language: Arabic

These documents contain correspondence between the Iraqi Ministry of Justice and the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad regarding Jewish community laws and administrative committee members. Other documents pertain to the Jewish schools in Baghdad. Also included is an Iraqi Government request for a copy of the Torah from the Jewish Community for a court in Basra. These documents reflect the Baghdadi Jewish community's name change to the Mosaic community.

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Archival Materials

Correspondence between Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools and Iraqi Government

IJA Number: 2728 · Language: Arabic

These documents from the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools consist of correspondence from the Iraqi government regarding education statistics, certification distribution with individual student names, exam administration and schedules, lists of students with test numbers, approved songs, education laws, the grading system, a newspaper clipping about exam administration, book lists, curriculum changes and regulations, price lists, and printed curriculum for English literature, Arabic, economics, mathematics, social sciences, and Arab history.

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Archival Materials

Correspondence Regarding Teachers, Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools

IJA Number: 2735 · Language: Arabic

These are documents from the Frank Iny and the Shamash Secondary Schools in Baghdad. They are primarily correspondence with Iraqi government offices confirming teachers’ credentials, character, travel plans, and citizenship. There is correspondence regarding hiring teachers.

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Books

מסכת בבא בתרא מן תלמוד בבלי

IJA Number: 2617 · Language: Aramaic

This is a tractate of the Babylonian Talmud printed in Warsaw. It discusses the property laws.

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Archival Materials

Report of the Jewish Community Leadership, Bookkeeping and Accounting

IJA Number: 1890 · Language: Arabic

This is the report of the Baghdadi Jewish community leadership including bookkeeping and accounting from 4/1/1949 to 1/31/1953. It discusses the affects of the policies regarding abrogation of Iraqi citizenship and contains detailed accounting records of income and expenses of the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools. The documents mostly address a proposal raised from within the Jewish Lay Council to cancel tuition to the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools due to the dire financial situation experienced by many Baghdadi Jewish families.

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Archival Materials

Lease Information, Baghdadi Jewish Community

IJA Number: 1442 · Language: Arabic

These are archival documents containing correspondence from the President of the Jewish Community to the Midrash Committee requesting endowment-related information such as leaseholder names, names of property owners, lease termination dates, and ledgers containing names, monetary information, and citizenship information. It also includes: handwritten calculations; a letter from the head of Lay Council to the head of Midrash Committee regarding the institute's revenues, expenses, verification of lease information, and an inventory list of leased properties.

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Archival Materials

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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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 Jewish Community Committees, Iraqi Government, Baghdadi Schools

IJA Number: 99 · Language: Multiple Languages

These are archival materials from the Baghdadi Jewish community. Contents and topics include: correspondence between the different community committees, the Iraqi government, schools in Baghdad, and the diaspora community – primarily the Jewish community in Shanghai, China. The Chief Rabbi receives a letter from the head of the American School for Boys in Baghdad rejecting a request for admitting a student on scholarship. There are letters about life insurance and insurance for the community as a whole. Other items include correspondence regarding travel to Iran; a chart with the names of Jewish schools and hospitals and their dates of establishment; a handwritten note requesting proof of service certification from the head of the Reemah Kadoorie Eye Hospital because of the financial hardship of the requester; and a letter from the President of the Jewish community in Baghdad congratulating a member of the Shanghai-Baghdadi diaspora community on receiving the “Order of the Brilliant Jade” award from the Chinese government.

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Books

مجموعة: قانون الطائفة الاسرائيلية رقم (٧٧) لسنة ١٩٣١ ونظام الطائفة الاسرائيلية رقم (٣٦) لسنة ١٩٣١

IJA Number: 962 · Language: Arabic

This is a booklet titled: "The Jewish Community Law # 77 and the Jewish Community System #36 for the year 1931" and is printed in both Arabic and Judeo-Arabic. The laws were published in an Iraqi newspaper in 1931.

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Archival Materials

Correspondence from the Iraqi Government Regarding Inheritance

IJA Number: 686 · Language: Arabic

These are two letters from the Iraqi Public Safety Office for Oversight and Operation of Jewish Property with regards to a legal inheritance matter in the Baghdadi Jewish community.

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Archival Materials

Report of the Jewish Community Leadership, Bookkeeping and Accounting

IJA Number: 658 · Language: Arabic

This is the report of the Baghdadi Jewish community leadership including bookkeeping and accounting from 4/1/1949 to 1/31/1953. It discusses the affects of the policies regarding abrogation of Iraqi citizenship and contains detailed accounting records of income and expenses of the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools. The documents mostly address a proposal raised from within the Jewish Lay Council to cancel tuition to the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools due to the dire financial situation experienced by many Baghdadi Jewish families.

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Archival Materials

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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Archival Materials

Financial and Tenant Correspondence, Ḥevrah Ḳadishah

IJA Number: 652 · Language: Arabic

These are financial documents from the Ḥevrah Ḳadishah, the Burial Society, in Baghdad. The documents contain correspondence between tenants, potential tenants, and Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri regarding properties owned by the Ḥevrah Ḳadishah society. It includes a list of maintenance needed, expenses, receipts, and a legal document that requests the end to a lease of a tenant sent by the Ḥevrah Ḳadishah Society’s lawyer.

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Archival Materials

Report of the Jewish Community Leadership, Bookkeeping and Accounting

IJA Number: 655 · Language: Arabic

This is the report of the Baghdadi Jewish community leadership including bookkeeping and accounting from 4/1/1949 to 1/31/1953. It discusses the affects of the policies regarding abrogation of Iraqi citizenship and contains detailed accounting records of income and expenses of the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools. The documents mostly address a proposal raised from within the Jewish Lay Council to cancel tuition to the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools due to the dire financial situation experienced by many Baghdadi Jewish families.

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Report of the Jewish Community Leadership, Bookkeeping and Accounting

IJA Number: 665 · Language: Arabic

This is the report of the Baghdadi Jewish community leadership including bookkeeping and accounting from 4/1/1949 to 1/31/1953. It discusses the affects of the policies regarding abrogation of Iraqi citizenship and contains detailed accounting records of income and expenses of the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools. The documents mostly address a proposal raised from within the Jewish Lay Council to cancel tuition to the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools due to the dire financial situation experienced by many Baghdadi Jewish families.

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Report of the Jewish Community Leadership, Bookkeeping and Accounting

IJA Number: 660 · Language: Arabic

This is the report of the Baghdadi Jewish community leadership including bookkeeping and accounting from 4/1/1949 to 1/31/1953. It discusses the affects of the policies regarding abrogation of Iraqi citizenship and contains detailed accounting records of income and expenses of the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools. The documents mostly address a proposal raised from within the Jewish Lay Council to cancel tuition to the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools due to the dire financial situation experienced by many Baghdadi Jewish families.

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Report of the Jewish Community Leadership, Bookkeeping and Accounting

IJA Number: 657 · Language: Arabic

This is the report of the Baghdadi Jewish community leadership including bookkeeping and accounting from 4/1/1949 to 1/31/1953. It discusses the affects of the policies regarding abrogation of Iraqi citizenship and contains detailed accounting records of income and expenses of the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools. The documents mostly address a proposal raised from within the Jewish Lay Council to cancel tuition to the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools due to the dire financial situation experienced by many Baghdadi Jewish families.

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Books

مجموعة: قانون الطائفة الاسرائيلية رقم (٧٧) لسنة ١٩٣١ ونظام الطائفة الاسرائيلية رقم (٣٦) لسنة ١٩٣١

IJA Number: 509 · Language: Arabic

This is a booklet titled: "The Jewish Community Law # 77 and the Jewish Community Statue #36 for the year 1931" and is printed in both Arabic and Judeo-Arabic. The laws were published in an Iraqi newspaper in 1931.

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Books

القوانين

IJA Number: 63 · Language: Arabic

This is a book published in Arabic containing several laws from the Palestinian Legislative Council including laws regarding elections, firearms, equal rights, and public services. Laws range in date from 1996-2000.

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Archival Materials

Correspondence between Iraqi Government and President of the Baghdadi Jewish Community

IJA Number: 3770 · Language: Arabic

This is correspondence from the Iraqi government to the President of the Baghdadi Jewish Community regarding citizenship and identity verification, and estate settlements and inheritance disputes.

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Report of the Jewish Community Leadership, Bookkeeping and Accounting

IJA Number: 3732 · Language: Arabic

This is the report of the Baghdadi Jewish community leadership including bookkeeping and accounting from 4/1/1949 to 1/31/1953. It discusses the affects of the policies regarding abrogation of Iraqi citizenship and contains detailed accounting records of income and expenses of the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools. The documents mostly address a proposal raised from within the Jewish Lay Council to cancel tuition to the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools due to the dire financial situation experienced by many Baghdadi Jewish families.

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Archival Materials

Baghdadi Jewish Religious Court Records; Burial Expenses; Citizenship Issues; Correspondence

IJA Number: 3762 · Language: Arabic

This item includes Baghdadi Jewish Religious Court records and memos concerning marriage, divorce, dowry, alimony payments, property issues, and financial matters. The item also includes burial related expense reports, documents concerning Baghdadi Jewish emigration and citizenship issues, and a request to the Chaldean Patriarchy to provide copies of the Bible.

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