Keywords is exactly Midrash Committee
Archival Materials

Assets and Property Owned by the Midrash Committee

IJA Number: 3473 · Language: Arabic

These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. The item contains records of non-cash assets and physical property owned by the Midrash Committee.

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Charitable Endowment Paperwork

IJA Number: 1289 · Language: Arabic

This is paperwork for property owned by the Midrash Committee charitable endowment of the Baghdadi Jewish community.

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Correspondence, Receipts, Student Files, Records of Property Owned, Baghdadi Jewish Community

IJA Number: 3303 · Language: Multiple Languages

These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. There is correspondence from the 1930s-1940s between the Jewish Lay Council, Jewish Hospitals Committee and various school administrations. Other documents include court cases, requests for financial help, and deeds and property records owned by the Baghdadi Jewish community. There are also architectural drawing plans, contracts, and correspondence discussing price negotiations. This is followed by student files from the 1960s, containing individual student records, exam scores, student certifications, admissions forms, letters of recommendation, photographs, and correspondence regarding student affairs. There is a printed booklet notating a teachers’ school service record from 1944. There are collections of receipts from the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews, the South British Insurance Company, the Rafidain Insurance Company, various local vendors and taxi services, pharmacies, utilities, as well as rosters of patient information and correspondence from the Ministry of Culture of Iranian Schools in Iraq.

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Change in Leadership of an Endowment

IJA Number: 1293 · Language: Arabic

This item contains a memo concerning a change in leadership of an endowment on account of the current office-holder's travel outside of Iraq.

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Correspondence Regarding the Midrash Committee and the Midrash Talmud Torah; Correspondence with the British Military Governor

IJA Number: 2814 · Language: Arabic

These documents primarily contain correspondence between the Midrash Committee, the Midrash school, Midrash Talmud Torah, and the Jewish Schools Committee in Baghdad. They discuss the monthly salaries of individuals working for the various religious organizations. There is a typed copy of the annual report for the Midrash school, 1945-1946. There are also unrelated documents from the British Military Governor’s Office to the Chief Rabbi from 1917. This correspondence relates to members of the Jewish community being allowed out after curfew (including to summon midwives), and the use of lights after permitted hours for religious celebration; the establishment of a charitable committee for poor relief in each community; and a letter requesting unleavened bread for Jewish prisoners during the Jewish holiday of Passover.

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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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