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Correspondence Regarding Students from the Baghdadi Jewish Schools

IJA Number: 2856 · Language: Multiple Languages

The archival material contains correspondence between different Baghdadi Jewish schools regarding: 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; photographs of students are included. It includes letters from schools to the Directorate of Education for certificate for ratification, to the Directorate of Missions and Equalization of Diplomas, and to the General Director of Recruitment. Also included is a letter from the Head of the Jewish Lay Council to the Directorate of Education regarding the reorganization of the Jewish schools to conform to the Ministry of Education’s new rules that concerns the students whom have been discharged from Jewish school because their Iraq citizenship has been revoked.

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Student Folders with Photographs, Baghdadi Jewish Schools

IJA Number: 2738 · Language: Arabic

These are file folders from the Baghdadi Jewish schools containing student records including photographs, exam scores, student health records, and correspondence regarding students.

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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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Correspondence between Baghdadi Jewish Schools and Iraqi Government, Education Departments

IJA Number: 2709 · Language: Arabic

This is a folder from the Iraqi government. It contains correspondence between the Office of Education – Baghdad, the Ministry of Education, the Office of Civilian and Foreign Primary School Administration for All Boys and Girls (Schools), the Ministry of Finance, and various local Jewish schools. Subject matters include agreements regarding a collaborative competition, certifications, student disciplinary issues and expulsions, employee pay, annual report, religious education (both Jewish and Muslim), lists of students in higher education institutions, students' paperwork, and the schedule of general exams.

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Student Folders with Photographs, Baghdadi Jewish Schools

IJA Number: 2694 · Language: Arabic

These are student records including photographs, exam scores, primary and intermediary school certificates, disciplinary actions, and correspondence regarding student from the Baghdadi Jewish schools.

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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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Correspondence about Anti-Jewish Sentiments, Education Information; Statement Condemning Zionism

IJA Number: 3785 · Language: Arabic

Included in this item are correspondence from the Baghdadi Jewish community to the Iraqi and British governments concerning increasing anti-Jewish and sectarian harassment experienced by community members, correspondence signed by Sir Kinahan Cornwallis, and summaries of the Jewish Daily Post. This item also contains documents describing the arrest of individuals, restrictions on movement, and a violent attack on the Jewish residents of a village near Mosul in early 1941. Also in the documents are: newspaper clippings announcing students accepted into different institutions of higher education; a section of a 1948 newspaper with articles pertaining to the Arab-Israeli War of 1948; documents discussing education issues, such as Baghdadi Jewish students encountering difficulty in being accepted to certain state schools and failing tests at an unusually high rate, enrollment rates in schools, and teachers at Jewish schools suspected of propagating Zionism; a file folder with a student record, photograph, doctor’s notes, and examination results; a statement condemning Zionism signed by several prominent members of the Baghdadi Jewish community addressed to the Secretary of the League of Nations, Geneva.

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Student Folders with Photographs, Baghdadi Jewish Schools

IJA Number: 3755 · Language: Arabic

This item contains correspondence between Baghdadi Jewish schools and the Iraqi Ministry of Education. The item contains student folders including photographs, examination results, and disciplinary reports.

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Correspondence, Curricula, Baghdadi Jewish Schools

IJA Number: 3715 · Language: Arabic

These are documents from the Jewish schools in Baghdad. The item contains correspondence between the Iraqi Ministry of Education and the Baghdadi Jewish community concerning student grades; budget information for the Jewish schools; teachers' salaries and other employment issues; a questionnaire about whether or not the Kurdish language should be taught in schools; curricula for Trade Law, Economics, Mathematics, and Accounting classes.

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Iraqi Government Education Instructions; Roster of Students Taking Exam

IJA Number: 2850 · Language: Arabic

These are Iraqi government documents concerning education matters. The files include instructions for the administration of exams, requirements for acceptance to Baghdad University, curriculum guidelines for history and social science, and a roster of students taking an exam.

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Baghdadi Jewish Community Financial Information, Involvement in Iraqi Life

IJA Number: 2846 · Language: Arabic

These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish Community. Included is a document encouraging the Jewish community to participate in the public relation for the well being of the government, as done in the past. This item also contains medical receipts, bills, insurance and assurance bills receipts, and financial ledgers belonging to the Baghdadi Jewish community. There is an invitation in English and Arabic for a Grand Ball given by the Ministry of Education to benefit the poor pupils of the school. This item refers to the Jewish Community as the “Mosaic Community.”

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Complaint by Baghdadi Jewish Schools about Tuition Payments Because of Frozen Assets

IJA Number: 2800 · Language: Arabic

These are archival materials concerning a complaint lodged by the Frank Iny School, the Menahem Daniel School, and the Shamash Secondary School to the Iraqi government that the schools are enduring financial hardship because assets are frozen and many families can no longer pay school tuition. The documents include several charts depicting the wages earned by teachers over a span of several years.

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Baghdadi Jewish Schools Memos and Correspondence

IJA Number: 2739 · Language: Arabic

These documents include correspondence between the Iraqi government, the Education Administration Headquarters of Secondary Schools, and the Administrative Council for Iraqi Jews. The correspondence suggested curriculum adjustments, guidelines for employing teachers, and updated education policies that often mention Arab nationalism themes. Topics also include student health, a relay race course, the national anthem and other national folk song lyrics, approved books, visiting a vocational training center, scholarship criteria, field trips, requests for names of graduates, tracking test scores, and teaching pedagogy. There are also letters from the Administrative Committee discuss closing the primary grades at the Frank Iny School.

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Correspondence from the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools; Student Rosters

IJA Number: 2726 · Language: Arabic

These are archival documents containing correspondence between the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools and the Directorate of Education in Baghdad regarding student roster from the school years 1965-1969, students sitting for exams, and the administration of exams. The rosters include: student names, current grade, transfer school, number and date of the transfer document, and a previous failing year if applicable. There are also comprehensive ledgers recording all examination scores.

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Receipts, Invoices, and Promissory Notes, Frank Iny School

IJA Number: 3779 · Language: Arabic

These are documents from the Frank Iny School in Baghdad including receipts, invoices, and promissory notes for local vendors including booksellers, office and building suppliers, hardware, painters, maintenance, newspapers and magazines, utilities and phone bills, and the Iraq Insurance Office and Guardian Assurance Company for fire insurance.

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Correspondence between Ministry of Education and Baghdadi Jewish Schools

IJA Number: 3763 · Language: Arabic

These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish schools. Included is correspondence from the Iraqi Ministry of Education concerning teachers, students, curricula, and capacity of each school. The item also contains orders from the Ministry of Education for school administrations to ban the use of certain books and alter the curricula by not mentioning certain topics and emphasizing other subjects. Additionally, the item contains many regulations posted by the Ministry of Education regarding the closure and/or integration of schools and education-related travel procedures.

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School Materials, Correspondence with Iraqi Ministry of Education, Baghdadi Jewish Schools

IJA Number: 3709 · Language: Arabic

These documents include school materials such as exams, curricula, syllabi, and teacher's guides for an English course. The item also contains notifications put out by the Iraqi Ministry of Education concerning regulations for test administration, hiring approvals, requests for information concerning schools' students and graduates, and instructions for filing and transferring students' records.

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School Documents and Test Administration Instructions, Student Rosters, Teacher Issues, Baghdadi Jewish Schools

IJA Number: 3787 · Language: Multiple Languages

These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. The item includes fundraising letters for the establishment of the Jewish Lay Council’s School Relief Committee, invoices for construction materials for repairs and utilities; budget estimates, guides for school administrators, test administration instructions, student rosters, and documents pertaining to teachers and employment issues. Correspondence is in Arabic, English, and French, and comes from Switzerland, Bombay, England, and Shanghai. There is one birth certificate from 1946.

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Correspondence between Schools in Baghdad and the Iraqi Ministry of Education

IJA Number: 3769 · Language: Arabic

These are documents concerning education and students in Baghdad. This item contains documents from the Iraqi Ministry of Education about updating and/or ifying students' records as well as notices concerning expelled students, information about students transferring to other schools, and student examinations. Although the item also contains some correspondence between the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools with the Iraqi government, most documents in the item are addressed to all school administrations.

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Correspondence between the Iraqi Ministry of Education and the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools

IJA Number: 3766 · Language: Arabic

This item contains directives and correspondence between the Iraqi Ministry of Education and the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools. The correspondence concerns administrative matters, test administration instructions, and patriotic anthems for students to recite.

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Correspondence between the Iraqi Government and the Baghdadi Jewish Schools

IJA Number: 3704 · Language: Arabic

These are documents from the Jewish schools in Baghdad. Included is correspondence between the Iraqi government and the Jewish schools administrations concerning employment of foreign teachers, students' behavior, graduate lists, and other administrative matters.

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School Guidelines; Ḥevrah Ḳadishah Structure; Architectural Plans, Baghdadi Jewish Community

IJA Number: 3684 · Language: Arabic

These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish Community. The item contains instructions for school administrations concerning guidelines for students, a revised document explaining the structure and purpose of the Ḥevrah Ḳadishah (Burial Society) charitable society, and architectural sketches of a building.

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Student Folders with Photographs, Baghdadi Jewish Schools

IJA Number: 2853 · Language: Arabic

These are complete student education records, including photographs, from the Baghdadi Jewish Schools.

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Student Rosters, Exam Information and Results, Correspondence, Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools

IJA Number: 2729 · Language: Arabic

These are documents from the Frank Iny School and Shamash Secondary School. Many of the documents are correspondence between the school administrations and the Iraq Ministry of Education. The documents include rosters of students attending these two schools, students permitted to take exams, instructions to both teachers and students concerning the administration of the exams, exam results, and grade-books.

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