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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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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 Regarding Financial, Legal, and Employee Matters, Baghdadi Jewish Community

IJA Number: 3111 · Language: Multiple Languages

These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. They contain financial and legal correspondence from the Jewish Religious Court, Shamash Secondary School, President of the Jewish Community and the Iraqi State Railways regarding employees – a teacher’s separation, coordination for an employee to leave for a court case, and financial disputes.

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Tax Documents, Mus’ūdah Yousef Shemtob and Masooda Saliman Schools

IJA Number: 2810 · Language: Arabic

This archival materials mainly contains school taxation matters: a letter from the Mus’ūdah Yousef Shemtob School to the Office of Income Tax reporting the amount of taxes that were taken from the school’s employees; receipts, tax reports, and an official form for income tax report for year 1951; a letter from Iraqi Ministry of Finance regarding instructions for taxation; correspondence between Jewish community schools regarding employee salaries; document from the Tax Directorate to a company regarding their income, inflation, and employee's status; official documents from the Iraqi Ministry of Finance titled: Employees Income Tax General Instructions Manual with comprehensive governmental instructions on taxation rules, laws, and punishments.

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