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Correspondence Regarding Leases and Rent Payments and Disputes

IJA Number: 1285 · Language: Arabic

These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. Included are: a letter sent from a tenant to the president of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews regarding a dispute on a deposit amount for leased shops; a letter from the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews to a tenant regarding paying rent; a warning letter from the Directorate of the Department of Palestinians (part of Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs) to the governing body of Iraqi Jews regarding depositing money for a house lease at a Baghdad solicitor's office; letters of lease disputes from other tenants to a Baghdadi Jewish property management company regarding payments; a letter from the taxation office to estimate the amount of property tax belonging to the Baghdadi Jewish community.

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Correspondence among Jewish Community Committees

IJA Number: 1048 · Language: Multiple Languages

These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. There is a letter from the British Military Governor for the allotment of lambs for the Jewish New Year 1918. Included are various correspondences: what students should bring to the Rabbinical College in Rhodes, Greece; verifications of birth certificates; letter and reply to the Jewish Lay Council from the Institute for the Blind to report its budget for 1934; letter from the Girls Sewing Charitable Society that lists its budget for 1934; letter from the head of Ozer Dalim Society to the President of the Jewish community regarding charity; 1933-1934 budget for Tomkhe Tora Society in Baghdad; letter from Chief Rabbi Benjamin Moshi; letter from the budget council of the Jewish Lay Council to all accountants in the Jewish community regarding decisions and instructions on budgets for 1934; letter from an accountant addressed to the head of the budget council regarding annual budget for 1934 - expenses, property tax, Jewish schools, wages for retired and needy people; spreadsheets containing expenses and revenues of the belongings of the Jewish community - hospitals, Morashi and education institutes; letter to a military figure asking for the release of six named war prisoners in 1919; letter from a legal codification department requesting deputy rabbi to look into a divorce subject to the rabbinical system in 1929; letters about a legal case of a woman claiming the right to collect her deceased husband's allowance, arguments stating she was divorced before he died; letter to the Lay Council concerning a house contract and a settlement; letter from the administration office of the Jewish community to a tenant regarding money for leasing a house; letter from the President of the Jewish community addressed to Iraqi government and Council of Ministers urging them to help distressed victims that were subjected to a catastrophic burglary and damage to their properties and shops, a total of 2731 families; letters to the Jewish Schools Committee regarding decreasing wages, transfers, retirements, sale of school belongings, requests interpretation of some amount to be reported, decrees and increases of allocated money; 1100 new students and their requirements from Jewish community funds; school debts and a copy of the annual budget; a teacher requests a teaching job in Almedrash School or any Jewish school in Baghdad appended by recommendation to the head of the Jewish Lay Council; request to make changes on class schedules and other educational arrangements. Correspondences from community members to the President of the Jewish Community regarding personal issues: help to finding relatives; dispute on a dowry issue; burials; a teacher requests a financial reward for 32 years of working in Midrash Talmud Torah, requests to continue to receive a retirement allowance of deceased husband; letter to Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri from a member of the Supreme Court requesting an additional salary for some extra work he does to help him financially; letter from workers requesting salary increases to the President of the Jewish Butchery; list of thirty names of needy and retired people whose allowances were decided upon by the Jewish Lay Council and approved by General Council. Also included are issues of the Iraqi Chronicle in 1973 on the nationalization of Exxon and Mobil Oil companies.

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Correspondence Regarding Tenants in Endowed Properties, Requests for Financial Assistance

IJA Number: 3107 · Language: Arabic

These are archival documents in a file folder from the Baghdadi Jewish community containing: correspondence to the head of the Administrative Committee for the Jewish community regarding tenants and endowed properties including disputes, complaints, warnings, and payments; letters sent to the President of the Jewish Community from needy people asking for financial help, the requests were fulfilled after the verification of each case.

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Bills, Lease Contracts, Ezra Menahem Daniel’s Endowments

IJA Number: 3116 · Language: Arabic

These are archival documents in a file folder from the Baghdadi Jewish community containing: bills belonging to the management Ezra Menahem Daniel’s endowments; many lease contracts, receipts from tenants, and a document that has an authorization regarding endowments of Ezra Menahem Daniel.

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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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Correspondence Regarding Tenant Dispute

IJA Number: 647 · Language: Arabic

This material from the Baghdadi Jewish Community contains documents related to property owned by the community. Included are: correspondence regarding a tenant; a letter from a tenant to the Jewish Lay Council for the Ḥevrah Ḳadishah (Burial Society) regarding a dispute over a rental property; a court case that resulted between the President of the Jewish Community and the tenant; a document of a lawsuit from the tenant; and a bill from an attorney to the tenant. Also includes: a lawsuit bill from a lawyer to the President of the Jewish Community and a receipt from the attorney; a letter from a tenant to the President of the Jewish Community requesting maintenance to the building damaged by a flood; correspondence between the head of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews, a tenant, and a lawyer regarding a rented property.

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Correspondence Regarding Tenant Complaints

IJA Number: 3102 · Language: Arabic

This is a booklet titled “Administrative Committee for the Iraqi Jews - Endowment.” It includes a letter from Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs to President of the Jewish Community regarding complaints of tenants of Daniel’s Souk shops and the lack of sanitation; also includes a letter of health notification with the requested materials.

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Correspondence to the President of the Jewish Community and the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews Regarding Rental Properties

IJA Number: 2820 · Language: Arabic

These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. Included is correspondence to the President of the Jewish Community and to the members of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews. Correspondence includes issues regarding rental properties owned by the Jewish community such as requests for maintenance, upkeep, reduction of rent, potential tenants for shops and houses, and lists of renters behind on rent. There are also government requests for tax on leased properties and notifications of building demolitions, and an electricity bill.

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Tenant Requests; Verification of Community Members

IJA Number: 2716 · Language: Arabic

These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish Community containing: notes from tenants requesting fixing a wall and other renting matter; a letter from Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri to the Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police regarding the verification of women's names, and notes regarding documentation of community member’s death.

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Material Related to Leased Property and other Financial Documents, Baghdadi Jewish Community

IJA Number: 2826 · Language: Arabic

These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish Community. Included is: a list of properties belonging to the community, its annual revenue, names of tenants, and estimations on property tax; official lease contracts between tenants and owners signed by the head of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews; correspondence from Jewish community members to the Administrative Committee requesting leases, repairs, property taxes, a reward for guarding the community’s synagogues and burial sites; a letter to the Administrative Committee to appoint Heskell Isaac to be in charge of the Jewish community’s assets, schools, synagogues, Meir Elias Hospital Endowments and Ḥevrah Ḳadishah; a list of revenues and expenses for endowed schools belonging to the Jewish community for the fiscal year 1955-1956; a letter directed to Hakham Sassoon Khedouri requesting his signature on a list of miscellaneous expenses.

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Baghdadi Jewish Community’s Lawyer’s File, Rent and Rental Disputes

IJA Number: 2808 · Language: Arabic

This is a folder titled: “File of Lawyer Shaul Moses.” It includes a handwritten record of tenant names and their rent due amount, disputes, and agreements over rental properties owned by the Jewish community.

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