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Archival Materials

President of the Baghdadi Jewish Community, Personal and Communal Documents

IJA Number: 3077 · Language: Multiple Languages

These documents contain correspondence, mostly on a personal level, of the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad. Included are requests for a telephone to be installed in a school, teacher labor issues, student transfers, receipts and invoices, thank you notes and condolences to members of the Jewish Diaspora in Europe, America, and the Middle East. The documents include an excerpt from the 1945 edition of the Biographical Encyclopedia of the World, featuring the president of the Jewish community of Baghdad, Sassoon Khedouri; a license to import one Chevrolet car from the U.S.; a wedding invitation; and several business cards of foreign dignitaries.

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Student Folders with Photographs, Baghdadi Jewish Schools

IJA Number: 3070 · Language: Multiple Languages

These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish schools. The documents consist of individual student records with photographs, exam scores, student certifications, admissions forms, letters of recommendation, applications to other institution, doctor’s notes, exam booklets, officer recruitment, and correspondence regarding student affairs.

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Archival Materials

Iraqi Newspaper Clippings

IJA Number: 3224 · Language: Arabic

These are newspaper clippings from the Iraqi Newspaper from 1997. Subjects include the U.S., helicopters, airplanes, ‘Ar’ar, Saudi Arabia; France, military intervention, and government positions.

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Archival Materials

Newspaper; Correspondence from the Jewish Community; History of Jews in Iraq

IJA Number: 3718 · Language: Arabic

These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish Community. They include a newspaper with lost/missing notices, a chart of flights, a letter to the editor; and correspondence regarding a synagogue, the Jewish community within Iraq, Iraqi Jews living outside Iraq, and Zionism. There is a brief history of Jews in Iraq, which talks about the impact of changing laws on the community and the July 17, 1975 Ba’ath Party Revolution. These documents reflect the Baghdadi Jewish community's name change to the Mosaic community.

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Correspondence Regarding Standardized Exams, Shamash Secondary School

IJA Number: 3707 · Language: Arabic

These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish schools. They contain correspondence regarding payments for the SAT and Achievement Tests between the president of the Jewish community, the Educational Testing Service in Princeton, N.J., the Bank of Iraq, and the principal of the Shamash Secondary School. There are also several brochure publications regarding administration of standardized tests, advertisements for supplemental test preparation, generic correspondence from the Educational Testing Services, forms assessing English language competency, and copies of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) exam for 1964.

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Newspaper Clippings

IJA Number: 2339 · Language: Arabic

This is a collection of Arabic newspaper clippings from Al-Jumhūrīyyah, Al-‘Irāq, and Al-Tūrah newspapers. They are about Saddam Hussein, the Supreme Revolutionary Council, economic concerns, and Iraq’s diplomatic relationships with other countries and the United Nations.

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Books

الحجزء الثانى: طبيعة التعاون بين اسرائيل و امريكا

IJA Number: 1539 · Language: Arabic

This is paper published in Arabic titled: "Part II: The Nature of Cooperation between Israel and the United States." There is no publication information.

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متطلبات العمل الاستخباري لمحلة الثمانينات

IJA Number: 947 · Language: Arabic

This is a report published in Arabic by the Iraqi Revolutionary Leadership Council titled "CIA: Secret Service Requirements of Intelligence Operations in the Eighties" translated Imān ‘Abdulfanī ‘Askar.

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Don’t be Silly! Let’s Study World-Shaking “Axis of Donkey” Thoroughly!

IJA Number: 679 · Language: English

This the opening feature from the Magazine Da-Capo, Vol 504 (04/Dec/2002) and is about Iraqi-Japanese relations. There are also several other articles about Iraqi-American relations and politics.

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Books

[Book Section - History]

IJA Number: 206 · Language: Arabic

This is a damaged book in Arabic that mentions the Palestinians, the Jews, and America. There is no publication information.

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Political Parties in the Middle East

IJA Number: 2270 · Language: Arabic

These archival documents are two pages from a typed report or article discussing various political parties in the Middle East. It talks about American intelligence proselytizing Christianity to the Kurds, movements and political parties among the Turkmen, Hezbollah, and Iran.

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Books

[Book Section - Middle Eastern Politics]

IJA Number: 187 · Language: Arabic

This is a book published in Arabic which discusses Israel's relationship with the United States after the Six Day War, and with the Soviet Union after the 1970 War. It is likely school material. There is no publication information.

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Archival Materials

Student Folders with Photographs, Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools

IJA Number: 2862 · Language: Arabic

These documents from the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools in Baghdad consist of individual student records including photographs, exam scores, student certifications, admissions forms, doctor’s notes, letters of recommendation, and correspondence regarding student affairs. There is also school administration correspondence.

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Books

وكالة المخابرات المركزية و العاملون في الاستخبارات

IJA Number: 2500 · Language: Arabic

This is a book summary titled "The CIA and Intelligence Workers." It is likely a review or translation of Victor Marchetti's most popular work, "The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence," first published in 1974.

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Books

[Book Section - History]

IJA Number: 216 · Language: Arabic

This is part of a general history book published in Arabic which mentions the KGB, CIA, and Henry Kissinger. There is no publication information.

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[Book Section - Middle Eastern Politics]

IJA Number: 142 · Language: Arabic

This is a book published in Arabic. The list of contents indicates the book is a history of the Arab-Israeli conflict, with reference to British, Palestinian, Israeli, American, etc., interactions in the region. There is no publication information.

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Archival Materials

List of Universities, England and the United States

IJA Number: 3092 · Language: English

These are lists of addresses of universities and their admissions offices in England and the United States.

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Correspondence Regarding Legal Procedures for Community Elections and to Community Officials; Lay Council Members and Budgets

IJA Number: 3071 · Language: Arabic

These documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community contain correspondence regarding the legal procedures for electing officials in the Jewish community. The correspondence references the statues of the Jewish community #36 (1931) and laws of the community #77 (1931); elections for the Jewish Lay Council; names of those eligible for elected office; ballots for various districts; vote tallies; meeting attendance records; and a statement from the Jewish Lay Council to the Jewish community that the president of the Jewish Lay Council is running for the position of president of the Baghdadi community. There are also letters to various community and government officials, including the head of the Jewish butchers, and foreign consular offices; several copies of a list of members of the Jewish Lay Council, 1944-1948; and references to budget planning.

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Books

[Book Section - History - Israel]

IJA Number: 140 · Language: Arabic

This is a book published in Arabic that is a history of modern Israel. The book also contains summaries of military and defense related articles published in Israeli newspapers.

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Books

[Book Section – Text Book – Military]

IJA Number: 231 · Language: Arabic

This is a military text book published in Arabic. The image of a plane gives a summary of the Douglas C-47, including the country of origin (U.S.), history and specs of the aircraft. There is no publication information.

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Archival Materials

Map: The World Series 1145

IJA Number: 238 · Language: English

This is a map of the world printed by the United States Department of Defense (prepared by the Defense Mapping Agency) and is part of a series. It is missing a part of Europe.

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