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Books

ספר הזהר

IJA Number: 1760 · Language: Multiple Languages

This is an edition of the Zohar, a Ḳabalistic commentary on the Torah. Included is a note from 5671/1911 written in Judeo-Arabic and part of Pirḳe Avot, a tractate of the Mishnah.

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Archival Materials

Reproductions from the Central Zionist Archives, Jerusalem

IJA Number: 677 · Language: Multiple Languages

These are copies of archival materials from the Central Zionist Archives in Jerusalem. There are letters and other materials regarding land and a letter from Jordan to Moshe Shertok, who would later be an Israeli Prime Minister.

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לוח עבור

IJA Number: 837 · Language: Multiple Languages

This is an almanac from 5733 (1973 – 1972) for the Baghdadi Jewish community. It includes a calendar of the year with both Jewish and Gregorian dates, dates of holidays, and Torah portions for the week. The book is printed in Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic, Arabic, and English. There are many copies from different years in the collection.

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Fragments

Book Pages

IJA Number: 3173 · Language: Multiple Languages

These are groups of book pages and some archival documents.

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Books

לוח עבור

IJA Number: 420 · Language: Multiple Languages

This is an almanac from 5732 (1971 – 1972) for the Baghdadi Jewish community. It includes a calendar of the year with both Jewish and Gregorian dates, dates of holidays, and Torah portions for the week. The book is printed in Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic, Arabic, and English. There are many copies from different years in the collection.

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Archival Materials

Bills, Receipts, Purchase of Iraqi Government Bonds; Wedding Registries, Baghdadi Jewish Community

IJA Number: 3754 · Language: Multiple Languages

These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community and contain mostly receipts and bills from the Ottoman Bank. The item also contains the wedding registries for the community; columns include the names of the brides and grooms, the amounts of the ketubah (Jewish marriage contract), dates, and fees paid. This item also includes receipts from the Jewish community's purchase of Iraqi government bonds.

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Archival Materials

Marriage and Divorce Cases, Jewish Religious Court; Student Rosters, Correspondence, Baghdadi Jewish Schools

IJA Number: 3736 · Language: Multiple Languages

This is archival material from the Baghdadi Jewish community. The first part contains correspondence from 1929-1931 regarding marriage and divorce cases; the Jewish Religious Court dealt with family laws cases such as alimony, provisions for the wife based on Jewish marriage laws, death of spouses, and divorce. The second part contains ledgers and student rosters from the Society of Arts and Culture, correspondence from the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools, and a letter of recommendation for a scholarship application from 1968-1970.

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Archival Materials

Arranging Travel for Operation Ezra & Nehemiah; Issues Pertaining to Jews Abrogating Citizenship

IJA Number: 3699 · Language: Multiple Languages

These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. This item contains documents and correspondences pertaining to Baghdadi Jews abrogating their Iraqi citizenship in order to travel abroad. Included is an offer from a travel company about arranging transportation for the airlift of Iraqi Jews from Iraq to Israel (Operation Ezra and Nehemiah), complaints to the Iraqi government concerning police interference with Jews traveling, announcements to the Baghdadi Jewish community about opportunities to learn more about the citizenship laws and to forfeit citizenship, and correspondence between the government and the Jewish community concerning citizens who desire to forfeit their citizenship but have complicated circumstances. The item also contains letters in Judeo-Arabic, many which include community members' names.

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Verification Certificates, Citizenship Paperwork

IJA Number: 3706 · Language: Multiple Languages

These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish Community and include death certificates, birth certificates, marriage, and divorce documentation. This item also contains citizenship paperwork, documents certifying the surrendering of Iraqi citizenship in order to emigrate abroad, and letters of recommendation written for former employees. Many of the letters include photographs.

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Books

לוח עבור

IJA Number: 3157 · Language: Multiple Languages

This is an almanac from 5732 (1971 – 1972) for the Baghdadi Jewish community. It includes a calendar of the year with both Jewish and Gregorian dates, dates of holidays, and Torah portions for the week. The book is printed in Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic, Arabic, and English. There are many copies from different years in the collection.

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Archival Materials

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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Archival Materials

Correspondence to and from Rabbi Sasson Khedouri

IJA Number: 3108 · Language: Multiple Languages

This archival material includes most correspondence with Rabbi Sasson Khedouri. Topics include: correspondence from Midrash Talmud Torah regarding educational and financial matters; election of members to a Management Committee for the Baghdad Brigade; letter to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding Rabbi Khedouri’s testimony before a British-American Commission of Inquiry on the state of Israel; document of questions and Rabbi Khedouri’s answers on the following issues: Jewish status in Iraq, the state of Israel, equality of Jews on paying taxes, education, obtaining jobs, business, religion freedom, travelling, teaching Hebrew, and the number of Jews in Iraq; a form to collect factual information on the Jewish community to be published in the al-Rafidain Directory; a letter from Iraq Red Crescent Society to the head of Jewish community regarding the death of three Iraqis in Java, Indonesia prisons; a letter from a researcher; an invitation for a theater play from the Children's Protection Society; Shamash Company asking for help to distribute fabric to the poor; letter of complaint from a Muslim because some Jews entered the al-Kazmia holy place; a complaint regarding the Jewish community's girls behavior; letter asking for help on a forgery matter; letter asking for help from a Russian Jew who moved to Baghdad; letter asking for help to get papers from the Ministry of Supply to print the Jewish annual calendar for 5708; letter from the al-Jafería Schools Association asking for book donations to build a library; letters to the head of the Jewish community regarding obituaries for martyrs; letter to write an introduction for a book about Iraqi Crown Prince Abdullah; letters from the President of the Jewish Community asking for help on some matters.

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Fragments

Fragments

IJA Number: 264 · Language: Multiple Languages

These are groups of fragments of pages from books.

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Archival Materials

Property Records; Ledger of Members Received Financial Assistance after the Farhud

IJA Number: 2690 · Language: Multiple Languages

This item includes records of property belonging to the Baghdadi Jewish community, including correspondence, donation records, and a ledger of individuals and families that may have received assistance after the Farhud in 1941.

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Archival Materials

Entrance Exams, Rosters, Student Test Scores, Frank Iny, Shamash Secondary, and Menahem S. Daniel’s Schools

IJA Number: 2552 · Language: Multiple Languages

These are archival documents from the Frank Iny, Shamash Secondary, and Menahem S. Daniel’s schools in Baghdad. They contain correspondence regarding student affairs; ledgers of student exam scores for all schools, 1957-1965 and 1970; class rosters for the Frank Iny sixth primary, 1959-1963; and the following exams: Frank Iny School entrance exam to the first intermediate level for English, French, mathematics, and calculus, 1959-1966; Frank Iny primary school exam for mathematics and calculus, 1965; Shamash Secondary School entrance exam to the fourth year for mathematics and English literature, 1962-1965. Exams are written in English, Arabic and French.

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לוח עבור

IJA Number: 252 · Language: Multiple Languages

This is an almanac from 5730 (1969 – 1970) for the Baghdadi Jewish community. It includes a calendar of the year with both Jewish and Gregorian dates, dates of holidays, and Torah portions for the week. The book is printed in Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic, and Arabic. There are many copies from different years in the collection.

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Books

לוח עבור

IJA Number: 1010 · Language: Multiple Languages

This is an almanac from 5732 (1971 – 1972) for the Baghdadi Jewish community. It includes a calendar of the year with both Jewish and Gregorian dates, dates of holidays, and Torah portions for the week. The book is printed in Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic, Arabic, and English. There are many copies from different years in the collection.

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Fragments

Fragments

IJA Number: 689 · Language: Multiple Languages

These are groups of fragments of pages from books. It includes a revenue stamp.

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Archival Materials

Book Pages; Archival Documents, Baghdadi Jewish Community

IJA Number: 642 · Language: Multiple Languages

These are groups of book pages, including some title pages. There also are documents and correspondence from the Baghdadi Jewish community, including the President of the Jewish Community and the Chief Rabbi.

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Fragments

Fragments

IJA Number: 490 · Language: Multiple Languages

These are groups of fragments of pages from books.

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Fragments

Book Covers

IJA Number: 489 · Language: Multiple Languages

These are groups of book covers. Some still have pages intact with annotations.

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Books

לוח עבור

IJA Number: 429 · Language: Multiple Languages

This is an almanac from 5732 (1971 – 1972) for the Baghdadi Jewish community. It includes a calendar of the year with both Jewish and Gregorian dates, dates of holidays, and Torah portions for the week. The book is printed in Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic, Arabic, and English. There are many copies from different years in the collection.

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Fragments

Fragments

IJA Number: 3744 · Language: Multiple Languages

These are groups of fragments of pages from books.

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Archival Materials

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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