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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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Reports and Correspondence from the Iraqi Government and Embassies

IJA Number: 2842 · Language: Arabic

These are documents from the Iraqi government. Included are: news reports about Yasser Arafat’s visits to Egypt and other Arab countries; Kuwait’s security procedures; a confidential letter from the Iraqi embassy in Beirut to the Foreign Ministry - General Affairs Department regarding Egyptian-Palestinian communications; and documents from several Iraqi embassies and consulates concerning the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Camp David Accords.

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שלחן ערוך מטור אורח חיים

IJA Number: 526 · Language: Hebrew

This is an edition of the Oraḥ Ḥayim, a book of Jewish law from the Shulḥan ʻArukh, including commentaries.

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ספר זבחי צדק ח"א

IJA Number: 29 · Language: Hebrew

This is part one of a Jewish law rulings by the Iraqi scholar Abdallah ben Abraham Somekh on the work of the medieval Jewish rabbi and author Joseph Karo. There are many copies in the collection.

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Sale of Shamash School Building; Correspondence from Government; List of Synagogues in Iraq

IJA Number: 3723 · Language: Arabic

These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. Included is a newspaper with an article concerning the seizure of property owned by Iraqi Jews who renounced their Iraqi citizenship. The documents also contain correspondence between branches of the Iraqi government and the Baghdadi Jewish community, such as a notice from the Ministry of Culture to the Jewish community informing them the Jewish schools would remain unharmed after the emigration of the community. The documents also include the Jewish Community's payments and receipts; correspondence from the Iranian Foreign Ministry about the rental of the former Shamash School building; a report overseeing a Jewish school clinic; a list of synagogues in Iraq and their approximate date of establishment.

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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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Essay Contests, Award Ceremonies, Examination Results, Baghdadi Jewish Schools

IJA Number: 3703 · Language: Multiple Languages

These are documents from the Jewish Schools in Baghdad. Included are grading rubrics for Arabic, English, and French short story and essay contests. The item also contains programs from awards ceremonies for students of Baghdadi Jewish Schools between 1961 and 1966 and transcripts for the speeches delivered at some of the awards ceremonies. The item also includes records with students' examination results and the prompts for some of the essay contests.

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Correspondence between the President of the Jewish Community, Jewish Religious Court

IJA Number: 3713 · Language: Multiple Languages

This is correspondence between the President of the Jewish Community, the Jewish Religious Court, Iraqi government departments, and public and private employers regarding salaries, legal cases, payments, receipts and invoices.

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[Book - Hebrew Bible]

IJA Number: 32 · Language: Hebrew

This is an edition of the entire Hebrew Bible, including the Pentateuch, Books of Prophets and Books of Writings, all with Rabbinic commentaries. There is no publication information.

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Financial Documents and Correspondence, Shamash Secondary School

IJA Number: 3078 · Language: Arabic

These documents are correspondence and school information, such as the budget of the Shamash Secondary School. Included are files detailing properties held, property tax issues, expense reports, and income received by the Shamash Endowment.

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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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Class Rosters, Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools

IJA Number: 2852 · Language: Arabic

These are class rosters for Frank Iny School, kindergarten-sixth primary (1958, 1961-1971); first-third intermediate (1958, 1961-1973); the Shamash Secondary School (1958, 1961-1973). There are also lists of teachers and instructors for 1965, 1967, and 1972. There is one unrelated document from the Baghdadi Jewish Community – a deed from 1949.

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Student Folders with Photographs, Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools

IJA Number: 2848 · Language: Arabic

These are documents from the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools in Baghdad. The documents consist of individual student records including photographs, exam scores, student certifications, admissions forms, class rosters, doctor’s notes, and correspondence regarding student affairs.

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Rental Contracts, Tomkhe Tora Society

IJA Number: 2860 · Language: Arabic

This folder contains documents from the Tomkhe Tora Society. The documents are rental contracts for several properties in Baghdad.

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Bills, Receipts, Employee Payment, Jewish Lay Council

IJA Number: 2844 · Language: Arabic

This item contains many records of the Baghdadi Jewish Lay Council’s financial transactions, utility bills, payments to employees, and other miscellaneous expenditures. There is a book list for the Frank Iny School and a note acknowledging received payment from the Frank Iny School.

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Legal Documents Related to the Disbursement and Management of Endowments, Baghdadi Jewish Community

IJA Number: 2744 · Language: Arabic

This is archival material from the Baghdadi Jewish Community containing legal documents related to the disbursement and management of several different endowments for Baghdadi Jewish institutions such as the Albert David Sasson School, Meir Elias Hospital, and Reemah Kadoorie Eye Hospital. There are original deeds and contracts regarding property distribution, the distribution of waqfs (endowments), and tapu sanad deeds (state-owned land granting occupancy).

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Student Rosters, Correspondence to Parents, Tuition Information, Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools

IJA Number: 2743 · Language: Arabic

These are school records from the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools in Baghdad. Included are exam and class schedules, class rosters, thank you notes for donations, receipts, correspondence to parents, tuition information, exam procedures, merchant invoices, and employment offers.

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Correspondence and Receipts, Hospitals in Baghdad

IJA Number: 2741 · Language: Arabic

These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. Included are letters concerning patient admittance procedures, medical receipts, and responsibility for a patient's fees.

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[Book - Responsa]

IJA Number: 265 · Language: Hebrew

This is a collection of responsa on Jewish law. There is no publication information.

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שולחן ערוך יורה דעה

IJA Number: 2615 · Language: Hebrew

This is an edition of the Yoreh De'ah, a book of Jewish law from the Shulḥan ʻArukh. There is no publication information.

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Iraqi Gazette Newspaper

IJA Number: 2551 · Language: Arabic

These are copies of the Iraqi Gazette, the official Iraqi newspaper issued by the Ministry of Guidance in Iraq, which recorded laws and resolutions passed by the government.

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[Book Section - Former Prophets]

IJA Number: 22 · Language: Hebrew

This is part of a book that includes the former prophets - the biblical books of Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings. There is no publication information.

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