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Ḥevrah Ḳadishah
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Establishment of Sasson Eskell Technical School; Properly Owned by Jewish Community
IJA Number: 3299 ·
Language: Multiple Languages
These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. Included is information relating to building the Sasson Eskell Technical School: blue prints and architectural plans, lists of required materials for the building and operation of the school; letters to David Eskell about the school’s establishment; proposed curriculum and subjects of study. The item also contains documents concerning property owned by Jewish organizations such as Ḥevrah Ḳadishah and Midrash Talmud Torah.
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Correspondence, Primarily Regarding the Jewish Hospital in Baghdad
IJA Number: 3074 ·
Language: Multiple Languages
These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish Community. The majority of the documents relate to the Jewish Hospital in Baghdad but included are other correspondence within the community. It also includes a letter from a German Jewish Doctor from 1933 trying to move to Baghdad.
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Correspondence Regarding Wills, Estates, and Trusts of Community Members; Community Establishments Receiving Funds
IJA Number: 3322 ·
Language: Multiple Languages
These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish Community. Included is correspondence regarding the wills, estates, and trusts of several wealthy community members (Sir Ezra David, Raphael Aaron Gubbay) and where their money is going within the community. Correspondence is between community leaders, family members, and attorneys regarding splitting up of money and receipts of receiving funds.
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Ḥevrah Ḳadishah Receipts, Financial Information, Correspondence
IJA Number: 3169 ·
Language: Arabic
These documents from the Baghdadi Jewish Community include files from the Ḥevrah Ḳadishah, the Jewish burial society; receipts regarding the administration of an endowment; handwritten financial notes; and a letter from a lawyer regarding community financial affairs. This also includes half of a page of קמיע ירושלמית שמירה ליולדת, (Ḳameʻa Yerushalmit Shrirah le-Yuledet), an amulet guard for pregnant women. These documents reflect the Baghdadi Jewish community's name change to the Mosaic community.
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Baghdadi Jewish Community Correspondence from Schools, Citizenship Laws, Employee Information
IJA Number: 2734 ·
Language: Arabic
These are different kinds of documents related to the Baghdadi Jewish Community, including letters from the Frank Iny School and the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews, and other correspondence. Items include: a letter from the dean of New York University congratulating parents in Baghdad on their son making the honor list; announcements regarding school curriculum; a request from the Frank Iny School for renovations; negotiations with engineering contractors; budgets for several Jewish community organizations; information about new laws regarding citizenship and property rights; new employee contracts; a birth certificate; an auction house ledger; meeting agendas; official newspapers (Al-Waqā’i‘ Al-‘Irāqiyah) announcing new laws, and records related to the disbursement of financial assistance to members of the Baghdadi Jewish community.
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Official Letters to Jewish Organizations and Government Office, President of the Jewish Community
IJA Number: 3764 ·
Language: Multiple Languages
These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish Community. They include correspondence from the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad to Jewish community presidents in Sulaymaniyah, Irbil, Mosul, Basrah, Kirkuk, Fallujah, regarding condolences, regulations, hospitals, permits, religious dietary laws, smallpox, distributions to the poor, employment and unemployment, financial settlements, legal settlements, charitable donations and requests for documentation. There is also correspondence with various government and community organizations including the Office of Information – Mosul; National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of Iraq; The British Bank of Iran; Office of the Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews of Great Britain; Chevrolet; Iraqi Red Crescent Society; The Society for Improving the Conditions of the Blind in Iraq; French Ambassador in Iraq; The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China; The Great Synagogue of Baghdad; and the President of the Catholic Diaspora. The item also includes the newspapers: الزمان (Al-Zamān), Issue #4764 from May 1, 1953; and الحوادث (Al-Ḥawādth), Issue #3096 from 1953.
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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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Community Meeting Agendas, Minutes; Booklets about Jewish Orphans Charitable Organization, Jewish Community Laws
IJA Number: 3097 ·
Language: Arabic
These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community that consist of notices of community meeting agendas and meeting minutes, addressing a variety of issues including school staff, elected community positions, Kosher food, totals of butchered Kosher meat for the meat tax, and budget planning. There is a small booklet titled “Statues for the Jewish Orphans Charitable Organization, 1948.” There are documents listing members of the community involved in different community or religious organizations, including various school subcommittees and members of particular synagogues. There is a copy of the booklet titled: "The Jewish Community Law # 77 and the Jewish Community System #36 for the year 1931" and is printed in both Arabic and Judeo-Arabic. The laws were published in an Iraqi newspaper in 1931. This was published in Baghdad by the Jewish Charity Council and there are several copies of the laws in the collection.
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Ḥevrah Ḳadishah Documents; Management Committee’s Request about Assets
IJA Number: 2803 ·
Language: Arabic
These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community, primarily related to Ḥevrah Ḳadishah, the Burial Society. They contain an Iraqi newspaper (al-Tākhay) with an advertisement selling the Ḥevrah Ḳadishah's car because the government froze the society’s assets. Also included are requests about assets from the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews to the government and an announcement in the official Iraqi newspaper (Al-Waqā’i‘ Al-‘Irāqiyah) about the Administrative Committee’s role.
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Citizenship Correspondence between Iraqi Government and Jewish Community; Synagogue Financial Information
IJA Number: 2727 ·
Language: Arabic
These are documents relating to the Baghdadi Jewish community, many about Iraqi citizenship. Included are various correspondences between the Jewish community and the Iraqi government. Correspondence with the Secretary General of the Frozen Fund Administration regarding the revocation of Iraqi citizenship of employees at Jewish establishments and daily payment of workers; a letter with names and salaries of employees; a letter from the Secretariat for Monitoring and Managing the Funds of the Jews to the Jewish Hospital Council proclaiming Jewish Iraqi citizenship and permitting employers to pay the employees but freeze a percentage of their salary for the Secretariat. Correspondence with the Secretariat to Monitor and Manage the Funds of the Jews: proclaiming Iraqi Citizenship to the Directorate of Travel and Citizenship, and to the President of the Jewish Community verifying if certain people are having their Iraqi citizenship revoked; requesting the release of a Jewish community fund; the formation of a committee to manage the affairs of David Ezra Synagogue; inquires related to property; request to exempt the Jewish poor from paying tax on their belongings when leaving Iraq; a request to return a shop belonging to the Jewish community; paying the Jewish cemetery guard accumulated salaries; returning an endowed Jewish property; provisions to help the Jewish poor; releasing items belonging to Ḥevrah Ḳadishah (burial society) for Jewish burial; returning the endowed eye hospital and pharmacy; Information about Hebrew religious books in the storage of the Directorate; letters between the President of the Jewish Community and Iraqi government offices regarding exchanging information and answering inquiries, the heirs of Jewish deceased, names, Jewish hospital operations, property tax, lifting the "hand" from the Jewish community funds, and management of the Jewish community funds. Documents relating to Baghdadi Synagogues: an inventory from Mindili Synagogue; correspondence between the Committee on the Administration of Ezra Synagogue and the Directory of Rights and Commercial Matters regarding the members of Ezra Synagogue citizenship status; correspondence from the Jewish Lay Council and banks about opening a bank account for Ezra Synagogue; correspondence from the Lay Council to the Secretary General of the frozen funds regarding the name of the Ezra synagogue committee. Correspondence between the Jewish Lay Council to the General Secretariat regarding exporting 100 Jewish books to without paying for the silver cover; a reply from Municipality of Rights and Commercial Matters to permit the export of the books if it had no silver cover; the Jewish presidency’s reply that it is a family owned, there are not commercial items, and it is against the freedom of religion law. Correspondence from Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri: to the General Directorate of Import regarding Iraqi Jewish property taxes, the Jewish properties exempted from tax, hospitals, schools and orphanages; to the Chairman of the Property requesting a copy of plans and documents of properties belonging to the Jewish community; to the Director of Property Tax requesting a reduction or exemption of property tax for demolition or vacancy reasons.
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Contract Agreement, Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews; Fee Exemption for Burial Society
IJA Number: 2549 ·
Language: Arabic
These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community and contain a general contract agreement between the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews and a contractor, including a schedule and cost estimates. Also included is a letter from the Baghdad district office to the Iraqi Office of Transportation and Traffic Police regarding a registration fee exemption on a vehicle for the Ḥevrah Ḳadishah (Burial Society).
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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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Expenses and Operating Costs, Ḥevrah Ḳadishah
IJA Number: 646 ·
Language: Arabic
This lists the expenses and the operating costs of the Ḥevrah Ḳadishah, the Burial Society, for 1954 in Baghdad.
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Employee Information, Records of Donations, Ḥevrah Ḳadishah
IJA Number: 690 ·
Language: Arabic
These are documents from the Ḥevrah Ḳadishah, the Burial Society. They contain employment applications, employee appointments, and records of donations to/from charity organizations.
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Budgets and Annual Reports, Ḥevrah Ḳadishah
IJA Number: 650 ·
Language: Arabic
These are archival documents from the Ḥevrah Ḳadishah, the Burial Society, in Baghdad. Included is the 1956 annual budget. There is a request from the head of the Burial Society for financial support from the community at large. He presents records of its annual income and expenses, including lists of people who passed away: names, dates, and cost of burial. The lists have three categories of payment: self paid, minimum paid, and free burials for the poor. Also included are three pamphlets. One is in Judeo-Arabic and is the annual report for the Burial Society. This reports discuss the budget and other items of note: one member of the community, a German doctor who escaped Nazi Germany, paid more than the average fee; members of the community who could not pay for a funeral had funerals paid for by the Ḥevrah Ḳadishah but there was a deficit in 5710 (1949-1950) due to more funerals and higher costs of material; the Ḥevrah Ḳadishah asks for more funds from the Baghdadi Jewish community to cover these deficits.
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Correspondence and Architectural Plans Regarding an Addition to the Jewish Cemetery, Baghdad
IJA Number: 649 ·
Language: Arabic
These are letters between the head of the Baghdadi Jewish community, the head of the Ḥevrah Ḳadishah (Burial Society), and engineering contractors. The correspondence includes hand drawn architectural plans about an addition to a building in the Jewish cemetery using funds from the Jewish community. There are also financial ledgers recording purchases.
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Financial Documents, Baghdadi Jewish Community
IJA Number: 3759 ·
Language: Arabic
This item is from the Baghdadi Jewish community. Included are documents concerning employee salaries of Baghdadi Jewish social organizations, telephone and utility bills, receipts, and income and expense reports.
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Community Income, Financial Records, Jewish Lay Council
IJA Number: 3096 ·
Language: Arabic
These documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community include figures of the community income, and financial records of the Jewish Lay Council and its subsidiary organizations for the purpose of determining annual budgets.
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Burial Society Building Plans, Correspondence
IJA Number: 2787 ·
Language: Arabic
These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. They contain site plans for a vacant lot and correspondence with the Ḥevrah Ḳadishah (Burial Society) with the Engineering Administration of Baghdad. There are also estimate forms, directions for technical calculations, and blueprints of the site.
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Ḥevrah Ḳadishah and Tomkhe Tora Society Meeting Minutes and Budgets
IJA Number: 2792 ·
Language: Arabic
These are materials relating to the Baghdadi Jewish Community. The documents contain minutes from Ḥevrah Ḳadishah (Burial Society) meetings and elections and financial budgetary information for the Ḥevrah Ḳadishah and Tomkhe Tora Society.
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Documents about Property Owned by the Ḥevrah Ḳadishah
IJA Number: 2790 ·
Language: Arabic
These are documents pertaining to property owned by the Ḥevrah Ḳadishah of the Baghdadi Jewish Community.
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Correspondence between Baghdadi Jewish Community Organizations and Iraqi Government, Primarily Regarding Financial Matters
IJA Number: 2777 ·
Language: Arabic
These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community relating to financial matters. Included are correspondence between the government and the Jewish community about the frozen assets of an Iraqi-Jewish community member who lost his citizenship, notification of a teacher's retirement, inheritance issues, and the selling of the Burial Society’s car due to the decline of the community.
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Financial Records and Receipts, Ḥevrah Ḳadishah (Burial Society) and President of the Jewish Community
IJA Number: 2731 ·
Language: Arabic
These are documents from the Ḥevrah Ḳadishah, the Baghdadi Jewish community’s Burial Society. They are primarily receipts from the Ḥevrah Ḳadishah. There are also receipts from Iraqi government agencies and various local merchants for utilities, vehicle upkeep, wire transfers, taxis, textiles, building supplies, and newspaper advertisements; rosters of salaries of officials and employees from the President of the Jewish Community; and correspondence regarding water prices.
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