Archival Materials

Student Folders with Photographs, Baghdadi Jewish Schools

IJA Number: 3211 · Language: Multiple Languages

These are student files with student photographs and correspondence between the Iraqi government and various Baghdadi Jewish schools regarding exam scores, graduation confirmation, primary school certification, secondary school certification, student transfers, and admissions forms. Some student folders contain an essay written in Hebrew about Israel and the Sephardic community, a certificate of vaccination for smallpox, confirmations of citizenship, and a military conscription letter.

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المؤتمر الصهيوني

IJA Number: 3178 · Language: Arabic

This is a book published in Arabic titled "The Twenty-Eighth Zionist Congress, 1972." It is translated from Hebrew and English, and edited by Dr. Elias Shufani. It was joint published by the Institute for Palestinian Studies and Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies.

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לוח עבור

IJA Number: 3158 · Language: Multiple Languages

This is an almanac from 5726 (1965 – 1966) 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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לוח עבור

IJA Number: 3159 · Language: Multiple Languages

This is an almanac from 5729 (1968 – 1969) 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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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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Exam Results, Albert David Sasson School; Records, Laura Khedouri School for Girls; Correspondence with the Education Administration Headquarters of Secondary Schools

IJA Number: 3072 · Language: Arabic

These are documents with school materials from the Baghdadi Jewish schools. Included are final exams and results from the Albert David Sasson School; primary school records from the Laura Khedouri School for Girls; correspondence with the Education Administration Headquarters of Secondary Schools.

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Documents and Correspondence from the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools

IJA Number: 3306 · Language: Arabic

These are archival documents from the Frank Iny School and the Shamash Secondary School. Among the documents are letters of acceptance, lists of students who passed their examinations, correspondence regarding and exchange from a Japanese school, and correspondence from a Pakistani school.

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Student Folders and Book Lists, Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools

IJA Number: 3067 · Language: Multiple Languages

These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish schools. There is one folder containing student records (including photographs), exam scores, and correspondence between schools regarding student certification. The other folders contain book lists of textbooks to be used by various grade levels at the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools for the English and French tracks; there are indications of how many books were needed to order and which books corresponded with requirements of the General Education Certificate, 1968-1970. Also included is one “List of G.C.E. Booklets of Past Exam Papers,” book lists for 1960-1970 for the English track, and 1961-1971 for the French-track classes.

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Handwritten Notes, Science Class

IJA Number: 3476 · Language: Arabic

This are handwritten notes from a science class.

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School Records and Student Photographs from the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools

IJA Number: 3065 · Language: Arabic

These are student records from the Shamash Secondary and Frank Iny schools. Included in student files are: grades, transcripts, achievement reports, vaccines, warnings for misbehavior, recommendation letters, school transfer documents, graduation diplomas, and photographs. Also included are rosters for fifth grade students; correspondence between the head of Shamash and Frank Iny Schools to different institutions (Dental and Medical Schools in London, Chelsea College of Science and Technology in Edinburgh, University of London, Directorate of the Scholar Mission, and Directorate of Recruitment in Baghdad) regarding students’ academic matters.

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Kosher Meat Tax Handbill

IJA Number: 3052 · Language: Arabic

This is an announcement to the Baghdadi Jewish community about the importance of paying the kosher meat tax to subsidize schools and hospitals.

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[Book Section - Prayer Book]

IJA Number: 1061 · Language: Hebrew

This is part of a prayer book. There is no publication information.

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Rental Agreements, Lawyer Appointment, Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews

IJA Number: 3050 · Language: Arabic

These are legal documents from the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews that contain rental agreements and an appointment of a lawyer to represent the organization.

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Iraqi Citizenship Laws and Court Cases; Correspondence from the President of the Baghdadi Jewish Community

IJA Number: 2778 · Language: Arabic

These documents pertain to Iraqi citizenship laws and court cases regarding the implementation of those laws. There are printed copies of Al-Waqā’i‘ Al-‘Irāqiyah, the official government newspaper for publishing legislation, containing Law 5/1951 on monitoring and managing the assets of Jews who have abrogated their Iraqi citizenship; Law 12/1951, appendix to 5/1951; Law 64/1967, amendment to the appendix of 12/1951; Law 125/1967, amending the end of 12/1951; Law 1/1964, amending the instructions to 1/1963 on Iraqi Jews traveling outside of Iraq; Law 161/1963, amending the fourth regulation of 12/1951; Law 54/1962, amending 12/1951; Law 14/1963, cancelling 11/1960; Law 11/1960, amending 12/1951; and Law 1/1950, amending 62/1933. There are also court cases and correspondence from the President of the Baghdadi Jewish Community discussing loyalty of the Iraqi Jews.

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Teacher Documentation and Information, Baghdadi Jewish Schools

IJA Number: 1286 · Language: Arabic

These are archival documents from the Jewish schools in Baghdad. Included is a 1942 notebook by the Frank Iny School teacher, Bahija Ahmed Shhab, and correspondence between the Frank Iny School and Baghdad University confirming Shhab's appointment as a teacher. Other documents include: the administrative affairs and management of the Iraqi Jewish schools in Baghdad containing a booklet with a completed form of a teacher’s resume hired by the private Middle School for girls; a letter requesting the hire of a teacher addressed to the head of the Jewish Schools Committee in 1945; a letter to the head of the school requesting time off and sick leave days for teachers; a letter from the Frank Iny School to the University of Baghdad president in 1960 confirming that a teacher had worked at a middle school in 1946.

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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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תלמוד בבלי מסכת בבא מציעא

IJA Number: 3609 · Language: Aramaic

This is a tractate of Talmud, Baba Metsiʼa from a set printed in Poland.

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Rent and Lease Disputes, Heskel Menahem Daniel Endowment Properties

IJA Number: 1283 · Language: Arabic

These are archival materials from the Baghdadi Jewish Community. Included are correspondence about rent disputes and lease contracts for the Heskel Menahem Daniel Endowment properties. The letters are directed to the representative of the head of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews. There are also receipts for donations to a charitable endowment.

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List of Needy Baghdadi Jewish Community Members

IJA Number: 3170 · Language: Arabic

This is a ledger containing a weekly list of needy members from the Baghdadi Jewish community. It lists full names, amount of money they receive, and their fingerprints.

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ספר תהלים עם דרוש ספר תהלות ישראל

IJA Number: 1211 · Language: Hebrew

This is the book of Psalms with commentary.

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סידור דרך החיים

IJA Number: 1175 · Language: Hebrew

This is a Sephardic prayer book printed in Warsaw. Included are prayers for the Sabbath, weekdays, and festivals, as well as commentary.

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סדור מנחת ירושלם

IJA Number: 3644 · Language: Hebrew

This is a part of a prayer book for the afternoon and weekday service according to the Baghdadi custom. There are many copies of this book in the collection

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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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ספר ברכות שמים

IJA Number: 1234 · Language: Hebrew

This is a liturgical book compiled in Baghdad. There are several copies in the collection.

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