Archival Materials

Handwritten Judeo-Arabic Ledger

IJA Number: 932 · Language: Arabic

This is a handwritten ledger in Judeo-Arabic, perhaps with some Arabic as well. It likely includes many personal names.

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Receipts, Baghdadi Jewish Schools

IJA Number: 455 · Language: Arabic

These are receipts for school supplies (such as text books and blackboards), food, services, and maintenance, all from the Baghdadi Jewish schools.

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Receipts, Frank Iny and Shamsh Secondary School

IJA Number: 454 · Language: Arabic

These are receipts for text books and other school supply purchases from the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools in Baghdad.

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Books

ספר בראשית ראשון לתורת אלוהים

IJA Number: 2927 · Language: Hebrew

This is the book of Genesis with the Aramaic translation and commentaries and also includes the Hafṭarot and the morning service for Shabat.

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English Entrance Examinations, Frank Iny School

IJA Number: 3788 · Language: English

These are entrance examinations in English and French for the Frank Iny School. Subjects include English grammar and composition, and one French grammar and composition exam.

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President of the Baghdadi Jewish Community: Correspondence, Invoices, Legal Matters

IJA Number: 3781 · Language: Multiple Languages

These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. They include correspondence between the President of the Jewish community and Iraqi government agencies; invoices from both private companies and government utilities; an appeal from the French Sisters Convent for a hospital building fund; letters from Al-Amir Sporting – Baghdad and the Orient Trading Corp. Ltd.; notes from the Eastern Bank, Ltd., the Ottoman Bank, and the Bank of Iraq; responses to request for information on specific individuals; an index; legal issues regarding assets; records of loans and beneficiaries for 1970 and 1975. There are also birth, engagement, marriage, and death certificates; on some of the certificates, the names are listed in Hebrew. For one of the death confirmation certificates, the President of the Jewish community lists the family of the deceased.

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Books

טור יורה דעה

IJA Number: 3632 · Language: Hebrew

This is from the Ṭur, a medieval book on Jewish law, including commentaries. There is no publication information.

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Books

ספר המצרף חלק שני

IJA Number: 1025 · Language: Hebrew

This is part two of a two volume set of Judaic instruction and responsa (questions and answers).

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Telegrams To and From Nazih al-Swaid Co., Ltd

IJA Number: 3780 · Language: Multiple Languages

This is a group of telegrams about business transactions, including travel plans and financial confirmations. Most seem to be from the same company, the Nazih al-Swaid Co., Ltd., and include information about sugar transactions, oil, financial transactions, and construction plans. Many offer well wishes for the new years and holidays and concerns of health of family members and business partners. The travel plans include when someone is arriving in a city (which flight or train) and what hotel that person is staying at or if travel arrangements need to be made. The correspondence is to and from Baghdad and other Iraqi cities (Basrah, Mosul, Kirkuk), cities in Germany (Dusseldorf, Cologne), Teheran (Iran), Istanbul, London, Amsterdam, Vienna, Paris, cities in Italy (Rome), Switzerland, New York, Los Angeles, Beirut (Lebanon), Damascus (Syria), Saudi Arabia, Tripoli (Libya) and Amman (Jordan). Telegrams are in English, Arabic, French, and German.

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Other

Torah Scroll Fragment

IJA Number: 3823 · Language: Hebrew

This is part of a Torah scroll fragment from the biblical book of Genesis (11:19--16:12).

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Correspondence between the Jewish Religious Court, the Court of Iraq, the Ministry of Justice, the Iraqi Court of Cassation, and the Jewish Shara’ – Court of Revision

IJA Number: 3776 · Language: Multiple Languages

This folder from the Baghdadi Jewish community contains a court case regarding an inheritance dispute. There is also correspondence between the Jewish Religious Court, the Court of Iraq, the Ministry of Justice, the head of the Iraqi Court of Cassation, and the Jewish Shara’ – Court of Revision regarding legal testimony, financial accounts, and legal precedent.

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Books

משניות סדר נשים

IJA Number: 511 · Language: Hebrew

This is a tractate of the Mishnah, Nashim, printed in Livorno.

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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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Books

סדור שערי ירושלים

IJA Number: 374 · Language: Hebrew

This is a prayer book for all services: morning, afternoon, and evening for weekdays, Sabbath, and holidays (including Rosh Ha-Shanah and Yom Kipur) printed in Jerusalem.

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Student Award Ceremonies and Essay Contests, Shamash Secondary, Frank Iny, and Menahem S. Daniel's Schools

IJA Number: 3752 · Language: Arabic

These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish schools. They contain typed and printed booklets for student awards ceremonies for the 1957-1958, 1958-1959, 1959-1960 and 1960-1961 academic years, recognizing students from Shamash Secondary School, Frank Iny School, and Menahem S. Daniel's School. There are the results of a short story or essay contest for the Frank Iny and Shamash schools for the 1958-1959, 1959-1960 and 1960-1961 academic years, including instructions for judges on how to score submissions and judge score cards. The file also contains diagrams, ledgers of students receiving the awards and enrollment information, and tickets to the awards ceremonies.

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Two editions of the Iraqi Government Newspaper, Al-Waqā’i‘ al-‘Irāqiyah, Containing Laws

IJA Number: 3738 · Language: Arabic

This is a printing of the official newspaper of the government of Iraq, Al-Waqā’i‘ al-‘Irāqiyah, published by the Office of General Publicity. It is number 2271 and the beginning of number 2272. It contains: Law 87/1973, an amendment to the Unified Labor Code law 151/1970; Law 702/1973, regarding the Agrarian Reform law 117/1970; Instructions for Law 71/1973, which amend instructions 9/1970, pertaining to the Agricultural Council; Law 89/1973, amending the 54/1952 law on Tobacco; and Law 44/1973, related to law 63/1958 on borrowing and issuing treasury bonds. There are also government announcements, lists of political appointees and retirees to various government ministries, and changes in policy at various government agencies.

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Fragments

פרי עץ הדר Peri ʻEts Hadar; Book Covers

IJA Number: 3694 · Language: Aramaic

This is a group of book covers. In the group was a complete book, פרי עץ הדר Peri ʻEts Hadar, a ḳabalistic book about the holiday of Tu bi-Shevaṭ. The book was printed by Shelomoh Bekhor Ḥutsin in Baghdad in 5654 (1893 or 1894).

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Blank Letter Head, President of the Jewish/Mosaic Community

IJA Number: 3734 · Language: Arabic

This is blank letterhead from the President of the Jewish Community. This document reflects the Baghdadi Jewish community's name change to the Mosaic community.

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Class Rosters and Grades, Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools

IJA Number: 3730 · Language: Arabic

These are class rosters and exam scores from the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary schools. This includes rosters with scores for various classes/subjects from the Shamash Secondary School, 1968-1970; Frank Iny, intermediate grades, 1968-1970; Frank Iny, primary grades, 1968-1970. They are arranged in folders by teacher, followed by grade ledgers.

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Student Folders with Photographs, Baghdadi Jewish Schools

IJA Number: 3727 · Language: Arabic

These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish schools. The documents consist of individual student records including photographs, exam scores, student certifications, admissions forms, doctor’s notes, and correspondence regarding student affairs.

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Correspondence between Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools and Baghdadi Office of Education Regarding Administration Issues

IJA Number: 3751 · Language: Arabic

These are archival documents from the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary schools. They contain correspondence from the Office of Education in Baghdad regarding school administration issues including: student vehicles, folk and popular dancing, student registration, school fees, labor disputes, book inventory, the organization of health committees in schools, student attendance, boy scouts, girl scouts, the battle against illiteracy, uniform certification, assembly agendas, Islamic education, scholarships, the national anthem, assemblies, extracurricular activities, drawing competitions, education standardizations, lists of schools, union regulations, speech festivals, poetry competition, approved films, and compliance forms. There is also a brochure for photography and video services and a survey about home economics education.

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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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Books

סדר הגדה של פסח

IJA Number: 2932 · Language: Judeo-Arabic

This is a Baghdadi Passover Hagadah that includes Judeo-Arabic. There are many copies in the collection.

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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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