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Torah Scroll Fragment
IJA Number: 3820 ·
Language: Hebrew
This is a fragment from a Torah scroll from the biblical book of Numbers, chapters 3-5.
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Books
ספר קריאי מועד
IJA Number: 382 ·
Language: Hebrew
This is a prayer book for the three pilgrimage festivals printed in Livorno
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Torah Scroll Fragment
IJA Number: 3813 ·
Language: Hebrew
This is a fragment from a Torah scroll from the biblical book of Genesis, chapters 5-10.
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Archival Materials
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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Correspondence about Anti-Jewish Sentiments, Education Information; Statement Condemning Zionism
IJA Number: 3785 ·
Language: Arabic
Included in this item are correspondence from the Baghdadi Jewish community to the Iraqi and British governments concerning increasing anti-Jewish and sectarian harassment experienced by community members, correspondence signed by Sir Kinahan Cornwallis, and summaries of the Jewish Daily Post. This item also contains documents describing the arrest of individuals, restrictions on movement, and a violent attack on the Jewish residents of a village near Mosul in early 1941. Also in the documents are: newspaper clippings announcing students accepted into different institutions of higher education; a section of a 1948 newspaper with articles pertaining to the Arab-Israeli War of 1948; documents discussing education issues, such as Baghdadi Jewish students encountering difficulty in being accepted to certain state schools and failing tests at an unusually high rate, enrollment rates in schools, and teachers at Jewish schools suspected of propagating Zionism; a file folder with a student record, photograph, doctor’s notes, and examination results; a statement condemning Zionism signed by several prominent members of the Baghdadi Jewish community addressed to the Secretary of the League of Nations, Geneva.
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Torah Scroll Fragment
IJA Number: 3831 ·
Language: Hebrew
This is a fragment from a Torah scroll from the biblical book of Numbers, chapters 7-11.
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Archival Materials
Student Folders with Photographs, Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools
IJA Number: 3786 ·
Language: Arabic
These documents primarily from the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools and consist of individual student records including photographs, exam scores, student certifications, admissions forms, and correspondence regarding student affairs. There are multiple copies of the class roster for the Shamash school, fifth form, 1966-1967.
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Torah Scroll Fragment
IJA Number: 3791 ·
Language: Hebrew
This is a fragment from a Torah scroll from the biblical book of Exodus, chapters 20-23.
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Archival Materials
University of London General Certificate of Education Examination, French
IJA Number: 3747 ·
Language: English
These are University of London General Certificate of Education Examinations. Exams cover ordinary and advanced levels 1-4, and could be answered in English or French depending on content, and contain both written, dictation, and oral examination questions. Some focus on literature in French while others test for translation or composition ability. Some are annotated lightly, others include translations of questions. There is one blank transcript for the Iraq State Baccalaureate Examination and a note from the Frank Iny and Shamash schools.
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Torah Scroll Fragment
IJA Number: 3797 ·
Language: Hebrew
This is a fragment from a Torah scroll from the biblical book of Numbers, chapters 28-31.
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Correspondence between Iraqi Government and President of the Baghdadi Jewish Community
IJA Number: 3770 ·
Language: Arabic
This is correspondence from the Iraqi government to the President of the Baghdadi Jewish Community regarding citizenship and identity verification, and estate settlements and inheritance disputes.
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Documents from the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools
IJA Number: 3767 ·
Language: Arabic
These are documents from the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary schools in Baghdad. Included are class curriculums, book lists, academic calendars, school registration information, advertisements for printing services, arrangements for academic awards ceremonies, questionnaire forms, and lists of students receiving academic awards. There is also a holiday card.
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Torah Scroll Fragment
IJA Number: 3798 ·
Language: Hebrew
This is a fragment from a Torah scroll from the biblical book of Deuteronomy.
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Report of the Jewish Community Leadership, Bookkeeping and Accounting
IJA Number: 3732 ·
Language: Arabic
This is the report of the Baghdadi Jewish community leadership including bookkeeping and accounting from 4/1/1949 to 1/31/1953. It discusses the affects of the policies regarding abrogation of Iraqi citizenship and contains detailed accounting records of income and expenses of the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools. The documents mostly address a proposal raised from within the Jewish Lay Council to cancel tuition to the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools due to the dire financial situation experienced by many Baghdadi Jewish families.
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Torah Scroll Fragment
IJA Number: 3811 ·
Language: Hebrew
This is a fragment from a Torah scroll from the biblical book of Leviticus, chapters 16-19.
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ספר אהל יעקב על ספר שמות
IJA Number: 456 ·
Language: Hebrew
This is a commentary on the book of Exodus that includes sermons by Jacob Kranz. It is part of a set of all the books of the Torah.
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Baghdadi Jewish Religious Court Records; Burial Expenses; Citizenship Issues; Correspondence
IJA Number: 3762 ·
Language: Arabic
This item includes Baghdadi Jewish Religious Court records and memos concerning marriage, divorce, dowry, alimony payments, property issues, and financial matters. The item also includes burial related expense reports, documents concerning Baghdadi Jewish emigration and citizenship issues, and a request to the Chaldean Patriarchy to provide copies of the Bible.
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Correspondence between Baghdadi Jewish Community and Shamash Secondary School and the Iraqi Government Regarding Education Issues
IJA Number: 3720 ·
Language: Arabic
These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish Community. They consist of correspondence between government education offices, the Administrative Committee of Iraqi Jews, and the Shamash Secondary School regarding examination scores, administrative policies and procedures, the implementation of the Rules of the Administrative Committee of Iraqi Jews, published in Al-Waqā’i‘ Al-‘Irāqiyah in 1958 (including a copy of the published regulations); changes in curriculum, regulations for exam proctors; exam schedules; fees, university advertisement regulations; vocabulary lists for various subjects; teaching methodology; and students passing, failing, or needing to repeat grades. These documents reflect the Baghdadi Jewish community's name change to the Mosaic community.
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Student Folders with Photographs, Baghdadi Jewish Schools
IJA Number: 3755 ·
Language: Arabic
This item contains correspondence between Baghdadi Jewish schools and the Iraqi Ministry of Education. The item contains student folders including photographs, examination results, and disciplinary reports.
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Ezra Menahem Daniel Sports-Ground Committee Financial Records
IJA Number: 3711 ·
Language: Arabic
This is a collection of receipts issued from Ezra Menahem Daniel Sports Ground paying for services such as water, electricity, electronic equipment, food, soda, taxis, and construction materials. Other documents include a spreadsheet of revenues and expenses for the stadium in 1955, and a royal decree to elect Rabbi Khedouri as Deputy Rabbi.
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Torah Scroll Fragment
IJA Number: 3830 ·
Language: Hebrew
This is a fragment from a Torah scroll from the biblical book of Numbers, chapters 17-22.
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Torah Scroll Fragment
IJA Number: 3828 ·
Language: Hebrew
This is a fragment from a Torah scroll from the biblical book of Genesis, chapters 24-26.
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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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Torah Scroll Fragment
IJA Number: 3802 ·
Language: Hebrew
This is a fragment from a Torah scroll from the biblical book of Deuteronomy.
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