This item includes receipts from Jewish hospitals in Baghdad along with expense reports and bills from travel agencies.

This is a fragment from a Torah scroll from the biblical book of Deuteronomy, chapters 14-18.

This is archival material from the Baghdadi Jewish community. The first part contains correspondence from 1929-1931 regarding marriage and divorce cases; the Jewish Religious Court dealt with family laws cases such as alimony, provisions for the wife based on Jewish marriage laws, death of spouses, and divorce. The second part contains ledgers and student rosters from the Society of Arts and Culture, correspondence from the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools, and a letter of recommendation for a scholarship application from 1968-1970.

These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. This item contains documents and correspondences pertaining to Baghdadi Jews abrogating their Iraqi citizenship in order to travel abroad. Included is an offer from a travel company about arranging transportation for the airlift of Iraqi Jews from Iraq to Israel (Operation Ezra and Nehemiah), complaints to the Iraqi government concerning police interference with Jews traveling, announcements to the Baghdadi Jewish community about opportunities to learn more about the citizenship laws and to forfeit citizenship, and correspondence between the government and the Jewish community concerning citizens who desire to forfeit their citizenship but have complicated circumstances. The item also contains letters in Judeo-Arabic, many which include community members' names.

This is a Hebrew primer used in Baghdad. There are many copies in the collection.

These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community and include rent contracts, documents of properties owned by the Jewish community, endowments of the Midrash Talmud Torah School, a personal will from a community member, and architectural blueprints.

This is a fragment from a Torah scroll from the biblical book of Numbers, chapters 31-33.

This is a prayer book with all services (morning, afternoon, and evening) for Sabbath, holidays, and weekdays. There is no publication information.

These documents contain communications between the Administrative Council for Iraqi Jews and the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools. Included is correspondence about students’ acceptance to study abroad, rosters of students receiving awards, administrative memos concerning employment issues, receipts and financial information concerning school expenditures.

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

This is a fragment from a Torah scroll from the biblical book of Exodus, chapters 16-20.

These are documents from the Jewish schools in Baghdad. The item contains correspondence between the Iraqi Ministry of Education and the Baghdadi Jewish community concerning student grades; budget information for the Jewish schools; teachers' salaries and other employment issues; a questionnaire about whether or not the Kurdish language should be taught in schools; curricula for Trade Law, Economics, Mathematics, and Accounting classes.

These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish Community and include death certificates, birth certificates, marriage, and divorce documentation. This item also contains citizenship paperwork, documents certifying the surrendering of Iraqi citizenship in order to emigrate abroad, and letters of recommendation written for former employees. Many of the letters include photographs.

These are financial documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. Included are budgetary and audit reports from the Jewish Hospitals Committee and the Jewish Lay Council.

These are receipts, bills, and expense reports pertaining to schools, endowments, and hospitals operated by the Baghdadi Jewish community.

This is a Hebrew primer used in Baghdad. There are many copies in the collection.

This is a tractate of the Mishnah, Zeraim. Included are commentaries on the text.

This is a painted glass inset for a tiq, or Torah scroll holder, used for reading the Torah in synagogue. It includes a transcription in Hebrew וזאת התורה אשר שם משה לפני בני ישראל תיק זה וספר תורה שבו Ṿe-Zot ha-Torah asher Śam Mosheh Lifne Beni Yiśra’el (Deut. 4:44) Tiḳ zeh ṿe-Sefer Torah she-bo

This is a prayer book, or Maḥzor, for the Jewish New Year printed in Vienna. It is for the Sephardic customs. There are two publication dates that do not correspond: the Hebrew Calendar year printed in Hebrew (5627) corresponds with 1866 or 1867; the Hebrew Calendar year printed in numerals (5637) corresponds with 1876 or 1877, which is the Gregorian date, 1877, printed on the title page.

This is a book of Numbers with various rabbinic commentaries. It is part of a series. There are several books in the collection.

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.

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

This is a Baghdadi Passover Hagadah that includes Judeo-Arabic.

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