Archival Materials

Iraqi Government Education Instructions; Roster of Students Taking Exam

IJA Number: 2850 · Language: Arabic

These are Iraqi government documents concerning education matters. The files include instructions for the administration of exams, requirements for acceptance to Baghdad University, curriculum guidelines for history and social science, and a roster of students taking an exam.

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Books

שלמי צבור

IJA Number: 2993 · Language: Hebrew

This is a commentary on the prayer book and Jewish ritual practices printed in Thessalonikē (also known as Salonika), Greece.

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Financial Documents; Important Roles Baghdadi Jews Play in Iraqi Society

IJA Number: 2849 · Language: Arabic

This item contains financial expense records of the Baghdadi Jewish community. The records describe expenses spent on employees' salaries, supplies, maintenance, and administrative needs. The item also contains a fragment from a statement or speech concerning the important roles played by Baghdadi Jews in Iraqi society and assurances that the Jewish community is an integral part of Iraqi society.

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Books

Communicating in English - 1: An Upper-Intermediate Course Based on the Israeli High School Syllabus

IJA Number: 9 · Language: English

This is volume one of a three volume set of Israeli school books for learning English.

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Books

[Books of Exodus and Leviticus]

IJA Number: 289 · Language: Hebrew

This is the biblical books of Exodus and Leviticus with the Aramaic translation and commentaries and also includes the Hafṭarot. There is no publication information.

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Fragments

Book Covers

IJA Number: 2883 · Language: Arabic

These are groups of book covers including empty archival file folders from the Baghdadi Jewish community.

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Archival Materials

Baghdadi Jewish Community Financial Information, Involvement in Iraqi Life

IJA Number: 2846 · Language: Arabic

These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish Community. Included is a document encouraging the Jewish community to participate in the public relation for the well being of the government, as done in the past. This item also contains medical receipts, bills, insurance and assurance bills receipts, and financial ledgers belonging to the Baghdadi Jewish community. There is an invitation in English and Arabic for a Grand Ball given by the Ministry of Education to benefit the poor pupils of the school. This item refers to the Jewish Community as the “Mosaic Community.”

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Archival Materials

Reports and Correspondence from the Iraqi Government and Embassies

IJA Number: 2842 · Language: Arabic

These are documents from the Iraqi government. Included are: news reports about Yasser Arafat’s visits to Egypt and other Arab countries; Kuwait’s security procedures; a confidential letter from the Iraqi embassy in Beirut to the Foreign Ministry - General Affairs Department regarding Egyptian-Palestinian communications; and documents from several Iraqi embassies and consulates concerning the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Camp David Accords.

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Books

[Book Section - Prayer Book]

IJA Number: 2939 · Language: Hebrew

This is part of a prayer book for the holiday of Sukkot, one of the three pilgrimage festivals. There is no publication information.

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Archival Materials

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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Archival Materials

Financial Documents, Baghdadi Jewish Community

IJA Number: 2833 · Language: Arabic

These are financial documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. They include: amounts received by the president of the community; incomes from synagogues, schools, and other community services including the Burial Society; many handwritten financial receipts and a lab form from the Meir Elias Hospital.

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Archival Materials

Jewish Cemetery, Property Rights, Legal Paperwork, Baghdadi Jewish Community

IJA Number: 2832 · Language: Arabic

These documents from the Baghdadi Jewish Community relate to the community’s cemetery, property rights, and legal paperwork regarding land agreements.

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Archival Materials

Jewish Schools Committee Documents

IJA Number: 2828 · Language: Arabic

These are documents from the Jewish Schools Committee in Baghdad and includes: the endowment information; expenses for the schools; a ledger recording names of individuals renting properties; handwritten correspondence to/from the president of the Jewish community regarding property issues.

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Legal Decisions, Correspondence, Jewish Religious Court

IJA Number: 2819 · Language: Arabic

These documents are mostly from the Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad and contain court rulings, correspondence between the court and lawyers, a report issued by the Jewish Religious Court, announcements in the newspaper concerning court decisions, and receipts for the newspaper announcements. Much of the correspondence is in Judeo-Arabic.

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Books

[Book Section - History]

IJA Number: 206 · Language: Arabic

This is a damaged book in Arabic that mentions the Palestinians, the Jews, and America. There is no publication information.

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Books

[Book Section - Jewish Law]

IJA Number: 2057 · Language: Hebrew

This is part of a damaged book in Hebrew. It is likely about Jewish law. There is no publication information.

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Archival Materials

Receipts, Frank Iny School

IJA Number: 2812 · Language: Arabic

These are receipts and other documents, mostly from the Frank Iny School. The receipts and invoices are for school books, furniture, office supplies, wood, printing services, table cloths, labels, toilet paper, pharmacy items, electricity and water bills, repairs and contracting services, photography supplies, insurance, and other supplies for the school. There is also a page from a payroll roster.

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Archival Materials

President of the Baghdadi Jewish Community Financial Report

IJA Number: 2773 · Language: Arabic

This is an archival document from the Baghdadi Jewish Community containing a financial report from the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad for April 1, 1949-January 31, 1953, which mentions the effects of changing citizenship laws on the Jewish community.

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Archival Materials

Financial Documents, Including Earning and Expenses from the Jewish Lay Council

IJA Number: 2737 · Language: Arabic

These are archival materials from the Baghdadi Jewish community. Included are several handwritten ledgers recording earnings from rental properties and expenses of the Jewish Lay Council plus other financial documents from the Jewish community.

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Books

[Book Section - Book of Deuteronomy]

IJA Number: 2967 · Language: Hebrew

This is a volume of the book of Deuteronomy with an Aramaic translation and commentaries. Included are prayer for the Sabbath and the five Megilot. There is no publication information.

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Archival Materials

Issues of the Iraqi Gazette, Some Include Articles Related to the Jewish Community

IJA Number: 2823 · Language: Arabic

These archival documents contain issues of the Iraqi Gazette (Al-Waqā’i‘ Al-‘Irāqiyah), the official newspaper of the Republic of Iraq. Issues are from 1949 through 1958 (numbers 292, 4104, 2698, 2938, 2939, 3779, 3455, 3261, 3080, 3018, 2997, 2971, 2965, 2953, 2951, 2945, 2944, 2942, 2817). Included in these issues are official documents about anti-Jewish legislation and financial recourse after citizenship is revoked. There are letters included about restoration of citizenship to the Iraqi Ambassador in Lebanon; legal decisions about the nationality law; and frozen funds of the Jewish community. Also included are import regulations and trademark registrations.

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Archival Materials

Blank Stationary, Shamash Secondary School; Start of a Letter, Frank Iny School

IJA Number: 2811 · Language: English

These are blank letterheads from the Shamash Secondary and Frank Iny schools. One sheet has the start of a typed letter in English regarding a student.

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Archival Materials

Tax Documents, Mus’ūdah Yousef Shemtob and Masooda Saliman Schools

IJA Number: 2810 · Language: Arabic

This archival materials mainly contains school taxation matters: a letter from the Mus’ūdah Yousef Shemtob School to the Office of Income Tax reporting the amount of taxes that were taken from the school’s employees; receipts, tax reports, and an official form for income tax report for year 1951; a letter from Iraqi Ministry of Finance regarding instructions for taxation; correspondence between Jewish community schools regarding employee salaries; document from the Tax Directorate to a company regarding their income, inflation, and employee's status; official documents from the Iraqi Ministry of Finance titled: Employees Income Tax General Instructions Manual with comprehensive governmental instructions on taxation rules, laws, and punishments.

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Archival Materials

Endowed House Properties, Owned by Ezra Menahem Daniel

IJA Number: 2838 · Language: Arabic

These are official government forms and related documents about endowed properties owned by Ezra Menahem Daniel in Baghdad, including a blueprint for a building.

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