Archival Materials

Property Records, Ḥevrah Ḳadishah

IJA Number: 2791 · Language: Arabic

These are property records belonging to the Ḥevrah Ḳadishah (Burial Society) of the Baghdadi Jewish community.

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Chemistry Notes for the Second Year Intermediate, Frank Iny School

IJA Number: 2797 · Language: English

This is printed chemistry notes for the Frank Iny School in Baghdad. There are many copies of these notes in the collection.

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Class Rosters, Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools

IJA Number: 2852 · Language: Arabic

These are class rosters for Frank Iny School, kindergarten-sixth primary (1958, 1961-1971); first-third intermediate (1958, 1961-1973); the Shamash Secondary School (1958, 1961-1973). There are also lists of teachers and instructors for 1965, 1967, and 1972. There is one unrelated document from the Baghdadi Jewish Community – a deed from 1949.

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Meir Elias Hospital Endowments Documents

IJA Number: 2784 · Language: Arabic

These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community regarding the Meir Elias Hospital endowments.

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Property Dispute Lawsuit between Tenants and the President of the Jewish Community

IJA Number: 2782 · Language: Arabic

This archival material from the Baghdadi Jewish community contains: a lawsuit between tenants and the President of the Jewish community over a property dispute caused by the law revoking citizenship from Iraqi Jews; correspondence between the President of the Jewish community, the court, the persecutors, and the attorneys regarding the dispute; the official lease contract, the court verdict on the dispute, and an appeal and settlement between the two disputing parties; receipts and attorney's fee.

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University of London General Certificate of Education Exams, Classical Arabic & Accounting

IJA Number: 2858 · Language: Arabic

These are University of London General Certificate of Education Exams for Classical Arabic. Also included is an Accounting examination.

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Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary School: Iraqi Government Education Administration Announcements; Class Statistics; Teacher Information; Class Rosters

IJA Number: 2851 · Language: Arabic

These are documents from the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary schools in Baghdad. There are Iraqi government education administration announcements and requests for education statistics; class compositions: gender, nationality, and religion of students; teacher information: salaries, courses taught, nationalities, and religion; school directory information. There are also class rosters for the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools, all grades, 1957-1958.

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Student Folders with Photographs, Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools

IJA Number: 2848 · Language: Arabic

These are documents from the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools in Baghdad. The documents consist of individual student records including photographs, exam scores, student certifications, admissions forms, class rosters, doctor’s notes, and correspondence regarding student affairs.

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Rental Contracts, Tomkhe Tora Society

IJA Number: 2860 · Language: Arabic

This folder contains documents from the Tomkhe Tora Society. The documents are rental contracts for several properties in Baghdad.

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Books

مجموعة: قانون الطائفة الاسرائيلية رقم (٧٧) لسنة ١٩٣١ ونظام الطائفة الاسرائيلية رقم (٣٦) لسنة ١٩٣١

IJA Number: 2772 · Language: Arabic

This is a booklet titled: "The Jewish Community Law # 77 and the Jewish Community Statue #36 for the year 1931" and is printed in both Arabic and Judeo-Arabic. The laws were published in an Iraqi newspaper in 1931.

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Bills, Receipts, Employee Payment, Jewish Lay Council

IJA Number: 2844 · Language: Arabic

This item contains many records of the Baghdadi Jewish Lay Council’s financial transactions, utility bills, payments to employees, and other miscellaneous expenditures. There is a book list for the Frank Iny School and a note acknowledging received payment from the Frank Iny School.

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Books

ספר חמדת ימים

IJA Number: 2762 · Language: Hebrew

This is a book about Jewish sermons, practices, rituals, and customs for fast days. There is no publication information. This is the first volume of a four volume book about Jewish sermons, practices, rituals, and customs for fast days. This volume discusses laws for the Sabbath. Authorship is falsely attributed to Nathan of Gaza; authorship is also ascribed to Benjamin ha-Levi, of Safad.

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Receipts, Schedule of Electricity Rates, Ezra Menahem Daniel Sports-Ground

IJA Number: 2836 · Language: Arabic

These are financial documents that include receipts from the Ezra Menahem Daniel Sports-Ground and a schedule of electricity rates from the Ministry of Industry – Office of Electricity.

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Student Transcripts, Exam Dates, Baghdadi Jewish Schools

IJA Number: 2834 · Language: Arabic

This is a ledger of student transcripts with exam dates from a Jewish school in Baghdad; the school is not listed.

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School Documents, Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools

IJA Number: 2827 · Language: Multiple Languages

These are school documents from the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools. Included are French exams, contracts for teachers, a short story contest rubric, English language curriculum for teaching, documents concerning registration, test administration instructions and schedules, test results, and disciplinary reports. There are also receipts from the Ezra Menahem Daniel Sports-Ground and certificates of education.

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[Prayer Book]

IJA Number: 275 · Language: Hebrew

This is a prayer book with night time prayers. There is no publication information.

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Material Related to Leased Property and other Financial Documents, Baghdadi Jewish Community

IJA Number: 2826 · Language: Arabic

These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish Community. Included is: a list of properties belonging to the community, its annual revenue, names of tenants, and estimations on property tax; official lease contracts between tenants and owners signed by the head of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews; correspondence from Jewish community members to the Administrative Committee requesting leases, repairs, property taxes, a reward for guarding the community’s synagogues and burial sites; a letter to the Administrative Committee to appoint Heskell Isaac to be in charge of the Jewish community’s assets, schools, synagogues, Meir Elias Hospital Endowments and Ḥevrah Ḳadishah; a list of revenues and expenses for endowed schools belonging to the Jewish community for the fiscal year 1955-1956; a letter directed to Hakham Sassoon Khedouri requesting his signature on a list of miscellaneous expenses.

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[Talmud Bavli - Masekhet Bekhorot]

IJA Number: 3638 · Language: Aramaic

This is a tractate of the Talmud, Bekhorot, which discusses first born children and animals. There is no publication information.

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Correspondence, Birth Certificates, Financial Assistance, Newspaper Clippings, Baghdadi Jewish Community

IJA Number: 2822 · Language: Multiple Languages

These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. Included are: correspondence with the British Military Governor and the leadership of the Baghdadi Jewish community about holidays and other community issues such as requesting to preserve a cemetery; birth certificates; marriage certificates; financial assistance for community members; newspapers concerning court decision and recent legislation; newspaper article concerning Jewish citizens leaving Iraq for Israel. Birth certificates record births from the 1870s on. There are letters dated 1917-1918 between the British Military Governor’s Office to the Chief Rabbi regarding the publication of a book, Jewish holidays, the request for legal oversight of community affairs, and a request to protect the land of the Jewish cemetery. There are also printed charts of properties listing buyers and amounts paid and exam records for all the Jewish community schools from 1937-1938.

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High School Economics Curriculum

IJA Number: 2809 · Language: Arabic

This is the 1959-1960 high school economics curriculum.

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Correspondence between the President of the Baghdadi Jewish Community and the Iraqi Government

IJA Number: 2813 · Language: Arabic

This is correspondence between the President of the Baghdadi Jewish Community and the Iraqi government regarding identification of community members. The correspondence includes confirmation of death and citizenship regarding inheritance issues. These documents reflect the Baghdadi Jewish community's name change to the Mosaic community.

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Books

סדור מנחת ירושלם

IJA Number: 1612 · Language: Hebrew

This is a prayer book for the afternoon and weekday service according to the Baghdadi custom printed in Livorno.

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[Book Section - Prayer Book]

IJA Number: 2878 · Language: Hebrew

This is part of a prayer book, which includes prayers said Sabbath morning and holiday prayers. There is no publication information.

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סדור מנחת ירושלם

IJA Number: 1611 · Language: Hebrew

This is an afternoon and evening prayer book for Sabbath and weekdays days according to the Baghdadi custom printed in Livorno.

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