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IJA 3712

Correspondence from Baghdadi Jewish Community Including Legal Issues (Marriage, Inheritance, Endowments), Financial Matters, School Administration

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Description

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.

Metadata

Archive Reference: IJA 3712
Item Number: 12284
Date: Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages: Arabic, English
Keywords: Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews, Al-Ja’ferīah Shar’ia Court, Al-Jumhūrīyyah, Alliance School, Al-Mahdiyyah Primary School for Boys, Al-Rāfadīn Bank, Al-Zamān, Annotation, Architectural Plans, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Baghdad Jail, Baghdad Municipality, Basrah, Bills, British Embassy, Burial, Burial Society, Butcher, Calcutta, Charity, Chief Rabbi, Citizenship Laws, Correspondence, Court of Appeals – Baghdad, Court of Personal Property, Court of the Chief Rabbi – London, Crown Crest, Death Certificates, Deed, Deed Administration – Baghdad, Department of Passport and Nationality, Department of Posts & Telegraphs, Directorate General of Police, Education Administration Headquarters of Secondary Schools, Employment, Endowment, Envelope, Ezra David Synagogue Association, Ezra Menahem Daniel, Ezra Menahem Daniel Sports-Ground Committee, Financial, Form, France, Frank Iny School, French, Hakham Sassoon Khedouri, Handwritten, Heskel Menahem Daniel, Ḥevrah Ḳadishah, Hospital, Illustration, Income Tax, India, Ink Stamp, Invoice, Iran, Jewish Cemetery, Jewish Law, Jewish Lay Council, Jewish Life, Labor, Laura Khedouri School for Girls, Legal, Legal Document, Letterhead, Marriage Certificates, Medicine, Meir Elias Hospital, Menahem S. Daniel's School, Menashy Saleh School, Military, Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Guidance, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Social Affairs, Ministry of Trade, New York, Office for Oversight and Operation of Jewish Property, Office of Citizenship - Abrogation Branch, Office of Education – Baghdad, Office of Income Tax, Office of Telephone Administration, Office of the Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews of Great Britain, Office of the Mint, Ottoman Bank, Personal Letterhead, Postage Stamp, President of the Jewish Community, Property Commission, Railways, Receipt, Rent, Revenue Stamp, Student Health, Telegram, The Royal Hospital, Torah, Travel, Typed, Vaccines, Vendor, Waqf

AI en Translation, Pages 551-575

Page 551

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 83531 President
5452 Secretary
Number T / 59 /
Subject
Date 15 / 4 / 1959
His Excellency the Minister of Education, Respected
Greetings and Respect
The Presidency of the Mosaic Community is honored by your kind agreement to include the ceremony of distributing
prizes to the outstanding students of our schools under your patronage, which will be held at exactly half-past
six in the evening on Sunday, May 17, 1959.
At the same time, it prays to the Almighty to grant you success in raising the status of culture in this
prosperous era. Long live the immortal Iraqi Republic. Long live our sole leader, Major General
Staff Abdul Karim Qasim.
Please accept the highest expressions of respect
Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
Acting President of the Community

Page 552

Presidency of the Committee
Administrative for the Israeli Community
Baghdad on ⟦line⟧
His Excellency the Respectable Minister of Education
Greetings and respect..
On the occasion of the ceremony titled the distribution
of prizes to the outstanding students
⟦...⟧ under your patronage, which will be held
at exactly ten o'clock on the morning of Sunday
corresponding to May 17, 1959
At the same time, we pray to the Creator
to grant you success in raising the status of science
in this prosperous era under the shadow of the Republic
the eternal, and long live our sole leader, Staff Major General
Abdul Karim Qasim, the respected
And please accept the highest respect
⟦illegible⟧
Chairman of the Administrative Committee

Page 553

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Baghdad
Number - T /:
Date -: / /
Outgoing

Page 556

ADVOCATE
NOURI ABDUL WAHAB
SAMAWAL STREET
TEL. { OFF. 4548
RES. 98041
Baghdad
(Iraq)
Lawyer
Nouri Abdul Wahab
Al-Samawal Street - Khan Sahyoun Aboudi
Telephone { Office 4548
Residence 98041
Baghdad on 18 / 2 / 1957
(Iraq)
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Greetings and respect.
I refer to the execution of the eviction judgment implemented in the procedural file numbered 1068 / 953 regarding the expulsion of those occupying
the property belonging to your respected presidency by force, and the expenses required for that given that the occupiers are more than a hundred people.
The matter has been completed according to your wish and the new tenant, Haj Issa Abu Tabra, has received the aforementioned property. Therefore, I request the favor of disbursing
the miscellaneous expenses which you previously decided to approve and which you specifically authorized me to spend for this purpose.
With much respect.
Sincerely
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Number ⟦illegible⟧
Date ⟦illegible⟧

Page 558

Mutasarrifate of Baghdad Governorate
Editing Bureau
⟦Emblem of the Kingdom of Iraq⟧
Number: ⟦line⟧
Date: ⟦line⟧ / ⟦line⟧ / 195
To :: ⟦illegible⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community
⟦illegible⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community in its letter dated 12/15/1955 that the owners of
⟦illegible⟧ in the Saray coffeehouse ⟦illegible⟧ located in the Al-Bulab neighborhood as a shelter for their animals and building
⟦illegible⟧ and dated 1/25/1956 containing ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ taking the necessary measures to deport them from it ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧