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IJA 3785

Correspondence about Anti-Jewish Sentiments, Education Information; Statement Condemning Zionism

Description

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.

Metadata

Archive Reference: IJA 3785
Item Number: 10273
Date: Approx. January 1, 1921 to December 31, 1930
Languages: Arabic, English
Keywords: Telegram, Chart, Financial, Menahem S. Daniel's School, Illustration, Jewish Religious Court, Shamash Secondary School, Newspaper, Teachers, Mosul, Laura Khedouri School for Girls, File Folder, Medicine, Al-Waṭanī School, Typed, Iraqi Government, Cartoon, Basrah, Germany, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Clippings, Ministry of the Interior, Crown Crest, Ministry of Education, Ink Stamp, Hakham Sassoon Khedouri, Alliance School, University of London, Signature, Letterhead, General Certificate of Education Overseas, Palestine, Jewish Lay Council, Farhud, President of the Jewish Community, Frank Iny School, Chief Rabbi, Photograph, Benjamin Moshi, Zionism, Budget, Receipt, League of Nations, British Occupation, Correspondence, Office of Education – Baghdad, Annotation, Exam Records, Anti Semitism, Handwritten, Jewish Schools Committee, Anti-Jewish, Printed Text, Students

AI English Translation, Pages 426-450

Archival unit 426

Laura Kadoorie Private School for Girls
Baghdad
Admission Requirements
1 - Admission to the first intermediate grade depends on passing the general examination for primary education.
2 - The student must not be known for bad character or have been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony.
3 - The student must attach to this form (1) the school transcript certified by the Directorate of Education of the Baghdad Province
(2) smallpox vaccination certificate (3) typhoid vaccination certificate (4) a medical certificate of freedom from
communicable diseases (5) two copies of her photograph.
4 - All documents mentioned in paragraph three listed above shall be kept in a special file on which the owner's name is written as
explained in the school transcript.
Student's name according to the school transcript: ⟦Salwa Salman Aslan⟧
Father's name and family surname according to the school transcript: ⟦Salman Aslan⟧
Guardian's name: ⟦Mary Haroun⟧
Occupation of the father or guardian:
Current address of the guardian (house number and district): ⟦22 - 4 - ⟦illegible⟧ Al-Masbah⟧
Student's place of birth: ⟦Baghdad⟧
Date of birth according to the civil status record: ⟦1944⟧
Last school attended: ⟦Laura Kadoorie Private School⟧
Last grade attended:
Year of graduation from primary school and the name of the school graduated from:
Total score obtained in the general examinations for primary education:
Grade admitted to: ⟦Intermediate⟧
Student's signature
⟦Salwa⟧
Guardian's signature
⟦Mary⟧