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IJA 2867

Student Folders with Photographs, Baghdadi Jewish Schools

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These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish schools. The documents consist of individual student records including photographs, exam scores, student certifications, admissions forms, doctor’s notes, photographs, and correspondence regarding student affairs.

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IJA 2867
Item Number
9682
Date
Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages
Arabic, English
Keywords
The British Council, Chart, Menahem S. Daniel's School, Illustration, Shamash Secondary School, Revenue Stamp, Geography, Teachers, Form, File Folder, Chemistry, Vaccination Certificate, Medicine, Typed, Primary Education Certificate, Iraqi Government, English Literature, Kindergarten and Primary National Children's House, Science, Baghdadi Jewish Community, School Material, Albert David Sasson School, ’Adel Primary School, Al-Habbaniyah School, Lower Certificate in English, Non-Denationalization Number, Crown Crest, Ink Stamp, Literature, Iraq State Baccalaureate Examination, University of London, Letterhead, General Certificate of Education Overseas, Mathematics, Frank Iny School, Ministry of Health, French, University of Cambridge, Middle School, Office of Student Health, Standardized Test, Photograph, College Entrance Examination Board, Jewish Schools Committee, Transcript, Correspondence, Directorate of Education, Office of Education – Baghdad, Personal Letterhead, Annotation, Eagle Crest, Exam Records, Education Administration Headquarters of Secondary Schools, Society of Arts and Culture, Handwritten, Education, Ministry of Travel, Travel, Office of General Enlistment, Students

AI en Translation, Pages 276-300

Page 276

Sabah Haroun Murad Shasha
Academic Year 1970 / 1971 First Intermediate A

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In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Sequence :: 120
School: Menahem Salih Daniel Private Primary School
Primary School Completion Certificate
Examination Number :: 5472
Date :: 25 / 6 / 1970
School Administration: Frank Iny Private Intermediate School
The student Sabah Haron Mordech Shasha, whose photo is attached above, is one of
the sixth-grade primary students of our school. He entered the general examination for primary studies
for the year 1969 / 1970 and his result was (Pass) in the
(First) session. Below is a statement of his grades:
Subject | Grade
Arabic Language and Religious Education | 85 Eighty-five
English Language | 81 Eighty-one
Social Studies | 79 Seventy-nine
Mathematics and Science | 57 Fifty-seven
Total | 302 Three hundred and two
Number and date of Iraqi Nationality Retention Identity Card: 202 / 401
17 / 9 / 64
School Principal
Marcelle Dawood
DANIEL SCHOOL
Republic of Iraq
50 Fils
National Defense
20 Fils
1 / 7 / 70
⟦Hassan Zidan⟧
Mohammed Yusuf Ahmed

Page 279

Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No: F / 187 / 68
Date: 3 / 10 / 1968
Administration of Menachem Salih Daniel Private School
Sabah Haroun Mordech Shasha, whose photograph is affixed above, is one of the students in the
fifth primary grade of our school for the academic year 1967 / 1968 and participated in
the final exam for the mentioned year and failed it in the first session. Based on the request of
his guardian to transfer to your school, we have provided him with this certificate.
Non-dropping Identity Card No. 201 / 202 dated 17 / 9 / 1964
The Director
⟦illegible⟧

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2077
Number: 710
Date: ⟦illegible⟧
The Franco-Iraqi School
for Boys and Girls
Baghdad
Telephone 73313 Al-Rashid Street
Reference: 7 / 8 / ⟦illegible⟧
Date: 1 / 8 / 1957
Enclosures: ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ to the Committee of ⟦illegible⟧
We attach herewith ⟦illegible⟧ certificate ⟦illegible⟧
in the amount of ( 72 ) seventy-two Dinars ⟦illegible⟧
according to receipt ⟦illegible⟧ on ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
School Principal
18 / 8
⟦illegible⟧

Page 283

Saleh Shaul Baruch Yahya Nissan
Academic Year 1966 - 1967 First Intermediate (A)
1967 - 1968 Second :
1968 - 1969 Third "
1969 - 1970 Fourth Scientific
1970 - 1971
1971 /

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Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
No. / Sh / 57/71
Date / ⟦1971/5/23⟧
(In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful)
Shamash Secondary School (Private)
Baghdad
Alwiya Al-Jadeeda
Telephone 91693
No.: Sh / 71
Date: 23 / 5 / 1971
Student Health Service
Saleh Shaul Baruch Nissan claims he is ill and requests to be excused from the exam
Please examine him to determine if his claim is true and warrants postponing
his exam and inform us. With thanks.
The Principal
Simha Nassim
To be kept in the student's personal file.
To be kept in the announcements file.
Literature
Day corresponding to 13/5/71
Deducting five marks from
Ezra Al-Saraf and in
B Hayim Elias Ibrahim
degree from his behavior average
Tar Tawfiq Al-Dallal, and that
Date 15/4/71
Twenty marks.
% and above
The Principal
Simha Nassim

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Shamash Preparatory School
Baghdad
Number /: 1 / 57 / 71
Date /: 20 / 5 / 1971
Announcement
Subject / Student Punishment
In view of the following students leaving the classroom without permission on Thursday, 13 / 5 / 71
The school administration has decided, based on the request of the specialized teacher, Mr. Nasser Al-Diwani, to deduct five marks from
the behavior average of each of:-
1- Eddie Robin Ezra Qashqosh
2- Hayyim Elias Ibrahim Dannous
3- Saleh Shaoul Baroukh Nissan
4- Qutaiba Abdul Sattar Tawfiq Al-Dallal
And they are from the Fourth General Grade
It has also decided to deduct ten marks from the behavior average of the student Violet Hayawi Ezra Al-Sarraf, who
is from the Fourth Grade Preparatory Commercial for the same reason and because she is the class monitor.
This is with the knowledge that five marks had previously been deducted from the behavior average of the student Hayyim Elias Ibrahim
Dannous on the date of 26 / 10 / 1970, and thus the total marks deducted from his behavior average
has reached ten marks.
It also previously occurred that ten marks were deducted from the behavior average of the student Qutaiba Abdul Sattar Tawfiq Al-Dallal on
the date of 27 / 10 / 1970, and another ten marks were also deducted from his behavior average on 15 / 4 / 71
And thus the total marks deducted from his behavior average has reached twenty-five marks.
Furthermore, a student is considered to have failed in their grade if 51% or more is deducted from their behavior marks.
The Principal
Sa'ida Nassim
Copy to / Guardian of the student for information.
For storage in the student's personal file.
For storage in the announcements file.

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Number 000137
Ministry of Education
Iraqi
School Directorate
Frank Iny Private Intermediate School
« Intermediate Study Document »
No. /: 137
Date: / / 19
Examination Number: 11711
Photograph
x
To / Management of Shamash Private Preparatory School
Saleh Shaul Baroukh Benyan, whose photo is attached above, is one of the third-grade intermediate students of our school.
He entered the general examination for the year 1969 / 1970 and his result was successful in the first session and he obtained the
grades listed on the back, and based on his request we provided him with this document.
1 - Admitted under transfer certificate No. 2266 dated 25 / 7 / 1966 issued by Frank Iny Primary School
in Baghdad Governorate
Entity to which the document is addressed | Number | Date | Type of document
|  | Not provided |
3 - The grades in which he failed and number of years of failure and reason for failure (illness or other): Did not fail
4 - Subjects in which he completed (re-sit).: None
5 - His behavior and regularity of attendance.: Very good
6 - Date of leaving the school.: 10 / 8 / 1970
7 - Was he provided with a transfer certificate.: No, not provided
Stamp
School Clerk
Suad Qanbar
School Principal
Iraqi Nationality Retention Identity Number: 1226 / 1425 on 15 / 10 / 1964

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(7)
Student's address for the academic year: 1967 / 68
Student's name :: Saleh Shaul Baroukh Nissan
Mother's name: ⟦Ghazali Hashqal Dankour⟧
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone number 91693
Number: F / 700
Date: 6 / 4 / 1970
⟦Announcement⟧
Subject / Student Punishment
In view of the attempt by student Saleh Shaul Nissan, who is in the third
intermediate grade, to cheat in Mr. Sadoun Al-Samarrai's class during the texts exam,
the school administration has decided, based on the teacher's request, to impose the following punishment :-
1) His grade in the exam shall be zero.
2) Imposing the punishment of reprimand against the aforementioned student with a deduction of fifteen marks
from his conduct average.
The Director
Isaac Cohen
Copy to /
1) The student's guardian for information.
2) For filing in the student's personal file.
3) For filing in the announcements file.
Nissan
⟦illegible⟧

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(7)
Student's address for the academic year 1967 / 68
Student's name: Saleh Shaul Baroukh Nissan
Student's year of birth and mother's name: 22 April 1954 Mother's name Mazli Haqqi Dannous
Student's place of birth: Baghdad
Residence address: Karrada Al-Sharqiya 891 / 2 / 21
Residence telephone: -
Name and work address of student's guardian: Battal Shaul Baroukh Nissan
Guardian's occupation: Employed: - or Unemployed: -
Work telephone: -
Non-revocation of citizenship ID number: 1295 / 2226
Date of non-revocation of citizenship ID: 15 / 10 / 1962
Last school the student attended: Saleh Daniel Suburb
Civil registry book number: 192027
Civil registry book date: 10 / 1 / 1962
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ SCHOOL
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ DANIEL SCHOOL

Page 291

"In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful"
Menachem Saleh Daniel Private Primary School
3/3/34 Bahoshi Orchards
Behind Al-Wahda Park
Telephone Number 94972
M. S. Daniel's School
BAHOSHI
94972
Baghdad on: 25 / 7 / 1966 Baghdad
Number: 2866
Subject: Transfer Certificate
Certificates and Statistics
Certified the authenticity of the school principal's signature and the contents of the document Baghdad
Number ⟦line⟧ Date ⟦line⟧ 19
Responsible Employee, Director of Education of Baghdad/Rusafa Province
To the Management of Frank Iny Private Mixed Intermediate School
The student Saleh Shaul Shayan, whose photo is attached above, is one of the students
of the sixth primary grade in our school. He participated in the general examinations
for primary education for the Baghdad/Rusafa Province - first session for the academic
year 1965 / 1966. His examination number was 14718 and he obtained a total
of (460) marks out of a total of 600 marks and was considered successful.
Below we list the grades he obtained in the aforementioned examination: -
Subject | Grade
Arabic Language | 86
English Language | 85
Social Studies | 85
Mathematics | 58
Science and Health | 73
Civic Education | 73
He was of good conduct, behavior, and regular attendance. We have provided him
with this certificate based on his father's desire to transfer him to Frank Iny Private Intermediate School.
His father's Civil Status Identity Card number 1226/1745 dated 15 / 7 / 1964
Republic of Iraq
Ministry of Education
Menachem Saleh Daniel School
M. S. DANIEL SCHOOL
BAGHDAD 1910
Certified on 25/7/1966
M. S. DANIEL SCHOOL
BAGHDAD 1910

Page 295

Saleh Naeem Saleh Shamoun
Academic Year 1967 - 68 First Intermediate A |
" " 1968 - 69 " " B .
1969 - 70 Second Intermediate B .
1970 - 71 Third "

Page 296

Number 000187
Ministry of Education
Iraqi
« Intermediate Study Document »
School Directorate
Frank Eini Private Intermediate School
Solar Photography
x
Number /:
Date: / / 19
Examination Number: 2957
To / ⟦Shatt al-Arab Preparatory School for Boys Administration⟧
That ⟦Saleh Naeem Saleh Shamoun⟧ whose photo is attached above is one of the students of the ⟦Second Intermediate⟧ grade of our school
Entered the ⟦General⟧ exam for the year 1970 / 1971 and his result was ⟦Successful⟧ in the ⟦First⟧ session and obtained
The grades listed on the back and based on his request we provided ⟦him⟧ with this document.
1 - Accepted under the transfer certificate numbered ⟦292⟧ and dated ⟦28⟧ / ⟦9⟧ / 1969 issued by ⟦Al-Kifah Preparatory⟧ school
in
The entity to which the document is addressed | Its number | Its date | Type of document
2 - The document previously provided to him. | | |
⟦22016 / 12 / 18 / 71⟧
3 - The grades in which he failed, the number of years of failure, and the cause of failure (illness or other) ⟦Did not fail⟧
4 - The subjects in which he was incomplete. ⟦None⟧
5 - His behavior and regularity of attendance. ⟦Very good⟧
6 - Date he left school 30 / 8 / 1971
7 - Was he provided with a transfer certificate? ⟦No except for this document⟧
School Clerk
⟦Suad ...⟧
School Principal
Abdul Razzaq Abdul Wahhab
Republic of Iraq
50 Fils revenue stamp
School Principal
Baghdad
Republic of Iraq
National Defense
20 Fils
Verification of the signature with the circular stamp 568 / 569
⟦1971 / ...⟧

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Number 000187
Ministry of Education
Iraq
« Intermediate Study Document »
School Directorate
Frank Iny Private Intermediate School
Number /
Date / / 19
Examination Number 6957
Photograph
x
To /: Administration of Shamash Preparatory School
That: Saleh Naeem Saleh Shabbo
Whose photo is attached above, is a student of the grade: Third Intermediate
From our school, he entered the general examination for the year: 1970 / 1971
And his result was: Successful
In the session: First
And he obtained the grades listed on the back of it, and based on his request, we have provided him with this document .:
1 - He was admitted based on the transfer certificate numbered: 92
And dated: 17 / 9 / 1967
Issued by the school: Frank Iny Primary
In: Baghdad Governorate
The entity to which the document is addressed | Its number | Its date | Type of document
Not provided
3 - Grades in which he failed, the number of years of failure, and the cause of failure (illness or other): Second session 67 / 68
4 - Subjects in which he was incomplete .: None
5 - His conduct and regularity of attendance .: Good
6 - Date he left the school: 10 / 8 / 1971
7 - Was he provided with a transfer certificate .: No, except for this document
School Clerk
Suad Habib
School Principal
Ages were corrected by the Provincial Committee 568 / 569 on 26 / 9 / 1964
⟦Circular stamp: Frank Iny Private Intermediate School - Baghdad⟧

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68 / 1969
Literature
Ma'ruf al-Rusafi
From his political and national poetry during the Ottoman era
We are the ones whose lands were of old | In whose regions the light of justice shone
Through us, the unity of prestige still remains in our land | And glory by the rule of the unjust is weakened
Rise to pure glory with a determination | That shakes and rattles the heads of tyrants
From his political and national poetry during the Monarchical era
I am knowledgeable in government and politics | Shall I be blamed for refuting what I do not know?
Science, a constitution, and a national assembly | Each is distorted from its true meaning
Names of which we have nothing but their words | As for their meanings, they are not known
Whoever reads the constitution knows that it | Is classified according to the interests of foreigners
From his revolutionary poetry
I am the country whose status is high | Except when its sanctuary was violated by uncircumcised folk
You did not see a father of clothes except for destruction | Growing and heavy with the power of knives
Sleep, O refusers of injustice among the family of Ya'rub | For the lords among them are rising or held hostage
From his descriptive poetry
She descended, dragging toward the sunset tails | Yellow, resembling a love-stricken lover
Trembling in the hand of the setting sun as if she | Were a passionate one tossing in bed, ailing
Her east laughed in your face in the morning | And her west wept blood in the late afternoon
⟦illegible⟧
1980) in
What ⟦illegible⟧ by it, we provided him with this

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68 / 1969
⟦illegible⟧
A New Generation in Al-Zahawi
O path of Al-Zahawi, O darkness closest to integrity, to the light
You challenge the sky with your stars, for darkness is from the suns by day and is not felt
As if the sun has no mass relative to its proportions, the ether flows to you from it and is felt
And it is what makes all volumes a flow through which the days soften and feel
So man considers the sun to be attractive, not as you have experienced it to be unfeeling
And the second remainder of the stars, the ether, and Al-Aqqad
O you dead, do you not know? As if you are a thing that does not know
O movement of the ether that Al-Aqqad forgot, in which he is blessed
O between the celestial bodies, did the attraction of its creatures take flight? Indeed, I shall know
And the remainder of what is necessary from his social and political poetry
O you who remained as God's shadow, O His land in which God and the exalted Messenger are pleased
Hopes were shaken and built upon visions, and our hero precedes my Lord and descends
O our hero, O our hero, the shadow of our sword remains; neither does yesterday visit nor does it change
You deserve greatness, so do not cover it; if the pulse shines within you, do not proceed at length
And support if the branches extend long for us, for the hand of days is more generous than them
In
With it we provided him with this

Subject
Grade
Number
Religion
Arabic Language
Mathematics A
Mathematics B
Physics and Chemistry
⟦illegible⟧
Total
1922
To the sons of the nation, from the poetry of Al-Rusafi, recited when he returned to Baghdad from Jerusalem
Walk in your life the walk of the noble, despite time, and do not fear it
And if you settle in a homeland, make your place upon its hills
And choose for yourself a dwelling for which the stars yearn for its domes
And seek glory in steps, for one does not rise in what he attempts except through his essence
And glory is not attained except by the one who takes risks in seeking it
And if the mean person achieves glory, do not regret missing his speech
And if he steps forward to insult you, then raise yourself above responding to him
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

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68 / 1966
⟦illegible⟧
And she said, O poor man
My homeland, O Gulf, O world of my father, from the Lord of servants, son of ⟦Beya⟧?
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del> You were, O Murad, something
I am not for my father, who was like them before I knew who I am not
If death assaulted me as those who died in a moment of heedlessness did, it would not have sold me
In ( )
Upon it we provided him with this

Subject | Grade | Number
Religion
Arabic
Mathematics
Social Studies
Science
Art
Sports
2
On discipline and benefiting from a woman and her guidance
My son, woe to you, daughter of Find, a sodad in the social gathering is ominous
So follow me into renewal moving forward, for ⟦Iz⟧ has almost ⟦reached⟧ this old age
The morning dawned for the depth of the people, bright, while the clouds were a dark night
How much grows in life on this shore, my son, and no wise man has climbed it
A friend is quick, and nature and tastes and the mind and distinction are dispraised
Spring and Birds
An idea in the hands of nature
I will not forget ⟦Nia⟧ when I heard the nightingale, for he was a charming wailer
He shouted in the meadow a cry and then flew, as if the nightingale was kindling a fire
When he shouted in the depths of the canary
Chanting in the early morning like the dawn, ⟦a remaining⟧ that mimics the sounds
And if the secret of love is revealed by the heart, oh song that gives souls comfort
I have conveyed it from the birds
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧