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IJA Number: 2814

Correspondence Regarding the Midrash Committee and the Midrash Talmud Torah; Correspondence with the British Military Governor

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These documents primarily contain correspondence between the Midrash Committee, the Midrash school, Midrash Talmud Torah, and the Jewish Schools Committee in Baghdad. They discuss the monthly salaries of individuals working for the various religious organizations. There is a typed copy of the annual report for the Midrash school, 1945-1946. There are also unrelated documents from the British Military Governor’s Office to the Chief Rabbi from 1917. This correspondence relates to members of the Jewish community being allowed out after curfew (including to summon midwives), and the use of lights after permitted hours for religious celebration; the establishment of a charitable committee for poor relief in each community; and a letter requesting unleavened bread for Jewish prisoners during the Jewish holiday of Passover.

Bibliographic Information

Inclusive Start Date: 
1917
Inclusive End Date: 
1946
Archival Materials Type: 
Paper
Archival Materials Format: 
Mutiple Papers
Record Type: 
Archival Materials
Language: 
Arabic/English

Format

Binding Format: 
Multiple Sheets

Preservation

Mold Remediation: 
Mold Remediated
Flattening: 
None
Disbound / Disassembled: 
No
Mended: 
Yes
Other Treatment: 
One page treated for exhibit. See treatment report for more details.
Rehoused: 
Foldered and Boxed
Exhibit: 
Page(s) from this item were exhibited at "Discovery and Recovery: Preserving Iraqi Jewish Heritage" at the National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC, from October 2013 - January 2014, and at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York City, in Spring 2014.

Metadata

Last Updated: 
December 16, 2014
Keywords:
Typed; Annotation; Correspondence; Directorate of Education; Jewish Schools Committee; President of the Jewish Community; Financial; Employment; Midrash; Midrash Talmud Torah; Labor; Teachers; Jewish Lay Council; Accounting; Ledger; Handwritten; Chief Rabbi; Charity; Association of Helping the Poor; British Occupation; Jewish Holidays; Synagogue; Passover; Midrash Committee

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November 10, 2013 at 7:36 AM

by Anna Fridley

This midwives letter is one of my favorite English language letters in the whole collection.

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  • Covers and title pages imaged in 2006-2007
  • Completely imaged in 2012-2014
  • This item is featured in the online exhibit.
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