IGRA has added ten new databases and updated two others, adding over 35,000 new listings. The preview will give you a good idea about our latest additions. In order to release new records quickly IGRA posts some records in their original form without transliteration.
Education & Torah Schools in Jerusalem 1903 – (images available) update
The document is a poster to leaders outside of Eretz Israel about the situation of the orphans in Kishinev after the pogroms, and asking for their help to bring the orphans to be educated in Eretz Israel. The poster was printed in Jerusalem in 1903 with the names of 377 residents of Jerusalem supporting the request. The document is from a private donor.
Declarations of Notrim (British Mandate Guard Force) – (images available) update
This is an additional file of 88 declarations of Notrim in the Tiberius area for the years 1939-1948. The originals are in the Israel State Archives. Some of the declarations have pictures attached.
Voters’ Register for the Jerusalem Municipal Elections 1950 – (images available)
Voters’ lists since the founding of the State of Israel include residents of all denominations. This release includes 13,316 voters and is for voters’ precincts 1-24. The original document is in the Jerusalem Municipal Archives.
Rabbis, Dayanim (Judges in Religious Courts) and Rabbis in Yeshivas 1959-1968 – (images available)
This is a list of 2,007 names of people occupied as rabbis, judges and rabbis in yeshivas. The locality of where they were employed is listed. The documents are from the Israel State Archives.
Name Changes 1967 & 1969 – update
Official name changes were published in the government publication Yalkut HaPirsumin (Official Gazette) through 1973. There can be many reasons for a name change and all official changes go through the Ministry of Interior. This release includes the publications of 1967 & 1969 with 15,746 names. These publications are in the National Library of Israel, law libraries and offices, and partially on the internet.
Medical Practitioners
Prof. Liat Koznma has developed the database presented on this website – A Regional History of Medicine in the Middle East. https://www.mideastmed.org/ She has given us permission to extract the names of those personnel connected with Eretz Israel.
The IGRA databases are now searchable to all registrants. The search results page is also available to all registrants. Additional details regarding most databases are only available to paid IGRA members. Certain exceptions exist due to requests of the specific archives.
Thank you to all our volunteers who had a part in making these databases available.
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