Archive of the Alwan family – Rabbis in Kurdistan and Jerusalem, [first half of 20th century]. The archive is composed of: · A collection of letters sent from the Alwan family concerning various matters. Letters from Rabbi Shabtai Alwan of Zakho, Kurdistan from 1928-1935 in Judeo-Arabic. From his son Rabbi Chaviv Alwan Rabbi of the Be'er Sheva Yeshiva of the Kurdish community in Jerusalem, and from his brother Rabbi Moshe Alwan and his son Marad. · Letters and recommendations for the Be'er Sheva Yeshiva [signed by: Rabbi Ovadia Hadaya, Rabbi Ben Zion Chai Uziel, Sephardi community committee, etc]. · Letters of stories about the rabbis of the Alwan family. · Small handwritten notebook, summaries of the Torah portions in preparation for a sermon. · More. · An illustrated Shiviti on parchment. Written by Rabbi Chaviv Alwan. [Jerusalem], 1941. Wood and glass frame (new). · Ten stamps (rubber and metal), of institutes of the Kurdish community in Jerusalem [Be'er Sheva Yeshiva, Hafatzat Torah Association, Kollel Zakho, etc.]. Rabbi Shabtai Alwan, a rabbi of the city of Zakho, Kurdistan. In 1935, he moved to Eretz Israel and taught young children in a Talmud Torah. He died in 1941. His son Rabbi Chaviv Alwan founded the Be'er Sheva Beit Midrash and Yeshiva in the Zichron Yosef neighborhood in Jerusalem in his father's memory. Dozens of items, size and condition vary.