Financial and Employment Information, Baghdadi Jewish Community; University Scholarship Information, Baghdadi Jewish Schools
View interactive document pageThese are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. Included are receipts, correspondence, scholarship information, and hospital documents. These documents also contain records from the Spiritual Council and the Jewish Lay Council pertaining to decisions regarding employees, the handling of the affairs of the deceased, and job applications. This item also includes school materials, such as applications and acceptance letters regarding a scholarship offered to Iraqi Jewish students to study abroad in England.
⟦Presidency of the Community⟧ ⟦Baghdad⟧ 290 5/6/1949 Administrative Order It has been decided to appoint Naji Abdo as an usher for the Property Committee with a lump sum salary (without cost of living allowances) amounting to three dinars per month effective from the date 12/5/1949. Vice President Copy to - Accountant Personal File To be attached 12 A
287 1946/6/5 ⟦Department Copy⟧ Administrative Order The Council has decided to increase the additional allowances granted from the Community Fund to the clerk of the Religious Court, Mr. Heskel Ibrahim Qattan, from (2.250 Dinars) to -/4 Dinars (four Dinars) per month effective from the first of June 1946. Vice President Copy to - Mr. Heskel Ibrahim Qattan The Accountant Personal File To be archived 12
289 1949/6/5 ⟦Department Copy⟧ Administrative Order The Council has decided to raise the nominal salary of Rabbi Sassoon Isaac, member of the Spiritual Council, from (22/-) Dinars to (23/250) Dinars (twenty- three Dinars and a quarter) with an increase in the cost of living allowance paid to him from (5/250 Dinars) to (5/750 Dinars) (five Dinars and seven hundred and fifty Fils), effective from the first of June 1949. Vice President Copy to - - Rabbi Sassoon Isaac The Accountant Personal File ⟦red ink signature⟧ 14
Baghdad on 10 / 5 / 1949 Presidency of the Lay Council Baghdad After greetings, Your esteemed council has previously approved the extension of the monthly allowance amounting to two dinars to Mr. Nassim Hakham Shalom for his task of training those wishing to study the principles of slaughter according to the Israeli law, for a period of one year starting from the first of May 1948. In view of the end of the mentioned year, I request you to kindly inform me regarding the continuation or suspension of his allowance for the month of May 1949. Respectfully. ⟦illegible⟧ Accountant A. A.
6/1949/ Administrative Order It is decided to extend the payment of monthly allowances in the amount of 2/- Dinars to Mr. Nassim Hasham Shalom for a period of one year starting from the first of May 1949 in exchange for his training of those wishing to study the principles of slaughtering according to the Israelite law, provided that this matter is reviewed after a year in light of the number of trainees. Copy to - The Spiritual Council Mr. Nassim Hasham Shalom The Accountant Personal File Vice President ⟦3/10⟧ Sh/
215 1949/6/28 ⟦Department Copy⟧ Administrative Order In view of the passage of two years since the promotion of the community secretary, Mr. Salim Khabbaza, the Council decided to approve the promotion of his nominal salary from 32/- Dinars per month to 35/- Dinars (thirty-five Dinars) per month effective from the first of June 1949. Vice President Copy to - His Eminence the Head of the Community - for information The Accountant - to take the necessary action Personal File Mr. Salim Khabbaza ⟦illegible⟧ 12
247 1949/8/28 ⟦illegible⟧ Administrative Order Mr. Salim Khabbaza, Secretary of the Physical Council, is granted ordinary leave for a period of nine days starting from 1949/8/11 AM to 1949/8/19 PM. Vice President ⟦illegible signature⟧ 8/22 Copy to - His Eminence the Head of the Community The Accountant - for notation in the personal file The Personal File Mr. Salim Khabbaza - with reference to his petition dated 1949/8/10 On behalf of Salim Khabbaza ⟦illegible signature⟧ ⟦illegible signature⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
268 9/22/1949 ⟦Department Copy⟧ Administrative Order Mr. Shoah Zion Shamash, the accountant for the community leadership, is granted ordinary leave for a period of fifteen days starting from 9/4/1949 before noon until 9/18/1949 after noon. Vice President Copy to:- His Eminence the Head of the Community Personal File - for notation Mr. Shoah Zion Shamash A
271 4/9/1949 Department Copy Administrative Order The nominal salary of the <del>calligrapher</del> beginner Ezra Ibrahim Dori is to be raised from 1 Dinar to two Dinars (2 Dinars) per month starting from the first of September 1949, provided that the cost of living allowances paid to him remain at the amount of (1.250 Dinars) per month as before. Vice President ⟦illegible signature⟧ 2/9 Copy to - The Accountant - to act accordingly <del>The calligrapher</del> The beginner Ezra Ibrahim Dori Personal File 14
4 / 11 / 1949 Copy of the Lay Council Resolution Numbered (2) and adopted on 31 / 10 / 1949 2 - After reviewing the accountant's memorandum dated 26 / 10 / 1949 regarding the allowances of Messrs. Munshi Saleh Yehuda and Moussa Lawi, the first clerks in the Religious Court and the Sharia Court of Cassation at a rate of ten dinars per month for the first and five dinars per month for the second, it was decided to extend the granting of these allowances for a further period of six months starting from the first of October 1949. ⟦signature⟧ Secretary Copy to - The Accountant - to act accordingly The personal file of Mr. Munshi Saleh The personal file of Mr. Moussa Lawi Copy to For the Accountant Saleh Lawi 4 / 11
Honorable Vice President After greetings I request you kindly take the appropriate decision regarding the direct appointee Shaul Al-Mallah at the head of the community, noting that he began his work by order of His Excellency the Head of the Community as of 7/8/1949 A.M., and I have previously paid him the amount of 17.742 Dinars, at a rate of ten Dinars per month. Please accept my respects; ⟦illegible⟧ The Accountant To be presented to the Council ⟦illegible⟧ To be appointed to the position of ⟦the process server⟧ with a salary of 10 Dinars ⟦illegible⟧ 12