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.
Baghdad 14 / 5 / 1954 Respected Director of the Iraqi Industrial Company After greetings We are sending the cooler sold to us by you; please repair and install it at the headquarters of the Israelite Community as soon as possible and provide a list of the necessary expenses. Please accept our highest respect ⟦signature⟧ Secretary of the Community This letter was sent ⟦by request⟧ Secretary of the Committee ⟦signature⟧ 14 / 5 Preferred
Presidency of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Number Date 22 To - His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri, Respected Mr. Frank Yamin, Respected Mr. Eliyahu Ikhlaschi, Respected Mr. Menashi Kashi, Respected Mr. Yaqub Ezra Abdullah, Respected Professor Salman Al-Kabir, Respected Professor Munir Basri, Respected Mr. Sassoon Basri, Respected After greetings, It has been decided to invite the committee to a meeting on Sunday evening, 24/1/1954, at six-thirty P.M. to consider the foundations to be adopted for nominating members of the ⟦Committee⟧ mission intended to be sent to England. We hope you will kindly attend at the appointed time. On behalf of the President The number of applicants has reached 20 students, and the applications have been classified according to their qualification grades as recorded below. First Category - Students who have sufficient qualifications to enroll in English universities directly and without an entrance exam. 1 - Edward Yaqub Khamara 2 - Louis Israel Jaii 3 - Kalila Yusuf Dangoor 4 - Jacqueline Munir Sodaee 5 - Karam Abdullah Shammash 6 - Sami Yaqub Qattan Second Category - Students who took the entrance exam and have not received the results yet. 1 - Abdullah Ibrahim Tarzi 2 - Yaqub Hakham Daoud 3 - Ibrahim Albert Shlomo Yair Hakham Nissim 4 - Daoud Nissim Barshan Third Category - Students holding a secondary school certificate or a scientific certificate and cannot enroll in the university without an entrance exam. 1 - Albert Naji Bashiri 2 - Nahum Menashi Nahum 3 - Rachel Haron Shohet 4 - Khatoun Gurji Ishaq 5 - Ibrahim Subhi Rahmani 6 - Gladys Naji Houri 7 - Saleh Yusuf Ibrahim 8 - Shaul Moshi Shaker 9 - Nissim Saleh Mashal 10 - Jouri Shaul Dali
Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Telephone Number 5452 ⟦line⟧ Number :: M / 547 Date :: 12 / 5 / 1954 Subject Summary: Remainder of a previous claim amounting to one Dinar for the house Numbered 142 S / 148. 126 To the respected Mr. Sakban Shamir After greetings We inform you that the remaining balance owed by you is one Dinar because receipt number 311 for the account of the month of December 1953 which you paid was for the amount of 1/700 Dinars. Please pay what is owed by you immediately and we thank you. President of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
The Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Telephone Number 5452 Number: 3 / ⟦5⟧ / ⟦14⟧ Date: 12 / 5 / 1954 Subject Summary: Remainder of a previous request amounting to ten dinars for the cafe and the guesthouse numbered ⟦10⟧ / 150 / 1 122 Respected Mr. Razzuqi al-Alawi After greetings We inform you that there remains a balance of ten dinars due from you for the previous year, so we hope to settle this amount as soon as possible. President of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Telephone Number 5452 Number: ⟦167⟧ / M / ⟦54⟧ Date: ⟦12⟧ / 5 / 1954 Subject Summary: <del>Auditing the accounts of the Community Presidency and the school</del> Frank Iny. 167 Respected Mr. Shawqi Dallal After greetings The Administrative Committee approved in its session held on 10 / 5 / 1954 your undertaking of the auditing and settlement of the accounts of the Community Presidency and the Frank Iny School for the fiscal year 1953 - 1954 for a lump sum of fifty dinars. Please accept our highest respect Chairman of the Administrative Committee 40 A copy to: Director of Frank Iny School to provide all facilities to the aforementioned auditor. Accountant of the Community Presidency " " " " "
To the Honorable Presidency of the Administrative Committee Based on your request, I have consulted Mr. Shawqi Dallal, the employee at the Commercial Bank, and he reviewed the work required to be completed. He stated that he had previously audited a part of the community's accounts during the year 1956 only, and that he left the work since the date of ⟦...⟧ and he is now requesting a lump sum of twenty-five dinars for auditing the accounts of the Frank Iny and Sweid school and auditing the accounts of the Community Presidency. We submit it for your order as you see fit. Salim Hayyim The Accountant The Decision Approval to pay the amount requested for the ⟦...⟧ mentioned above. ⟦signature⟧ 15/5/1958
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The Administrative Committee of the Israelite Community in Baghdad Telephone Number 5452 Number: M / ⟦129⟧ / 54 Date: 30 / 6 / 1954 Subject Summary: ⟦line⟧ 128 His Eminence Rabbi Daoud Rabbi Yaqub, the respected After greetings The Personal Status Court has approved, in its letter numbered 1148 and dated 29 / 6 / 1954, the formation of a committee to perform the divorce ceremonies for the person named Yaqub Khedhouri from his fiancée Jahla daughter of Nassim. Accordingly, we have assigned the formation of the committee under your chairmanship and the members you appoint from those with religious competence to perform the divorce ceremonies for the aforementioned betrothed couple. Please bring them before your committee to perform the necessary ceremonies and send the (Gett) to us to inform the court of that. Please accept our highest respect President of the Administrative Committee
Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Telephone Number 5452 Number :: M / 54 / ⟦500⟧ Date :: 11 / 7 / 1954 Subject Summary: 169 The Honorable Mr. Moshe Ephraim Cohen, Respectfully After greetings With reference to your letter dated 25 / 3 / 54, please inform us about the properties belonging to the community in Amarah which you have managed and the amount of their revenues, while providing a list of the expenses that you have spent (supported by documentation) during the period of your tenure as the supervisor of the community's affairs in Amarah. Please accept our highest respect Chairman of the Administrative Committee
Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Telephone Number 5452 Number: M/ 541 Date: 8 / 10 / 1954 Subject Summary: 170 His Excellency the Governor of Baghdad Province, the Respected After greetings With reference to your letter numbered 26700 and dated 19 / 9 / 1954, which was notified to us on 3 / 10 / 1954, we have elected Mr. Abbas Helmy as a member of the Appraisal Committee according to your letter referred to above. Please accept our highest respect Chairman of the Administrative Committee Farid Samira
The Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Telephone Number 5452 Number: ⟦109⟧ / 55 Date: 14 / 1 / 1955 Subject Summary: Receipt of a check for the amount of ⟦-/350 Dinars⟧ His Excellency the Respected Supervisor of Iranian Schools Baghdad After greetings, With reference to your letter numbered 2231 and dated 12 / 1 / 1955; We have received check number 27382 dated 13 / 1 / 55 amounting to -/350 Dinars drawn on the Ottoman Bank in Baghdad to the order of Mr. Abdullah Rahnama and signed by him, for the second installment of the rent for the Shamash School occupied by you for the year starting on 22 / 6 / 54. We have delivered at the time the necessary receipt acknowledging receipt to your department's accountant. Please accept our highest respect Chairman of the Administrative Committee 171 ⟦illegible⟧
Office of the ⟦Supervisor of Iranian Schools in Iraq⟧ Number ⟦line⟧ Date ⟦line⟧ 955 Ministry of Culture To The Finance Committee of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Greetings and respect, We are sending you herewith the check numbered ⟦27382⟧ in the amount of three hundred and fifty dinars (350 dinars), on account of the second installment of the rent for the Iranian Al-Sharafa School in Baghdad (formerly Shamash School). Please kindly inform us of the receipt of the amount. With highest respect. Supervisor of Iranian Schools in Iraq - Abdullah Rahnama Presidency of the Jewish Community Finance Committee Number 264 Date 12/1/55 172 Accountant The second installment is due on 22/1/55 ⟦illegible⟧ 1/12
Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Telephone No. 5452 ⟦line⟧ No: 55/⟦illegible⟧ Date: 18/1/1955 Subject Summary: To :- Mr. Khayrounk ⟦line⟧ The Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community decided in its session held on 16/1/1955 No. 11 to send letters entrusting you to consult with Mr. Emile Saleh Shlouir regarding the arrangements that must be made with him according to the amendment of the Endowment Deed by the late Menachem and Sassoon Saleh Daniel regarding their endowments dated August 17 under Notification No. 87/1935 as follows: Since there are conditions and duties incumbent upon this committee according to the text of the amended Endowment Deed as listed above namely in articles No. 1, 2, and 3 of the amendment to the endowment, and since you must be entrusted with the arrangements for the endowment's work and the liquidation of its old and current accounts with Mr. Emile Saleh Shlouir or his representative. And also that you certify all necessary and urgent expenses such as the salaries of the Gan Yeladim Menachem Saleh Daniel office and others, as well as the revenues, as well as for the present time and to be according to the conditions of the amended endowment dated August 17, 1935. Please provide us with details on the outcome of the arrangements along with a detailed deduction of the endowment accounts as well as a detail of the arrangements that have been completed and the workflow that will be followed in the future. Chairman of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community A copy to :- Mr. Emile Saleh Shlouir
Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Telephone Number 5452 Number: 54 / ⟦illegible⟧ Date: 5 / 12 / 1954 Subject Summary: To - Mr. Naim Shaul the Engineer Respected The Administrative Committee decided in its session held on 28 / 11 / 54 to assign you to carry out the renovation of the Meir Tweg Synagogue for the amount of the submitted estimate totaling (350) Dinars, provided that the renovations and repairs are limited to the submitted estimate, and the Director of the Bani Said School and the Community Property Officer shall be supervisors of the work. Please initiate the work as soon as possible. Chairman of the Administrative Committee A copy for information to - Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province - for kind information Director of Bani Said School, Mr. Ibrahim Al-Houda Property Officer
To the Director of School Affairs Primary Education The Administrative Committee decided in its session held on 11/2/1952 to assign you to teach Hebrew for the approved cost amount of (250) Dinars, provided that the lessons are prepared within the submitted statement thereon, and the director of our school, Said Ranamour, the printing lieutenant, shall be the supervisor of the work. We hope you will start the work as soon as possible. Sincerely, Copy to the following parties: Baghdad Province Education School for information Director of Bani Shu'aib School, Mr. Ibrahim Al-Moza Property Officer <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> ⟦illegible⟧
The Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Telephone Number 5452 Number: ⟦10⟧ / 541 Date: 22 / 12 / 1954 ⟦illegible⟧ Subject Summary: Replacing the seal of the Lay Council with a new seal in the name of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad. To -- . Ottoman Bank - Baghdad Greetings, In view of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad taking the place of the former Lay Council of the Jewish Community, we have replaced the use of the old seal with the new seal shown below, and we will use it to stamp all documents when paying amounts to your bank for our account. Please accept our highest respect. President of the Administrative Committee ⟦signature⟧
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Administrative Committee of the Israeli Community in Baghdad Telephone No. 5452 Number: Date: Subject Summary: Receipt of a check for the amount of 485/527 dinars. Your Excellency the First Judge of the Baghdad Court of First Instance, Greetings and respect, In reference to your letter No. 51 and No. 4151/3, we have received check No. 431943 and Money 955/1/3 amounting to 485/527 dinars. Attached is the necessary receipt for receipt of this amount. We will spend it on the needy poor in implementation of the provisions of Article 16 of the bylaws of the Ozrei Delim Association (Concerned with the Poor) which was cancelled according to your request. May you always be well, Ram, Chairman of the Administrative Committee of the Israeli Community in Baghdad.
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Baghdad Court of First Instance Notification No.: 51 / S Date: 3 / 1 / 1955 Please refer to our notification number To The Chairman of the Administrative Committee acting on behalf of the dissolved Lay Council of the Jewish Community Based on the dissolution of the Ozri Dalim (Helpers of the Poor) Association pursuant to Article 25 of the Associations Decree, the assets of the aforementioned association have been liquidated, and the net amount after paying liquidation fees and other expenses shown in the distribution decision reached (485/527) Dinars. Based on the decision issued by the Court of Cassation of Iraq No. 54/326 dated 6 / 12 / 1954, which ruled to deposit the net amount with your appointed committee pursuant to Ministry of Justice Order No. 1944 dated 24 / 11 / 1953, which replaced the Lay Council, to be spent on the poor in implementation of the provisions of Article 16 of the internal regulations of the aforementioned association. Accordingly, we send to you enclosed herewith Check No. 421942 dated 3 / 1 / 1955 for the amount of (485/527) Dinars, requesting that you inform us of its receipt and send a receipt for its collection to us. First Judge Ali Muzaffar Hafiz ⟦Baghdad Court of First Instance⟧ A copy to:- Ministry of Interior - with reference to its letter No. S/751 dated 6 / 11 / 1954, with a copy of the distribution decision and the liquidator's report for your kind information, and hereby the liquidation is considered completed, please. Ministry of Justice with a copy of the aforementioned report - for your kind information. General Directorate of Income Tax with a copy of the distribution decision. The Liquidator, Lawyer Abbas Shkara, with enclosed Check No. 421944 dated 2 / 1 / 1955 for the amount of 33 Dinars for liquidation fees. Liquidation Clerk - Ismail Khalil, First Additional Clerk of the Court, with Check No. 421945 dated 2 / 1 / 1955 for the amount of (3/500) Dinars for the fees estimated for you. Manager of Al-Shaab Newspaper - with enclosed Check No. 421946 dated 2 / 1 / 1955 for the amount of 750 Fils for the advertisement publication fees according to your list No. 5389 dated 15 / 12 / 1954. Receive the check and record it in the current accounts at the bank The letter is presented with this clarification by His Excellency the Chairman of the Administrative Committee and presented in the next session ⟦illegible⟧ Secretary of the Administrative Committee Mohsen Take the necessary action for receipt and recording the amount ⟦illegible⟧
Baghdad Court of First Instance Report No. - Date - 1/3/955 Please refer to our report number ⟦illegible⟧ Decision on the distribution of funds of the Ozri Dalim Association (Supporters of the Poor) In view of the liquidator's report dated 11/15/954 and the decision of the Iraqi Court of Cassation No. 326/954 dated 12/6/954, it was decided to distribute the net amounts obtained as a result of the liquidation of the mentioned association as follows: Fils | Dinar | 527 | 485 | To the committee appointed by Ministry of Justice Order No. 1944 dated 11/24/953, which took the place of the Physical Council to spend it on the poor. 500 | 36 | In implementation of the provisions of Article 16 of the internal regulations of the liquidated association. Liquidation fees, including 33 dinars as fees for the liquidator, lawyer Mr. Abbas Shakara - and 3/500 dinars as fees for the liquidation clerk Ismail Khalil, the first additional clerk in the court. 750 | | To Al-Shaab newspaper, advertising fees according to its list No. 5389 dated 12/15/954. 777 | 522 | Which is the total of the amounts delivered to the court as a trust under number 347 and date 11/14/954 The trust clerk must implement this decision and notify the Ministry of Interior of that, while sending a copy of the report of the liquidator and of this decision to consider the case closed, and to the Ministry of Justice, Income Tax, and the Committee with a copy of the distribution decision for information. First Judge Ali Muzaffar Hafiz ⟦Baghdad Court of First Instance⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
The Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Telephone Number 5452 Number :: ⟦illegible⟧ Date :: ⟦illegible⟧ Subject Summary :: To the respected Mr. Ismail Mahdi Al-Bazzaz - Baghdad After greetings With reference to your petition dated 1/18/1955; your undertaking of the repairs personally without obtaining our approval in advance is not approved by us, as the inspection report had been organized by the engineer for an amount of 99/- Dinars, and we have referred the inspection papers pertaining to the engineer directly to complete the work. Therefore, we request that you settle the amount due on the promissory notes as soon as possible, and in the event that you do not pay the outstanding amounts, we will be forced to resort to legal means to recover them. President of the Administrative Committee 877
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Baghdad on ⟦1955/ / ⟧ His Excellency the Chairman of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community, the Respected After greetings: The tenant of this khan had rented it for a very low amount considering its location in Al-Ma'adid Alley, and therefore we do not know how the agreement was reached to carry out repairs for the owner of this khan, and by what means your respected committee accepted an expenditure amount of 99 Dinars, including what authorized him to spend more than this amount. Given the custom current with us, we first obtain approval to carry out repairs, then we keep the approval paper until the completion of the repairs, then we pay the price to the contractor after he signs for the receipt of the amount on the same approval paper, and we keep it with us in the file; this is the current custom I have. Therefore, I suggest to your Excellency not to pay him anything because he did not perform the repairs, and perhaps he only spent thirty and said I spent two hundred and fifty, and in this matter there is an injustice to others. For this reason, I do not agree to give him any increase. Property Officer ⟦signature⟧ Financial ⟦line⟧ It has become clear to him that the tenant did not pay the rent and he is responsible for what he did, ⟦and according to⟧ this existing will, it did not authorize him to perform the work, and the amount of the advances spent in blank from which he did not benefit is a formal violation ⟦...⟧ raising what was completed of the rent, and it was incumbent upon whoever does not object to the debts ⟦...⟧ the will of the community. ⟦signature⟧
His Excellency 13, the head of the administrative committee of the Israelite community in Baghdad, Al-Muhazama, I submitted a letter to your committee on the 29th of Wasla, which was originally a request to remove the danger from the property belonging to the Israeli community and the benefactor Green Qabali, located in Al-Shorjah. You have assigned Muhand Hakam to conduct the inspection and estimate the cost for this person. Muhand Hakam carried out the inspection and estimated the cost for this person. According to the inspection, the doctor and Lintshkm Hazma approved the inspection and told me to carry out the required procedures and effectively, so I examined them. The cost amounted to two hundred and fifty thousand pounds, and that was through the love of the expenses and documents preserved, so the request was heard by the deanship, and the odeyaza with Sahand Sk to inspect the procedures that I carried out and estimate the cost again, since most of the numbers that were married did not mention me. The inspection submitted by Muhand Hakam. In addition to that, the secret of the Safavid construction materials brought inside Al-Shorjah was visited by the students, Their Excellencies Preference to what to approve of the difference and the patterns by giving me the amount mentioned from it for you the nation and prices of your thanks and respect) from the residents of meat Ismail Mahdi Bazar feed preparers first my landmarks around the sick Eid you have been corrected reveal on the king born Muslim homes lesson God from the sites of the uncle on that the sack my father nor the mother what I committee became (20 ILLUK from which the love of the Levant from God that the revelation and the duty J Ba from the above team portfolio for me Musbat Qamar which was the portfolio of the result of doing the golds work and in the rarest of it compared to the period that the sect is responsible for the increase in the amount of adherence after the study in the special scenes of the million is the feeling of refuge from him peace