Correspondence from Baghdadi Jewish Community Including Legal Issues (Marriage, Inheritance, Endowments), Financial Matters, School Administration
View interactive document pageThese are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish Community. They contain requests for community records and residency confirmations; wire transfers; correspondence regarding the adoption of Jewish laws in the Diaspora; communication from the Ambassador of Iraq in Rabat regarding Moroccan officials requesting information on laws applicable to the Iraqi Jewish community (customary laws pertaining to marriage, inheritance, etc.); legal agreements for engagement and marriage; requests for marriage confirmations, death certificates; employment separations; lawsuit regarding the management of an endowment; repairs to school buildings; correspondence regarding sending sefarim (Jewish religious books) to New York; letters referencing the Law of Acquisitions, 43/1934; discussions about tearing down or rebuilding a wall; invoices and accounting information from the Ezra Menahem Daniel Sports-Ground Committee; school administration; requests for vaccines; property laws; deeds; the administration of scholarships; announcements about community meetings and ceremonies; requests for food provisions for prisoners during the holidays; and requests for clarification of laws in conflict with the interim constitution of 1958. These documents reflect the Baghdadi Jewish community's name change to the Mosaic community.
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
Number: T / 57
Date: 26 / 11 / 1957
Subject: ⟦line⟧
His Excellency the Director General of Railways, Respected
After greetings
Please order to provide us with the set price for two tons of wood
Please accept our highest respect
Sassoon
Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
Acting President of the Community
Copy to the Department
Mr. Fouad Al-Rashid
⟦illegible⟧
28 / 11
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
No. T/: 57/⟦line⟧
Subject: ⟦line⟧
Date: 5/12/1957
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His Excellency the Director of General Income Tax, Respected
Baghdad
After greetings
Reference to your letter No. 20986 dated 30/9/1957
This Presidency will collect the taxes due on the income of its employees at the end of the fiscal year
and will send them to your respected directorate directly.
Please accept the highest respect
⟦illegible⟧
Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
Acting President of the Community
21 To His Excellency the Director of Income Tax - Baghdad Greetings, Reference to your letter numbered ⟦20986⟧ and dated ⟦20/9/57⟧ This Presidency will collect the taxes due on the income of its employees at the end of the fiscal year and will send them to your directorate in a batch With highest regards and respect The Rabbi
Iraq Ministry of Finance General Income Tax Directorate Baghdad Institutions Department Date: 2 / 8 / 1957 No. ⟦...⟧ To :-: Honorable President of the Jewish Community Subject / -: Due installments of income tax for employees for the year 1957 / 1958 We inform you that you have not paid the first installment of the income tax due on your employees for the year 1957 / 1958 ending on 31 / 3 / 1958 to date; therefore, please pay the mentioned installment within (21) days, and in case of delay, a fine of 5% of the tax due will be imposed on you according to Article (45) of the Income Tax Law No. (85) of 1956. Note :- We draw your attention to the fact that the second installment is due at the end of February / 1958 and the third installment is due at the end of March / 1958. Director General of Income Tax ⟦Signature⟧ Accountant ⟦...⟧ 11 / 27
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
Number: T/ ⟦1807⟧ / 57
Subject:
Date: 12 / 11 / 1957
His Excellency the Honorable Swiss Minister Plenipotentiary in Baghdad
Greetings,
This Presidency had the honor of receiving your letter numbered B 72 . FR 43 . 1 = AL
A / F dated 2 / 11 / 57 and we inform Your Excellency that based on the certificate of the Registrar of Contracts
for Sermons and Marriages of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, Mr. Salomon Daoud Dayan contracted
his marriage in Baghdad to Miss Saboura Israel on the third day of the month of July of the year
one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three AD, and his marriage certificate number is 105 / 1933 =
And since we do not have specific records for births, we cannot fulfill the request regarding the date
of birth of both Renee and Stella, daughters of Salomon Daoud Dayan.
Please accept my thanks and appreciation
Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
Acting Head of the Community
Sarn
The Honorable Hakham Bashi of the Israelite Community in Baghdad After greetings, This presidency is honored by your letter numbered B 74 - J 6 - 1042 - L K / F on 11/5/57 and informs you that based on the record of the census certificate for the preacher, the wife, the community, and the parish in Baghdad, Mr. Sassoon Daoud Dayan contracted his marriage in Baghdad to Miss Saboura Israel on the third day of July in the year 1933, and the number of the marriage certificate is 105 / 1933 from ⟦illegible⟧ and they have a balance of special records for births ⟦illegible⟧ records and medical ones are present with us in ⟦illegible⟧ community, and from it our firstborn was born son of Sassoon Daoud Dayan Please accept our highest respect The Rabbi
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts For the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 4 / 11 / 1957 His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community - Baghdad 105 ⟦line⟧ 1922 Conditions | Witnesses | ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Registrar of Contracts
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Mr. President Based on the request of the Jordanian Embassy, I have the honor to ask you to inform me of the information regarding the personal status of those whose names are listed below, for the purpose of this embassy's management of Jordanian interests: 1- The marriage of Mr. Salman Daoud Dayan to Ms. Sabiha Israel, concluded in Baghdad on July 9, 1922 2- The births of Renee and Senila, born in Baghdad on May 18, 1926, and December 4, 1940 resulting from this marriage I hope you will accept, Mr. President, my thanks in advance and my great appreciation Swiss Embassy (List of Jordanian Interests)
LEGATION OF SWITZERLAND IN IRAQ Chancellery BAGHDAD, November 2, 1957 Tariq ibn Zeyad Telephone No. 6980 Foreign Interests Our No.: B.72.Fr.43.1.-LE/e. Your No.: Reference: (to be recalled in the reply): To the President of the Israelite Community of B A G H D A D . Please enclose postage for the reply with any request and deal with only one subject per letter. Mr. President, At the request of the French authorities, I have the honor to ask you to please send me, for the purpose of transcription in the civil status register kept by this Legation in the interest of the French, extracts of the following acts: 1° - marriage of Salomon, David DAYAN, with Israël Sipora, celebrated on July 9, 1933 in Baghdad; 2° - birth of the children born from this union: René and Stella both born in Baghdad on May 18, 1936 and December 4, 1940. I thank you in advance and ask you to accept, Mr. President, the assurance of my very distinguished consideration. Legation of Switzerland in charge of French interests ⟦signature⟧ 75003
Presidency of the Israelite Community in Baghdad 3531 President Telephone No. 5452 Secretary Number: T/ 2922 / 57 Date: 14 / 10 / 1957 Subject: Endowment account of Ezra Menachem Daniel and Heskel Menachem Daniel. Honorable Manager of the Ottoman Bank After greetings In confirmation of our two letters numbered T/ 3652 and T/ 3251 and dated 16 / 12 / 53, no check may be drawn from your bank for the account of the endowments of the late Ezra Menachem Daniel and Heskel Menachem Daniel except with the signature of the Chairman of the Administrative Committee, Mr. Farid Daoud Samra, and its Vice Chairman, Mr. Farid Yamin, and in the event of the absence of one of them, the member of the Administrative Committee, Mr. Shaul Sassoon Khedhouri, shall take his place ⟦line⟧ Please accept our highest respect Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri Acting President of the Community Copy to:- Presidency of the Administrative Committee ⟦line⟧
Presidency of the Israelite Community in Baghdad Telephone No. 3531 President 5452 Secretary Number: T / ⟦3859⟧ / 57 Date: 12 / 4 / 1957 Subject: ⟦Martial⟧ Administration Excellency, the Respected Investigating Judge of Rusafa Greetings, The Presidency of the Community has dismissed the guard Abed Nazeh from the Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium according to Administrative Order No. T / 3858 / 57 dated 7 / 4 / 57, and he was notified of the dismissal; however, he remained with his family living and residing in the aforementioned stadium. We request your Excellency's order for his removal and to prevent him and his family from entering the stadium again. Please accept our highest respect, Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri Acting President of the Community Presidency of the Israelite Community in Baghdad
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad 22 Administrative Order All employees of the community must observe the official working hours scheduled at the community presidency between nine o'clock in the morning until three o'clock in the afternoon, and therefore no employee shall leave their department without special permission from me, and they must attend all committee meetings, otherwise official measures will be taken against the negligent party, and the Administrative Committee will be informed of the resulting measures if the department is left contrary to this. All employees must sign this order and return it to me. President of the Community A copy to: His Excellency the Chairman of the Administrative Committee for information, attached.
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Telephone Number: 3531 President / 5452 Secretary Number: T/58 Subject: Date: 3 / 1 / 1958 Administrative Order All community employees must observe the official working hours set by the Presidency of the Community between nine o'clock in the morning until three o'clock in the afternoon, and I hereby warn every employee who leaves his department without special permission from me, and they must attend all committee meetings otherwise official measures will be taken against the negligent party, and the Administrative Committee will be informed of the resulting actions when he leaves the department contrary to this. All employees must sign this order and return it to me. President of the Community A copy thereof to:- His Excellency the Chairman of the Administrative Committee for information please
⟦illegible⟧ Administrative Order To all employees of ⟦illegible⟧ Official working hours in the sect's building between eight o'clock in the morning until three o'clock in the afternoon, and I warn every employee who leaves his department without special permission from me, and these violations in the statement, otherwise official measures ⟦will be taken⟧ against the negligent person, and the administrative department is not to be blamed for the resulting measures when leaving the department contrary to that <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> All employees must sign this order to notify us of that Head of the Sect A copy of it to All heads of administrative departments to act accordingly ⟦illegible⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
Number T/ : 581
Date: 1/13/1958
Subject: ⟦line⟧
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The Respected Attorney Mr. Ibrahim Khazam
After greetings
In response to your letter dated 12/31/57, we inform you according to the first article of the Law
of the Jewish Community No. 77 of 1931 that the Jewish community in Iraq consists of
several groups, and each group consists of Jews residing in an area designated according to the regulation
and pursuant to the first article of Regulation No. 34 of 1947, an amendment to the Jewish Community Regulation No.
36 of 1931, the Jewish group in Hillah is included within the Baghdad area.
Since the Jewish group in Hillah is subordinate to the Baghdad area, there is no
Jewish communal council in Hillah at the present time as stipulated in the articles explained above.
Please accept our highest respects
On behalf of
Rabbi Sasson Khedhouri
Acting President of the Community
Please meet His Excellency Professor
Daoud Samra regarding this letter
⟦illegible⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
Number T/: 28
Date: 13 / 1 / 1958
Subject:
Honorable Lawyer Mr. Ibrahim Khazam
Greetings
In response to your letter dated 31 / 12 / 57, we inform you according to Article 1 of the
Jewish Community Law No. 77 of 1931 that the Jewish community in Iraq consists of several
groups, and each group consists of Jews residing in an area designated according to the regulation. In accordance with
Article 1 of Regulation No. 34 of 1947, an appendix to the Jewish Community Regulation No. 36 of
1931, the Jewish group in Hillah is included within the Baghdad area.
Since the Jewish group in Hillah is subordinate to the Baghdad area, there is no
Jewish communal council in Hillah ⟦as stipulated in the articles mentioned above⟧
Please accept our highest respects
Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri
Acting President of the Community
⟦Copy to⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
Number T/: ⟦line⟧58/
Date: 13 / 1 / 1958
Subject: ⟦illegible⟧
To the Honorable Lawyer Mr. Ibrahim Khedouri
After greetings
In response to your letter dated 12/31/57, we inform you that according to Article One of the Jewish
Community Law No. 77 of 1931, the Jewish community in Iraq consists of several
groups, and each group consists of Jews residing in an area designated according to the regulations, and pursuant
to Article One of Regulation No. 34 of 1947, an amendment to Jewish Community Regulation No. 36 of
1931, the group of Jews in Hilla is included within the Baghdad region.
And since the group of Jews in Hilla belongs to the Baghdad region, there is
no Jewish religious council in Hilla.
Please accept our highest respects
Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri
Acting President of the Community
To Mr. Ibrahim ⟦Khedhouri⟧, the respected Kind greetings In response to your letter Pursuant to Article 1 of the Israelite Community Law No. 77 of 1931 The Israelite community in Iraq consists of several groups, and each group consists of Israelites residing in an area determined according to the regulations. And according to Regulation No. 34 of 1934, an appendix to the Israelite Community Regulation No. 12 of 1931, all Israelites in Hillah are included within the Baghdad area And since all Israelites in Hillah are subordinate to the Baghdad area therefore, there is no Israelite Community Council in Hillah. This is for your information, and to you respect. Endowments Department ⟦...⟧ ⟦Ai Qasim⟧
Baghdad on May 24, 1954 Number ⟦...⟧ To Mr. Ibrahim ⟦Khazzam⟧ In response to your letter dated May 21, 1954 According to the first article of the Community Administration Law No. 7 of the year 1931 The Jewish community in Iraq consists of several groups, and each group consists of Jews residing in an area designated according to the regulation And pursuant to Regulation No. 24 of the year 1947, an annex to the Jewish Community Regulation No. ⟦77⟧ of the year 1931 The Jewish group in Hilla is included within the Baghdad area Since the Jewish group in Hilla is affiliated with the Baghdad area, ⟦there is no⟧ Jewish council in Hilla at the present time ⟦according to the provisions of the law⟧ <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri Acting President of the Community
To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad I request your honor to provide me with a certificate stating that there is no Jewish council in Hillah at the present time, following the revocation of the citizenship of the Iraqi Jews residing in Hillah and their departure from Iraq. This is for the purpose of presenting it to the Personal Status Court in Adhamiya to obtain a guardianship deed appointing the Administrative Committee as the guardian over the properties endowed by the late Sassoon Salih Daniel belonging to him, located in Al-Qas neighborhood in Al-Tuwayrij market in Al-Hindiya district, as detailed in the two endowment deeds issued by the Baghdad Sharia Court dated 9 and 16 Jumada al-Awwal 1337 and numbered 61 and 77. With high respect to your honor. 31 December 1957 Sincerely, Lawyer Ibrahim Hazoum ⟦illegible⟧
Presidency of the Israelite Community in Baghdad Number 58/7/T Date 1/15/1958 Telephone No. ( 3531 President 5452 Secretary Subject: Confirmation of Death 76 His Excellency the Director of Travel and Nationality - Denaturalization Office - Respected After greetings Reference to your letter numbered 756 and dated 1/14/1958 Upon checking the death records kept at this Presidency, we did not find a record of the death of Mr. Yona Haron Moallem Moshi in the year 1952. Please accept our highest respect Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri Acting President of the Community ⟦illegible⟧ In the name of Yona Haron Moallem Moshi ⟦illegible⟧
Directorate General of Police Directorate General of Police POLITICAL DEPARTMENT Department of Passport and Nationality BAGHDAD—IRAQ « Travel and Nationality » Revocation Office Baghdad Security <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> Number / Travel /: 756 Date: 14 / 1 / 1958 No.: Date: ( Urgent ) Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Subject / - Confirmation of Death ⟦line⟧ We request you to check your records and inform us if there is an entry under the name Yona Harun Moallem Moshi who died in 1952 or not. ⟦signature⟧ Shaker Numan Director of Travel and Nationality Accountant Your Eminence the Rabbi 1/14 We did not find a record of death for the year 1952 for Mr. Yona Harun Moallem Moshi ⟦signature⟧ 15/1/58 Shafiq / M
Presidency of the Committee Administrative for the Jewish Community Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦...⟧ His Excellency the Director of Travel and Nationality - Denaturalization Office The Respected Based on your letter numbered 752 and dated 1/14/58 We send herewith the death register kept in this presidency for the city for the year 1954. Please accept our highest respect. President of the Committee ⟦illegible⟧
Number ⟦illegible⟧ Directorate General of POLITICAL ⟦illegible⟧ Department of Foreign and Modern ⟦illegible⟧ BAGHDAD No.: 170 Date: 13 / 1 / 1958 ( Urgent ) Presidency of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad Subject - Identity Documents ⟦line⟧ Attached we send the identity card of the person named Aba Isaac Asad Al-Salam, residing in Kuwait, via our mail No. 7 / 1 / 2521 enclosed, requesting you to receive it and inform us of its arrival so that we may hand it over to him With appreciation For the Director General of Public Security Head of the Political Section Attachments One identity card
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
Number: 58/ ⟦...⟧
Date: 1/26/1958
Subject: ⟦line⟧
His Excellency the Director of Tapu of Baghdad Governorate - Al-Rusafa - Respected
Greetings,
Please provide us with maps and two copies of images for the properties sequence 322 and 323
and 287 and 324 and 274 and 273 and 320 and 319 and 286 and 318 and 317 and 316 and
309 and 277 and 310 and 328 and 325 and 314 and 311 and 312 and 313 located in
Al-Kulat neighborhood, Baghdad, belonging to this Presidency.
Please accept our highest respect,
Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
Acting President of the Community
Cooperation
A copy to:
Engineer Saleh Yousef, based on his request for follow-up.