Correspondence, Primarily Regarding the Jewish Hospital in Baghdad
View interactive document pageThese are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish Community. The majority of the documents relate to the Jewish Hospital in Baghdad but included are other correspondence within the community. It also includes a letter from a German Jewish Doctor from 1933 trying to move to Baghdad.
2252 14 June 935 28 His Excellency the Director of Travel, Residence, and Nationality, Respected After greetings and respect An agreement has been reached between the Jewish Hospitals Committee in Baghdad and Miss Nurse Hilde Eberhardt, holder of the following address:- Miss Hilde Eberhardt Köln-Ehrenfeld Ottostr 85 to employ her as a nurse in Meir Elias Hospital, so I request that she be allowed to enter Iraq, On behalf of The Head of the Community
747 2 July 935 Expropriation of the Amir Yalla ⟦illegible⟧ plot His Excellency the Mayor of the Capital, the Respected Further to our letter No. 3245 dated 10 / 6 / 935 I hope to draw your Excellency's attention to the fact that the Hospitals Fund, which relies primarily on donations at the present time, is in a state of severe financial distress and is able to pay for one square meter no more than 225 fils, so I hope this aspect will be taken into consideration when estimating the value of the plot - and remain with respect ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of Head of the Community
Letter from the Directorate of General Police (Travel, Residence and Nationality Administration) No. 25670 dated 24 / 7 / 1935 addressed to the British Consulate General in Cologne (Germany) regarding granting Miss Hilda Eberhardt a visa to enter Iraq to work in the Meir Elias Hospital; Hospital file
7277 July 10, 935 Fundraising for Meir Elias Hospital His Excellency the Mayor of the Capital, respected After greetings and respect In view of the Meir Elias Hospital's need for furniture, surgical instruments, and technical tools and to purchase the road remnant adjacent to the hospital, we request that you authorize the opening of a subscription to collect the sum of one thousand and five hundred Dinars for the hospital through the following individuals: Heskel Effendi Shuttub Khedhouri Effendi Murad Shukur Meir Effendi Dangour Haroun Effendi Nassim Masri Yehuda Effendi Aziz Haroun Effendi Shlomo Barshan Khedhouri Effendi Reuben Shama This is in accordance with the General Lottery and Subscriptions Law No. 42 of the year 934 ⟦illegible⟧ Head of the Community
2204 4 August 935 His Excellency the Mayor of the Capital, the Respected Further to our letter No. 3277 dated 10 / 7 / 935 In view of the urgent need to pay the value of the road surplus adjacent to the hospital, which the community has acquired, and to meet the hospital's needs for instruments, surgical machines, and technical tools as we indicated in our aforementioned letter, we request Your Excellency to kindly consider this matter as one of the urgent cases and to be so kind as to grant us the necessary permit to collect the required donations; On behalf of The Head of the Community
H. Sassoon Khedhouri President of the Jewish Community * Baghdad Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri President of the Israelite Community - Baghdad Telephone Number: 531 Number: ⟦line⟧ Subject: 3120 Baghdad, the: 27th February, 1935. ⟦Accounts⟧ His Excellency, Sir Elly Kadoorie K.B.E., 259, Kiangse Road, Shanghai. Sir, As President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, I take the liberty to address Your Excellency, most respectfully and to express, on behalf of the Community which I have the honour to represent, the feelings of high appreciation and deep gratitude that we all entertain for you. I perfectly realise that I am unable by these lines to express all the good feelings of my Community for your highly esteemed benevolent Institutes such as the Silas Kadoorie Blinds Institute and Reemah Kadoorie Eye Hospital which rank among the rare buildings that this country has and which are worthy of your name, that name which will for ever remain engraved in golden letters in the heart of the Iraqi Jews. I should not, by this opportunity, fail to mention the name of your distinguished Representative Mr. Ibrahim Nahum who has been displaying the maximum of his efforts and zeal in order to further and keep up these philantropic Institutions. In concluding, I pray to God to bestow long life on Your Excellency and to render all your undertakings ever prosperous. It is with these good feelings and deep respect that I sign as Your Excellency's most obedient and humble servant, ⟦illegible⟧ Hakham Sassoon Khedhouri.
Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri President of the Israelite Community - Baghdad H. Sassoon Khedouri President of the Jewish Community * Baghdad Telephone Number: 531 Number: Subject: Date: 21 February 935 His Excellency the Virtuous Secret, Owner of the White Hands The respected Israelite Khedouri Your Excellency, although I know full well that such a letter cannot suffice to express the extent of the greetings, respect, thanks, and appreciation held for you by the members of the Israelite community in Baghdad, I hope nevertheless that you will allow me to offer in this letter, on my own behalf and on behalf of the community, which I am honored to lead, the duty of sincere and abundant thanks for the brilliant charitable works and great educational projects you have undertaken and will undertake, God willing, which will immortalize your noble name in the annals of history and engrave your memory in the hearts of the members of this generation and future generations in letters of light . . I do not forget here to thank from the bottom of my heart the virtuous notable, His Excellency Ibrahim Effendi Nahoum, who continues to exert his utmost efforts to sponsor and develop these great projects which, through his thanked efforts, have become prosperous and flourishing. I pray to God, the Almighty, to grant you success in all your deeds; He is the All-Hearing, the Responder. Please accept, Your Excellency, my heartfelt blessings. ⟦illegible⟧ Sincerely, President of the Israelite Community
21 February 935 His Excellency the virtuous Sir, the one with white hands (generous) The respected Sir Elie Kadoorie Your Excellency, although I know full well that such a letter cannot suffice to express the extent of the greetings, respect, gratitude, and appreciation held for you by the members of the Jewish community in Baghdad, I hope nevertheless that you will allow me to offer in this letter, on my own behalf and on behalf of the community I am honored to lead, my sincere and abundant thanks for the brilliant charitable works and great educational projects you have undertaken and will undertake, God willing, which will immortalize your noble name in the annals of history and engrave your memory in the hearts of the members of this generation and future generations in letters of light. I do not forget here to thank from the bottom of my heart the virtuous notable, His Excellency Ibrahim Effendi Nahum, who continues to exert his utmost efforts to oversee and develop these great projects, which have become, through his thankworthy endeavors, flourishing and prosperous. I pray to God Almighty to grant you success in all your deeds; He is the All-Hearing, the All-Answering. Please accept, Your Excellency, my heartfelt blessings. ⟦illegible⟧ Sincerely, Head of the Jewish Community
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19th March, 1935.
Hakham Sassoon Khedhouri,
B A G D A D.
Reverend Sir,
It was with feelings of great gratification and pleasure
that I read your letter of the 27th of February addressed to
me.
Coming from Your Reverence, the kind sentiments
so well expressed have an added value.
I appreciate your kind reference to my representative
Mr. Ibrahim Nahum.
Wishing you and your community all success and
prosperity.
I remain,
Yours faithfully,
⟦Elly Kadoorie⟧
Elly Kadoorie.
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562 until 16 The Spiritual Council of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad Legal minutes in the form of a legal will Whereas the person named Kab Lantakha was blessed with one son from his righteous wife and ⟦...⟧ the Mosaic community that he is mine And the calculation of Kali who has acquired from his money the amount of eight hundred Ottoman gold liras and this acquittal from him to him and he requested from him to receive this money and spend from it four hundred if I sought to request it and spend the remainder which is six hundred Ottoman liras which is one hundred Ottoman liras for the sake of charities for the soul of the deceased Rita, so he said to her that he has accepted that and will execute her will for her. There attended in the extension Kab that he is full ⟦...⟧ n ⟦...⟧ Masbun and he offers for the soul of the deceased for him Rita her vision and his sister Bani Lantan and it is four hundred Ottoman gold liras Rita has sold it to Qasim bin Shaul the Mosaic ⟦...⟧ and since he has attended they received it and to him Kali and they acknowledged that he has annulled this will and since ⟦...⟧ these papers mentioned above in their entirety are old and with it that since those mentioned above have withdrawn from this money nine hundred they accepted these and with accuracy in goodness that for him Rita his daughter has appeared her acceptance they have withdrawn from his money eight hundred Ottoman gold liras according to the will this withdrawal and the demand of Rita and those entitled to the seven hundred Mulla Isaac that he has withdrawn the money and a document in the hand of Rabuqi and it was due to their lack of knowledge A legal will Registrations 17 Spiritual Court expenses
2210 6 August 935 His Excellency the Mayor of the Capital, respected After greetings and respect I would be most grateful if you would direct the determination of the road surplus expropriated for Mar Elias Hospital and inform us of the date the decision will be made in the Land Registry Department And remain with respect On behalf of Head of the Community
H. Sassoon Khedhouri President of the Jewish Community * Baghdad Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri President of the Israelite Community - Baghdad Telephone Number: 531 Number :: 2214 Subject: Date :: 12 August 1930 To the honorable and distinguished ⟦illegible⟧ respected After greetings and respect I request that you kindly attend the community administration at six o'clock tomorrow evening (Tuesday the 13th) to deliberate on the case of Dr. Kafi with Sassoon Meir Elias With continued respect S. Khedhouri President of the Community Yehuda Anwar Zeloof Meir Anwar Zeloof Shafiq Saleh Karmi Anwar Lawi Ezra Anwar Aani Saleh Anwar Shreim Sassoon Anwar Luwaili Daoud Anwar Salim Saleh Yousef Anwar Jouri Dr. Noor Allah 5 48
2215 12 August 1935 The Honorable Dr. Sustman, Director of Mar Elias Hospital, Respectfully Telephone After greetings, I kindly request your presence at the Community Administration at six o'clock in the afternoon tomorrow (Tuesday the 13th) accompanied by Dr. Toknar and Dr. Kanner to deliberate with the members of the Lay Council and the Hospitals Committee regarding the case of Dr. Kanner. Sincerely yours. ⟦9⟧
7252 30 September 935 ⟦31 August 935⟧ His Excellency the Chairman of the Israeli Hospitals Committee, Respectfully After greetings, I place below a copy of the fifth paragraph of the minutes of the esteemed General Council for information; 54 Head of the Community 5 - Then the first article of the curriculum was put under discussion, and after the Secretary read a copy of the report of the committee formed by the General Council in its session on 4/11/934 to discuss the issues of the ⟦designated⟧ hospital, it was decided: 1 - To approve the committee's proposal to cancel the old debt owed by the hospitals to the Council amounting to 1848/470 Dinars and to write it off from the records of the Lay Council. 2 - The issue of the deficit claimed by the hospitals for the year 33-934 and the issue of the amount of 510 Dinars advanced to the hospital in the current 34-935 budget were put under discussion, and it was decided that the Lay Council shall audit the matter (through the same committee or any committee from an accounting perspective) on the basis of paying the amount that turns out to be a real deficit from a decrease in revenues or from not spending more than what was allocated. However, if the deficit is outside the budget, the matter shall be presented to the Council again. 3 - The Council approved the fourth paragraph of the committee's report regarding defining the Council's financial relationship with the hospitals as a fixed annual grant subject to increase or decrease according to the Council's financial position each year. Beyond that, the Council shall not be responsible for the hospitals, which must limit their spending according to their revenues. This does not diminish the levels of supervision the Council has over the hospitals in all other matters according to the regulations followed by both parties in their relations until now, and this does not prejudice the hospitals' duty to submit the annual budget and accounts to the Lay Council as is customary, provided that this arrangement is implemented starting from the next budget year. The Council also recommends the necessity of refraining from undertaking any other reform projects in the hospitals that require new expenditures before settling the debt currently owed by them as a result of the constructions and reforms they carried out recently, except after consulting the Lay Council; Lay
Number 2449 2449 25 November 1935 To the Directorate of Public Health In Baghdad Reference to your letter No. 8197 dated 9 Rabi' al-Awwal 1354 and 11 / 6 / 1935 By which the Ministry of Interior approved our employment of Dr. George Rosenau in Meir Elias Hospital. We had written to the Ministry of Interior under No. 3349 dated 14 June 1935 a letter In which we requested the granting of an absolute license to the aforementioned doctor authorizing him to work inside and outside the hospital And since the agreement has been reached between the doctor and the hospital committee and he is now in Berlin waiting For the news of granting the required license to arrive so he can head to Iraq, I request you to kindly grant us the Mentioned license as soon as possible so that Dr. George Rosenau can come. ⟦Sassoon⟧ Head of the Community ⟦faint red stamp⟧
Ministry of Interior Directorate of Public Health Baghdad - Iraq Telegraphic Address: Sahham Number S 18270 Telephone Number: 509 Baghdad Date 1354/9/5 "Administration" 1935/12/1 To Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad . Subject - Dr. George Rosner . With reference to your letter numbered 3449 and dated 25 November year 1935 . It is no secret that the Ministry had agreed to employ the mentioned doctor in Meir Elias Hospital, however, the aforementioned did not report to this Directorate General regarding granting him the registration and practice license according to the law, therefore please inform him of the necessity of reporting to this administration to complete his registration process . Acting Director of Public Health . Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Private Number 2701 Date 2/12/35 A . Q
2465 Dr. George Rosenow 3 December 1935 To the Directorate of Public Health Reference to your letter No. 18370 dated 6/6/354 and 2/12/935 This department was notified in your letter No. 8197 dated 9 Rabi' al-Awwal 1354 and 11/6/935 of the Ministry's approval to employ Dr. George Rosenow at Meir Elias Hospital As for our letter No. 3449 dated 25 November 1935, we requested the granting of an absolute license for the aforementioned person authorizing him to work inside and outside Meir Elias Hospital. The aforementioned doctor had visited your directorate in our company when he was in Baghdad regarding granting him a license not restricted to working at Meir Elias Hospital, so I hope you will kindly grant us the requested license because the hospital is in dire need of the services of the mentioned doctor who is waiting now in Berlin for the arrival of the answer regarding the issuance of this license to come to Baghdad. Sassoon Head of the Community A. M.
Presidency of the Jewish Community - Baghdad Presidency of the Jewish Community * Baghdad PRESIDENT OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY - BAGHDAD Telephone Number 531 TELEPHONE NO. 531 ⟦line⟧ Number :: 3471 Subject Summary :: Date :: 3rd December 1935 copy Executed His Excellency Sir Elly Kadoorie K.B.E. Shanghai Dear Sir, In putting up these lines, I wish to perform a sacred duty. It is to thank you most sincerely in my name and in that of the Jewish Community of Baghdad for all the philanthropic works that you have so generously bestowed. Baghdad Jewry. This generation, as well as future ones, will always remember your various eminent institutions which have rendered signal services to your co-religionists from social, educational and sanitory stand points. The annals of our history will register your eminent acts with satisfaction and pride. The 25th October 1935, day on which the Reemah Kadoorie Eye-hospital was inaugrated, was a fête day for Jews of Baghdad. In the course of the ceremony, our brethren manifested a deep gratitude and admiration to your person, and I am afraid my pen is unable to describe these sentiments. His Majesty the King who was good enough to open himself your hospital could not help concealing his satisfaction and high appreciation for this eminent institution, as well as his admiration for your generosity which has become proverbial in this country. All the leading personalities, ministers, senators, deputies, high functionaries of the State as well as Jewish notables who attended the ceremony, left the Hospital premises with joy and admiration that knew no bounds. I sincerely hope that you will accept, on behalf of
H. Sasson Khedouri President of the Jewish Community * Baghdad Rabbi Sasson Khedouri President of the Israelite Community - Baghdad Telephone Number: 531 Number :: Subject: Date :: ..2.. the Jewish Community of Baghdad which feels very proud to have you as a member my grateful thanks to your goodself with my thanks to your Representative, Ibrahim Eff. Nahum for the great efforts he displayed in the building of your great Hospital. Yours faithfully, ⟦illegible⟧
H. Sassoon Khedouri President of the Jewish Community - Baghdad Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri President of the Israelite Community - Baghdad Telephone Number: 531 Number: Subject: Date: December 1, 1935 His Excellency the virtuous Sir, the man of white hands, the respected Sir Elly Khedouri. After greetings and respect. I have come with this letter of mine to perform, on my own behalf and on behalf of the Israelite community in Baghdad, the duty incumbent upon us all toward you, Your Excellency, the duty of thanks and recognition of your white hands, which you continue to bestow upon the community from the spring of your Hatem-like generosity. This generation and future generations will continue to remember with goodness and admiration the series of your many charitable projects that provide the greatest services to the members of the Israelite community in the fields of education, health, and society. History will immortalize these deeds of yours in its pages with the ink of great pride. The day of the celebration of the Rima Khedouri Hospital on October 25, 1935, was a holiday for the Israelite community in Baghdad, and there was manifested in this opening ceremony what the members of this community harbor for Your Excellency of love and admiration that the pen cannot describe. And I do not forget to mention to Your Excellency that His Majesty the Great King, who was so kind as to open with his noble hand this charitable hospital, did not hide his great pleasure and appreciation for this noble work and his admiration for your Hatem-like generosity and your famous bounty. Likewise were the rest of the dignitaries, ministers, deputies, notables, senior officials, and community leaders who attended the celebration; they all left overwhelmed with an ecstasy of joy, pleasure, and admiration that knows no bounds for your noble person. Finally, I hope Your Excellency will be so kind as to accept such admiration, appreciation, and thanks from us in the name of the Israelite community in Baghdad, which is proud of your belonging to it, as I also hope to repeat my thanks to your virtuous representative Ibrahim Effendi Nahum for his great effort exerted in the construction of this great hospital. With my greetings and blessings President of the Community
H. Sassoon Khedhouri President of the Jewish Community - Baghdad Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri President of the Israelite Community - Baghdad Telephone Number: 531 Number: 708 Subject: Date: 19 December 1935 The Honorable and Distinguished Notables Ibrahim Hayyim Effendi Moallem Nessim Ibrahim Effendi Nahum Heskel Effendi Shuttub Khedhouri Effendi Shukur Selim Effendi Fawzi Ezra Effendi Al-Hani Ezra Effendi Menachem Daniel Gurji Effendi Lavi Meir Effendi Doctor ⟦illegible⟧ Moutar Effendi Abqa Menashi Effendi Saleh Yehuda Effendi Zeloof Yosef Effendi Al-Kabir After greetings and respect I request your kind presence at the Community Administration at four o'clock P.M. Next Sunday, 22 December 935, to deliberate on some matters. Respectfully yours, On behalf of President of the Community Sassoon
Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri President of the Israelite Community - Baghdad Telephone Number 531 Rabbi Sassoon ⟦Khedhouri⟧ President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad ⟦illegible stamp⟧ Number :: 7511 Date :: 20 December 1935 Subject: Honorable and Distinguished Notables After greetings and respect I request your kind presence at the Community Administration at four o'clock P.M. Next Sunday, 22 December 935, to deliberate on some matters. The meeting will be attended by The President and members of the Lay Council and the notables Ibrahim Hayyim Effendi Moallem Nissim, Salim Effendi Nouri, Ezra Effendi Menachem Daniel, and Joseph Effendi Al-Kabir. Respectfully yours. On behalf of President of the Community From him ⟦illegible⟧ M
Fundraising for Meir Hospital ⟦...⟧ 16 February 1936 His Excellency the Mayor of the Capital, respected After greetings and respect We had requested in our letter numbered 3277 dated 10 July 935 that you permit the opening of a subscription to collect the sum of one thousand five hundred dinars for the Meir Elias Hospital to purchase furniture, surgical instruments, and technical tools, and to pay the value of the road surplus adjacent to the hospital through the following individuals: Heskel Effendi Shuttub Khedhouri Effendi Murad Shuker Meir Effendi Dangour Haroun Effendi Nassim Masri Yehuda Effendi Aziz Haroun Effendi Shlomo Barshan Khedhouri Effendi Reuben Shama We hope that you will kindly issue the necessary license in accordance with the General Lottery and Subscriptions Law No. 42 of the year 934 ⟦Sassoon⟧ Head of the Community 10 M
Mayoralty of the Capital Number 400 Baghdad on the date 2 Dhu al-Hijjah 354 26 February 1936 Statement In accordance with the authority granted to us by the Ministry of Interior under Article Two of the Lotteries and General Subscriptions Law No. 42 of 1934, we have authorized the Presidency of the Jewish Community to collect donations for the Meir Elias Hospital, provided they do not exceed - the (400) four hundred dinars. ⟦signature⟧ Mayor of the Capital Copy to - Directorate of Propaganda and Publication to publish this statement in the first issue of the Official Gazette. " " Directorate of Customs and Excises of Baghdad " " Directorate of Police of Baghdad Province " " Presidency of the Jewish Community to send the subscription books for stamping and preparing a report on them, and then returning the unspent portion supported by the account. Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Special Number 2781 Date 27 / 2 / 36 Four books were stamped at the Mayoralty of the Capital, each book containing one hundred receipts starting from receipt 1501 and ending at receipt 1900 101
JEWISH HOSPITAL COMMITTEE BAGHDAD Established 1884 Telephone No. 6 ⟦line⟧ Society of the Founders of the Hospital Baghdad ⟦line⟧ Jewish Hospitals Committee Baghdad Established in the year 1884 Telephone Number: 6 ⟦line⟧ Meir Elias Hospital Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital Refouah Pharmacy. Meir Elias Hospital Rimah Khedouri Eye Hospital Dar Al-Shifa Pharmacy No. Number: Date: December 22, 1935 To His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, the Respected After greetings Mr. Sassoon Isaac Yaqoub Al-Kabir and the virtuous Maryam daughter of Menashi Shashoua Each of them built from their own money a house in the hospital, the benefit of which returns to the hospital Please write to the Jewish Religious Court so that they may certify the text engraved on the marble piece stating that its proceeds return to the hospital, and remain with respect; ⟦signature⟧ Vice President of the Committee ⟦signature⟧