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Ministry of Social Affairs
Personnel - Statistics
12 / 6 / 1946
To the Directorate of Public Health.
Below is a copy of the letter from the Head of the Jewish Community No. 9023 dated
9 / 6 / 1946; and based on our approval of this arrangement, we request that the necessary measures be taken to allow
the aforementioned person to be employed as a doctor in the health institutions belonging to the Jewish Community
in Baghdad under the same conditions under which he was permitted to work at the Teachers' Hospital
and to inform us immediately.
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Minister of Social Affairs.
Copy to His Excellency the Head of the Jewish Community - with reference to their letter No. 9023
dated 9 / 6 / 1946.
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Copy of the letter.
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After greetings and respect.
Due to the large number of patients visiting the "Dar Al-Shifa" clinic and the need of many of them
for a surgeon, an agreement has been reached between the Jewish Hospitals Management Committee and Dr. Isaac
Daoud Israel, currently employed at the Teachers' Hospital, for the purpose of
utilizing him as a surgeon in the aforementioned clinic and to benefit from his services when
necessary at Meir Elias Hospital. We kindly request your approval for the employment of the
aforementioned doctor in the health institutions belonging to the Jewish Community in Baghdad.
Please accept, Your Excellency, our deepest thanks and abundant respect.
Signature
Head of the Community
Fawzi
Directorate of General Security
Number - ⟦illegible⟧
Subject: Examination of the contents of a radio bag
Pursuant to your letter numbered 6609 and dated November 18, 1954, we decided to send
Registered in our letter numbered 1160 and dated ⟦illegible⟧
In it, all contents have been examined by us and we found that they do not pose any security risk or cause
for suspicion, and according to this document, there is no objection to sending the bag to its owner by mail
Registered mail
Director of General Security
6609 to the Baghdad Post Directorate - we send to you all the contents with the radio mentioned above
Numbered ⟦illegible⟧ on ⟦illegible⟧
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Ministry of Economy
Directorate of General Telegraph and Post
Subject: Examination of the contents of a radio sent abroad
Pursuant to the letter of the Directorate of General Security numbered ⟦illegible⟧ and dated ⟦illegible⟧
That all contents have been examined by them and they found that they do not pose any security risk
Accordingly, it was decided to send the bag to its owner by registered mail after ensuring that
The contents match what was stated in the letter of the Directorate of General Security referred to above
1- We send to you all the contents mentioned above with the radio mentioned above
2- Please inform us upon your receipt of the bag mentioned above
On behalf of the Director
General Telegraph and Post
Iraqi Government
Directorate of Public Health:
Registration Office: 1
Number: 11504
Date: 18 / 9 / 1946
Subject: Employment of a doctor
To the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad.
With reference to your letter No. 9023 dated 9 / 9 / 1946 addressed to the Ministry
of Social Affairs.
The Ministry approved, by its letter No. 10438 dated 12 / 9 / 1946, the
employment of Doctor Isaac Daoud Israel, of Bulgarian nationality, and his work in the
health institutions belonging to the Jewish Community in Baghdad, provided that his work is limited to the patients of your health
institutions only, and he is not permitted to open a private clinic to practice his profession on his own account.
Director of Public Health
Copy to the Ministry of Social Affairs - for your kind information.
With reference to its letter mentioned above, with a copy of the petition from the Directorate of Al-Alamein Hospital
in Baghdad regarding the termination of the aforementioned doctor's relationship with its hospital.
Copy to the Directorate of Al-Alamein Hospital in Baghdad - with reference to its petition dated
17 / 9 / 1946 for information.
Copy to the Directorate of General Police - for information.
Copy to the Presidency of Health of the Baghdad Province - for information.
Copy to the Registration Division - for information.
A / S
September 20
His Excellency the President of the Temporary Committee for the Management of Jewish Hospitals
Greetings,
With reference to the Hospital Committee's letter No. -- dated September 9, 946
I list below a copy of the General Health Directorate's letter No. 11504 dated 18 / 9 / 946
For your kind review of its contents.
Head of the Community
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To the Presidency of the Jewish Community - Baghdad
With reference to your letter No. 9023 dated 9 / 9 / 946 addressed to the Ministry of Social Affairs
The Ministry approved, in its letter No. 43810 dated 12 / 9 / 946, the employment of Doctor Isaac
Daoud Israel, of Bulgarian nationality, and his work in the health institutions belonging to the Jewish Community
in Baghdad, provided that his work is limited to the patients of your health institutions only and he is not permitted to open a private clinic
to practice his profession on his own account
Director of General Health
Copy to the Ministry of Social Affairs - for kind information
With reference to its letter mentioned above with a copy of the petition from the Directorate of Al-Alamein Hospital
in Baghdad regarding the termination of the aforementioned doctor's relationship with its hospital
Copy to the Directorate of Al-Alamein Hospital in Baghdad - with reference to its petition dated 17 / 9 / 946 for information
Copy to the General Police Directorate - for information
Copy to the Baghdad Province Health Presidency for information
Copy to the Registration Division - for information.
September 15, 946
The Honorable Mr. Mushir Hakham Moshe Dangoor, Respectfully
After greetings and respect
On the occasion of the dissolution of the Hospitals Committee, which you chaired for a long time, I have the honor to convey to you, in the name of
the Israelite community and the Lay Council, our sincere thanks and appreciation for the great services you have rendered
during your involvement in the affairs of the community over the last fourteen years. We especially appreciate
your sincere efforts and great sacrifices for the sake of upgrading and improving the health institutions of the community.
There is no doubt that the credit for the prosperity of these health institutions, foremost among them the Meir
Elias Hospital, and bringing them to their current state, is primarily due to your activity and your thanked efforts,
as well as to the respected members of the Hospitals Committee who participated with you in the work.
At the time we convey to you our sincere thanks and heartfelt wishes for your success and prosperity, we have seen it necessary
for us to record these commendable achievements of yours in the community records. We hope that the interests of the community will remain
included in your attention and kindness always.
Please accept the highest respect.
Sassoon
Head of the Community
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9061
Directorate of Criminal Investigations and Residency
Baghdad
Please be informed that an agreement has been reached with Dr. Isaac Israel
Al-Balvani Al-Jadiya to work in our health institution, and that
the aforementioned person has been given a special suite for his residence in Munir Elias Hospital for him, his wife,
and his young daughter, noting that the esteemed Ministry of Social Affairs
has previously approved his employment with us.
With respect.
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Head of the Community
Number ⟦illegible⟧
January
From Khedhouri Salloum Rubin and partner
Idris Yehuda, we received from the Secretary
of the Israeli Community Administration the sum of eight
dinars (8/- dinars) only, and that is
for the refund of the deposits submitted
by us regarding the commitment for the houses and domes
in the ⟦illegible⟧ cemetery, as
the signed contract has been rescinded
by us regarding this commitment.
In acknowledgment of this, we have signed this
receipt.
Khedhouri Salloum Rubin
Shalom Ezra Rubin
Iraq
Financial
8 Fils
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Department Copy
9100
31 October 946
His Excellency the Minister of Supply, the Respected
After greetings and respect
Attached herewith is the petition of the Israeli Hospitals Committee regarding the request for raw materials to meet
the needs of Meir Elias Hospital, Rima Khedouri Hospital, and Dar Al-Shifa Dispensary
for coal, and in view of the urgent need for this material for the purpose of conducting the affairs of these
health institutions, I hope Your Excellency will be kind enough to grant the request, and to Your Excellency
further thanks and respect.
Head of the Community
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Department Copy
9115
⟦20⟧ / 11 / 946
To the Honorable President of the Temporary Authority for the Management of Israeli Hospitals
We are sending you herewith the original letter received by us from the Ministry of Supplies, numbered 10545
and dated 18 / 11 / 946 regarding the provision of Meir Elias Hospital with five hundred yards each
of white and brown raw fabric, along with its attachments, for your kind information and necessary action.
With respect,
Attachments ( 5 )
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Secretary to the Head of the Community
8124
27 / 11 / 946
Supply of raw materials to Meir Tweig Hospital
His Excellency the Minister of Supplies, respected
After greetings and respect
Reference to your ministry's letter No. 10545 dated 18 / 11 / 46
The Israeli Hospitals Administration has received five hundred yards each of
brown and white raw fabric according to the transfers mentioned in your letter referred to above
Note that the aforementioned administration will do its best to observe complete economy when
using these materials, however we wish to emphasize to your Excellency that the supplied quantity
cannot be sufficient to meet the needs of these institutions for a full year if
the details of their needs are taken into consideration as stated in the Hospital Committee's letter dated
30 / 10 / 946 and therefore we will be forced to submit a second request to supply us with materials
when they run out.
Please accept our highest respect.
On behalf of
The Head of the Community
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26 / 11
Administration of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Number: 9152
Date: 11 / 12 / 946
To the Editor of the esteemed ⟦...⟧ newspaper
After greetings
We kindly request the publication of this news on the pages of the first issue of your newspaper, with our thanks.
Head of the Community
Visit of His Excellency
The Lord Mayor to Meir Elias Hospital
His Excellency the Lord Mayor, Dr. Faeq Shakir, honored Meir Elias Hospital with a visit on the morning of
Monday, 9 / 12 / 946, and was received by His Excellency the Head of the Jewish Community,
the Secretary of the Hospitals Committee, the Hospital Director, and the doctors. His Excellency inspected all the institution's facilities
and departments, and extended his kindness to the patients, especially the poor among them, to whom he donated a large quantity of fruit
and flowers. The hospital administration takes this opportunity to offer its profound thanks to His Excellency the Mayor
for his encouragement of this charitable institution and wishes His Excellency success in serving the public interest.
Administration of the Israelite Community
Baghdad
Number: 957
Date: 11 / 12 / 946
Al-Bilad
Al-Akhbar
Al-Rafidain
To the owner of the esteemed Al-Alam Al-Arabi newspaper
Sawt al-Ahrar
Al-Shaab
Sawt al-Ahali
After greetings
We kindly request the publication of this news in the information section of the first issue of your newspaper, and we thank you.
Head of the Community
Visit of <del>His Excellency</del>
The Mayor of the Capital to Meir Elias Hospital ⟦Rasmi Khadduri the Pharmacist⟧
His Excellency the Mayor of the Capital, Dr. Faik Shakir, honored Meir Elias Hospital with a visit on the morning of
Monday, 9/12/946, and was received by His Excellency the Head of the Israelite Community, His Excellency Mr.
and the Secretary of the Hospitals Committee, the Hospital Director, and the doctors. His Excellency inspected all the facilities of the institution
and its departments, and extended his kindness to the patients, especially the poor among them, as he donated a large quantity of fruits
and flowers to them. The hospital administration takes this opportunity to offer its profound thanks to His Excellency the Mayor
for his encouragement of this charitable institution and wishes His Excellency success in serving the public interest.
Rabbi Sassoon Khadduri
Ibrahim Hayyim
Presidency of the Israelite Community
in Baghdad
Number:
Date:
1- Al-Bilad
2- Al-Akhbar
3- Al-Zaman
4- Al-Alam Al-Arabi
5- Sawt Al-Ahrar
6- Al-Shaab
7- Sawt Al-Ahali
To the owner of the esteemed ⟦newspaper⟧
We kindly ask you to publish this news on the pages of the first issue of your newspaper, and we thank you.
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Secretary
Visit of His Excellency
The Mayor of the Capital to the Rima Khedouri Hospital for Displaced Persons
His Excellency the Mayor of the Capital, Dr. Faik Shakir, visited the Rima Khedouri Hospital for Displaced Persons on the morning of
Friday, 1/17/1947, and was received by His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri, President of
the Israelite Community, His Excellency Mr. Ibrahim Nahoum, the Secretary of the Hospitals Committee, the Director of
the hospital, and the doctors. His Excellency inspected all the hospital facilities and extended his kindness to the patients, especially
the poor among them, as he donated a large quantity of fruit to them. The hospital administration takes this
opportunity to offer its profound thanks to His Excellency the Mayor for his encouragement of this charitable institution
and wishes His Excellency success in serving the public interest.
For filing
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Hospitals
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9 / 1 / 947
His Excellency the Respected Minister of Supply
After greetings and respect,
I attach herewith the petition of the Israeli Hospitals Committee in Baghdad regarding the request to supply them
with paper.
In view of their urgent need for this material, of which they always consume large quantities,
and because they are unable to obtain what they need of paper at appropriate prices from
the market, I have decided to beseech Your Excellency to look upon this request with compassion ⟦and give it⟧
attention.
With much gratitude and abundant respect to Your Excellency,
Respected
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Head of the Community
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His Excellency, the President of the Baghdad Court of First Instance, respected.
Plaintiff - Mr. Moshe Ezra - Tailor on Al-Sabkha Street - Albans Khan No. (1)
Defendants - 1) Mr. Eliyahu Hayyim Tawfiq in his capacity as President of the Lay Council in addition to the fund of
the Israelite Community.
2) Mr. Hakham Sassoon Khedhouri - in his personal capacity only - President of the Israelite Community
3) Mr. Anwar - Director of Meir Elias Hospital - in his personal capacity
Subject of the Lawsuit - I leased from the first defendant in his capacity as President of the Lay Council the two khans
numbered 242/256 and 56b / 242 located in the Al-Koulat neighborhood with the shop numbered 56d / 242
for a period of two years starting from 1 Cheshvan year 5707 corresponding to 26 / 10 / 46 - for a rent of (645) dinars
on the condition that I lease and utilize the two mentioned khans to others. When I received the two khans, I found seven rooms of the two
mentioned khans whose roofs had substantial defects in a way that makes them unfit for use and residence, along with the balconies attached to
the two mentioned khans - which caused tenants to refrain from residing in them and from increasing the rent amounts, a matter which
brought me heavy damages - and when I approached the defendants, they pledged to me to renovate and repair the rooms and balconies
that were ruined and unfit for use and residence, which are mentioned above, within a period of four days from the date of
the contract - otherwise, they would pay me all damages resulting from that without serving a formal notice, which were estimated
at the time at (171/250) dinars - jointly and severally - and I have demanded the defendants to pay the mentioned amount
but they refused - therefore, I request the summoning of the defendants to court and compelling them jointly and severally to pay the amount mentioned to me above
namely the first defendant in addition to the Israelite Community fund, and the second and third defendants
personally and as guarantors - while compelling them to pay all court costs, legal installments, attorney fees, and filings, and I reserve
the right to file a lawsuit for the rest of the damages, downtime, and losses that befall me as a result of that. With respect to Your Excellency.
Plaintiff
Mr. Moshe Ezra
Moshe Ezra
14 / 1 / 947
To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community
After greetings, -
I found it my duty, for the reasons I will state below, to address this letter to your Excellency
hoping you would kindly deliver it to the persons responsible for managing the community's affairs for review, and you will find enclosed
two additional copies for this purpose.
1- There is a plot of land opposite the main gate of Meir Elias Hospital, through which cars pass, owned
by the hospital. It is a remnant separated from the hospital land during the adjustment of the public street adjacent to the railway
line, and its map, drawn based on the plans of the Secretariat of the Capital, is located in the hospital administration.
Since this land has its importance at the present time, it must be fenced at the very least, keeping in mind
that the hospital can purchase the road remnants located next to it so that houses can be built on them
to be an endowment for the hospital.
2- There is also an endowment plot for Meir Elias Hospital located in Tell Umm al-Izam (in the Al-Kasrat neighborhood)
under number 32i / 242, and its area according to the Tabu deed is (2000) square meters. I have
constructed two khans on a part of it measuring approximately (1000) square meters in the year 1934, and these
two khans contain (40) rooms. They were built at that time from the hospital's rubble during the time
I was carrying out renovations there, and they are inhabited by poor families, and their annual rent amounts to
(-/300) Dinars. As for the remaining part of this land, which measures approximately (1000) square
meters, there was a dispute regarding the validity of its ownership by the hospital, as there was a second deed in the name of the heirs
of the late Rabbi Moshe Sadqa. I have conducted the necessary investigations to prove its ownership, and its ownership by the
hospital was confirmed to us by the Tabu before the Lay Council dissolved the Hospitals Committee last September,
noting that Mr. Salim Khabbaza, the community secretary, knows the details of that. Since this land -
has great value now, it must be attended to as soon as possible.
3- Some time ago, there were three houses endowed by Sir Elie ⟦...⟧zer Kadoorie to the Rimah Kadoorie Eye Hospital
located in the Al-Maharshal neighborhood. The Secretariat of the Capital expropriated them when it opened the street that passes
through that neighborhood, and their value was estimated, as I recall, at approximately (-/650) Dinars, and this
amount was deposited, I believe, in the Rafidain Bank. There is correspondence with the community administration in this regard indicating that -
this amount was deposited with the Rafidain Bank, naturally until the community administration decides to purchase real
estate, as I believe, to be endowments for the mentioned hospital instead of the endowments expropriated by the Secretariat. Please
take the necessary steps to follow up on that.
4- There is an endowment from Mrs. Simha, wife of the late Meir Elias, in the amount of (5000) five thousand Ottoman Liras
deposited at the time with the Alliance Society, then converted into French Francs at the time, according to the
relevant records in the Alliance schools. The hospital's share of this endowment is 75% and the remaining 25% is
to Midrash Talmud Torah. Indeed, the yield of this endowment used to come to the hospital from before the war until the year 1940.
Since 1940, those revenues have ceased, and therefore they must be attended to at the present time since the
war conditions that led to the cessation of these revenues have passed.
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Number ⟦...⟧
Date ⟦...⟧
Incoming Register ⟦...⟧
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5 - There is in the community administration box a copy of an endowment from the late Simha Eliyahu Shlomo Daoud, in which she endows all
her movable property; the funds are shares in London. Among the conditions of this endowment is that immovable property be purchased with them,
allocating 75% of it to the Meir Elias Hospital and the remaining 25% to the Torah of the late
Meir Elias. I had discussed with Mr. Shaul Saleh Eliyahu Shlomo Daoud the follow-up of this transaction,
and he has indeed begun doing so, and therefore this must be monitored.
On this occasion, I would like to point out that for a period of approximately two or three months, some men of the community
from those who manage its affairs at the present time, secretly from the Hospitals Committee or from the Lay Council,
have been collecting financial donations to assist the hospital fund (and this is not hidden from your Excellency, of course). The aforementioned
individuals were claiming during their collection of donations that the previous Hospitals Committee had left the hospital and it was
burdened with a deficit amounting to (6,000/-) Dinars. When I heard that, I was very surprised by the issuance of these
statements, but I interpreted it as the aforementioned individuals not having yet formed correct information about
the financial situation of the hospitals when the Council dissolved the Hospitals Committee in September 1946. Accordingly,
I found it appropriate and fitting to clarify here the reality of the financial situation at that date for the information of
the members of the community, as the truth contradicts that.
The month of September, in which the Hospitals Committee was dissolved, coincides with the middle of the fiscal year, and I would like to
list below a summary of the financial situation at the end of that month according to the relevant hospital budget.
Age | From | Ledger Page Number
Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar |
915 | | | | 6 Nursing Mothers Relief Association
556 | 30 | | | 7 Ottoman Bank
... | 445 | | | 119 Bills Receivable
842 | 4908 | | | 137 Value of assets in warehouses
| | | | of medicines, cotton, and food on
| | | | 1/4/1946
| | 333 | 1099 | 171 Claims against the hospital (Debts).
| | 948 | 2297 | 176 Salaries
714 | 118 | | | 177 Cash in the box
| | 015 | 1063 | 201 National School Reconstruction Expense.
027 | 5504 | 296 | 4460 | ⟦line⟧
296 | 4460 | | | Subtracting the assets from the claims as shown above.
731 | 1043 | | | Dinars, the surplus in the hospital accounts at the end of September 1946, i.e., in the month
| | | | in which the committee was dissolved.
In addition to that, unusual expenses were incurred by the hospital spent on repairs and
constructions during the period from the first of October 1945 until the end of September 1946. The committee was
obliged to spend them based on the request and warnings of the Baghdad Municipality, and they can be stated briefly below: -
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Dinar | Fils
1351 | 136 | Costs of fencing the road remnant acquired by the hospital, following several requests followed by warnings from the Baghdad Municipality demanding it be fenced with cement, brick, and gypsum. The length of the constructed wall is 225 meters, excluding two large iron gates and a high wall separating the hospital from the neighbors.
1182 | 608 | Based on a warning from the Baghdad Municipality regarding the necessity of demolishing the facade of the National School on the public road, which is an endowment for the hospital, the committee was forced to rebuild that facade after its demolition and carry out other repairs in the school, the costs of which amounted to 1182/608 Dinars.
200 | | Repairing part of the courtyard where cars pass at the main hospital gate with bricks and bitumen, approximately.
100 | | The middle of the house numbered 12/28 in Sitt Hadiyah collapsed, so we carried out major repairs in it, the costs of which amounted to -/100 Dinars.
2833 | 744 | Total ⟦line⟧
It is worth mentioning in this section that the Lay Council used to allocate lump-sum allowances to the hospitals and mostly approved the budget with an estimated deficit of 2300 - 2400 Dinars.
And here I would like to ask, where is the deficit amounting to -/6000 Dinars that existed at the end of last September, i.e., the month in which the previous committee was dissolved? Even if we overlook the value of the storehouse assets on 1/4/1946, amounting to 4908/842 Dinars, and subtract it from the requests as mentioned above, there remains only the amount of 3865/911 Dinars as a verified debt on the hospital at the end of last September, offset by the amount of 2833/744 Dinars representing the extraordinary expenses detailed above, for which there are not, and have never been, any revenues to cover their costs, and which the committee was forced to spend during the past year based on several warnings issued by the Baghdad Municipality.
In conclusion, it must be said that since the community tasked me with managing the affairs of the hospitals from 1932 until 1936, i.e., for a period of 14 years, tens of thousands of Dinars had entered the hospital, and I often, or rather always, faced great financial hardship and an accumulated deficit in its budget. I used to find the necessary resources to cover it, but I believe that the affairs of these institutions proceeded as they should, and several reforms, expansions, and constructions were introduced to them, as stated in the report of the Hospitals Committee issued in 1944, despite that financial hardship that always possessed it. All of this was in complete calm, and it never prompted me to publicize or claim the existence of a deficit greater than the real one, or even the existence of any deficit at all. I also believe that the debt on the hospital at the end of September 1946, amounting to 3865/911 Dinars, is a normal debt that always existed; in fact, it happened that the debt on the hospital was multiples of this amount during the fourteen-year period during which I was managing the hospital. Please accept my highest respect.
Meir Cohen
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12 / 2 / 47
A copy of it to: -
2/2/947
Hospital
Special Power of Attorney
I, Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri, President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, in addition to my position,
have appointed the lawyers Nassim Rabie and Anwar Youssef Samih to litigate on my behalf, jointly and severally, in the lawsuit
numbered [blank] filed in the Baghdad Court of First Instance against the Secretariat of the Capital, and I have authorized
each of them with the following powers, namely:-
Following up on the aforementioned lawsuit in all legal ways, including first instance, appeal, cassation, in person and in absentia,
original and incidental third-party opposition, entering as a third party, notification and being notified, and conducting inspections,
selecting experts and appraisers, dismissing them, replacing them, establishing evidence, obtaining it, discussing it,
challenging it, and requesting judgment for damages. In summary, the aforementioned lawyers are authorized,
severally and jointly, to exercise all rights and powers regarding this lawsuit, whether
mentioned or not mentioned.
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Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri
President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
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3/5/947
His Excellency the Mayor of the Capital, Respected
After greetings,
It has come to our attention that Mr. Salman Ezra, owner of the house numbered 138/52, sequence 527,
located in the Al-Tawrat neighborhood and adjacent to the house numbered 138/5/4, Al-Tawrat neighborhood, sequence 529, which belongs
to the endowments of the Jewish community, the proceeds of which are spent on the sick and the poor, has submitted a request to your
respected municipality to subdivide his aforementioned house into several houses and to make the passage leading to his house a private road.
Since the aforementioned passage has a limited height and above it there is a room belonging to the house numbered
138/5/4 (from the endowments of the Jewish community), as shown in the deed and the Tabu map for the house numbered
138/52 belonging to Mr. Salman Ezra, we therefore do not agree to the creation of a second door for the aforementioned house
and consequently making the aforementioned passage a private road, due to the injustice and damage that ⟦will befall⟧ ⟦this⟧ ⟦house⟧.
We therefore request your respected municipality to audit the deed and the Tabu map of the house belonging to Mr. Salman
Ezra, the aforementioned person, and to issue your decision not to approve this subdivision and making the aforementioned passage a private road.
With our respect to your Excellency and many thanks.
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Head of the Community
3/19/1947
Ottoman Bank
Baghdad
Greetings,
Further to our letter No. 9135 dated 12/3/1946.
Due to the resignation of Mr. Eliyahu Karim from the secretariat of the Israeli Hospitals Committee
in Baghdad, it has been decided to elect Mr. Naim Ezra Sofer as Honorary Secretary
for the aforementioned committee instead of the resigned Mr. Eliyahu Karim. This election has been
approved by the Lay Council of the Jewish Community in Baghdad.
We request that you rely on the signature of the Secretary, Mr. Naim Ezra Sofer, instead of
Mr. Eliyahu Karim in the event of withdrawing funds for the committee's account at your bank, provided that
the signature of the President or his deputy is added to it as recorded in our letter referred to above.
Below is a specimen of Mr. Naim Ezra Sofer's signature for your records. Sincerely,
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2/19
Specimen of Mr. Naim Ezra Sofer's signature
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On behalf of
President of ⟦illegible⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Number 106
Date 5 / 3 / 947
His Excellency the Honorable Mayor of the Capital
After greetings, it has come to our attention that Mr. Salman Ezra, owner of the house numbered 52 / 138
sequence 527 located in the Torah neighborhood adjacent to the house numbered 54 / 138 Torah neighborhood sequence
<del>529</del> belonging to the endowments of the Jewish community, the proceeds of which are spent on the sick and the poor,
has submitted a request to your esteemed municipality to subdivide his aforementioned house into several houses and make
the passage leading to his house a private road.
Since the aforementioned passage has a limited height and above it are rooms belonging to the house
numbered 54 / 138 (from the endowments of the Jewish community) as shown in the deed and the land registry map
for the house numbered 52 / 138 belonging to Mr. Salman Ezra, therefore we do not agree to the creation of
a second door for the aforementioned house and consequently making the aforementioned passage a private road due to the injustice and damages
that will fall upon the endowment.
We hope your esteemed municipality will audit the deed and land registry map of the house belonging to Mr. Salman
Ezra, the aforementioned person, and issue your decision not to approve this subdivision and making the aforementioned passage a private
road.
Rooms
Audit
With our respect to your Excellency and many thanks
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President of the Community
Copy of the letter from the Israelite Community No. 144 dated 3/27/1947
His Excellency the Minister of Interior, Respected
After greetings,
We wish to present to your Excellency that the Meir Elias Hospital is in dire need of a capable specialist surgeon,
given the community's dedication to introducing comprehensive reforms to the aforementioned hospital to enable it to perform
its humanitarian mission in the required manner.
S. M. Simon
Director of Bucyrus Hospital
Bucyrus - Ohio
America
We have selected a doctor named - S. M. Simon
Medical Director
Bucyrus Clinic
Bucyrus Ohio U.S.A.
He is forty years old and holds United States citizenship, as we have found that
he holds high degrees (which can be presented if needed) proving superior competence.
In view of what we know of your Excellency's kindness toward charitable projects, we have submitted this letter of ours
hoping for your kind approval to employ the aforementioned doctor and grant him an entry visa to Iraq as quickly -
as possible. Please, your Excellency, accept our great thanks and abundant respect.
Signature / President of the Community
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Hospitals
A / A / J