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Telephone No. | Jewish Hospital Institutional Company - Baghdad | Telephone Number
JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE | Jewish Hospitals Committee
( Meir Elias Hospital, Rimah Khedouri Eyes | ( Meir Elias Hospital and Rimah Khedouri Eye Hospital
Hospital & Dar-el-Shifa Pharmacy. ) | and Dar-el-Shifa Pharmacy. )
BAGHDAD. | Baghdad
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Established 1884 | Established 1884
No. ⟦line⟧ Number ⟦19⟧
Date ____________________ Date 1933/2/17
Subject ____________________ Subject
To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community
After greetings and respect;
In view of the warning received from the Baghdad Land Registry Department regarding the watercourse, the Great River, and the lands
of the Kurds belonging to the property of the Meir Elias Hospital, as the Awqaf Department has encroached upon them and intends to create
constructions and buildings on them and thereby obtain a new deed, the aforementioned department must be prevented by applying to
the court within a period of thirty days from the date of the mentioned warning, otherwise the aforementioned department
will register this land in the name of the Awqaf Department according to its request. Therefore, I hope you will kindly open the lawsuit
against the encroaching department and issue the order to sign the two attached petitions so they can be submitted
to the competent court. With our highest regards and respect to your Excellency.
Chairman of the Hospitals Committee
⟦Ibrahim Hayyim⟧
2122
19 February 1933
Opening a Lawsuit
To the Honorable Chairman of the Hospitals Committee
After greetings and respect,
With reference to your letter No. 194 dated February 17th current,
We agree to open the lawsuit mentioned in your letter being replied to, and you will find
enclosed the two petitions signed by us - and may you remain [in peace].
⟦The Right⟧
On behalf of
The Deputy Head of the Israelite Community
Capital Secretariat
Number 5274
Baghdad: Date 23 Safar 1352
17 June 1933
Special Form No. 14
To -
Head of the Jewish Community
The water pipe extending from the river to the Meir Elias Hospital belonging to you
is leaking constantly and its water is seeping onto the road near the electricity station and opposite
the Sarrafiya water station. Since this is resulting from the pipe being laid in an unstable manner and at an
insufficient depth, we request that you rectify this error and repair the pipe as quickly as possible.
Lord Mayor of the Capital
Copy to -
Baghdad City Water Supply Committee - with reference
to its letter numbered 8/3/837 and dated
10 / 6 / 1933.
Referred to the esteemed Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧
Head of the Community
18 / 6 / 1933
To the Hospital Committee ⟦illegible⟧
28 / 6
Please take the necessary measures and inform us of
the result and return the letter to this office
19 / 6
Respected Traffic Manager
To take the necessary action and repair
the pipe immediately
24 / 7 / ⟦illegible⟧
The aforementioned leak in Kamal al-Din Street has been repaired
officially ⟦illegible⟧
Capital Secretariat
Number 6009
Baghdad: Date 9 Rabi' al-Awwal 1352
2 July 1933
Special Form No. 14
To -
Head of the Jewish Community
Confirming our letter numbered 5274 and dated 17 June 1933
The water pipe extending from the river to Meir Elias Hospital, which belongs
to you, is still without repair and its water is leaking and seeping into the road near the
Electricity Center and opposite the Sarrafiya Water Center. Since this is resulting from burying the pipe
in an untechnical manner, please repair this defect with the utmost speed.
⟦signature⟧
Mayor of the Capital
A. R.
2162
12 Rabi' al-Awwal 1352 and 4 July 1933
Regarding water pipe 7
His Excellency the Mayor of the Capital, respected
Reference to your letter No. 5274 dated 23 Safar 1352 and 17 June 1933, confirmed
on 9 Rabi' al-Awwal 1352 and on 2 July 1933
The pipe in question has been reconstructed and repaired as you requested;
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Head of the Community
D
Telephone No. ⟦line⟧
JEWISH COMMUNITY'S
HOSPITALS BAGHDAD
ESTABLISHED
1884
Society of the Founders of the Hospital
Baghdad
Management Committee of the Hospitals
of the Jewish Community
Baghdad Number 197
Established in the year 1884
Telephone Number ⟦line⟧
No: 197
Date: 15/3/933
Date: 15/3/933
Subject:
Subject:
To the presence of the Honorable President of the Jewish Community
Greetings and respect;
Enclosed is a receipt for Rupees 2459/3/8, the amount belonging to our institution from the Waqf of Yusuf Ibrahim
Shalom, signed by me and by the treasurer; please certify it, with your Excellency's utmost thanks
and respect.
President of the Hospitals Committee
⟦signature⟧
This is to certify That The tow signatures in reverse
of this receipt are those of the President & treasurer of The Jewish
Community's Hospitals Baghdad
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16 March 1933
Certification of two signatures
The Honorable Chairman of the Hospitals Committee
Greetings and respect
H
Reference to your letter No. 197 dated 15/3/933
You will find the deposited receipt in question certified for its two signatures as per the regulations
⟦Sassoon⟧
Head of the Israelite Community
2142
22 June 1933
Meir Elias Hospital Car
His Excellency the Mayor of the Capital, respected
Greetings and respect
Due to the financial constraints of the Israeli Hospital (Meir Elias), it has been decided to dispense
with its car and put it up for lottery. We request you to inform us of your preliminary approval so we may provide Your Excellency
with further details,
On behalf of
The Head of the Community
⟦4⟧ Rabi' al-Awwal 1352
⟦27⟧ June 1933
With reference to your letter numbered 2142 and dated 22 June
We regret that we are unable to grant you permission to put the car belonging to the Israeli
Hospital up for lottery.
Mayor of the Capital
Special Form No. 15
Mayoralty of the Capital
Number: 3760
Baghdad: Date: 2 Rabi' al-Awwal 1352
26 June 1933
To
The Honorable Head of the Jewish Community
Reference to your letter numbered 2142 and dated 22 June 1933.
We regret that we are unable to allow you to place the car belonging to the Jewish Hospital
in the lottery.
Mayor of the Capital
⟦illegible⟧
2204
6 Rabi' al-Thani 352 and 28 July 933
Placing the hospital car in the lottery
His Excellency the Mayor of the Capital, respected
Reference to your letter No. 5760 dated 3 Rabi' al-Awwal 352 and 26 June 933
We repeat to your Excellency our request to allow us to place the car belonging to the Israeli Hospital in the lottery, as the hospital
mentioned, as we have previously explained to your Excellency, is in a state of severe financial distress and is now in the most dire need of
conducting a charitable lottery such as this.
⟦Adel⟧
Head of the Community
⟦illegible⟧
Special Form No. 14
Mayoralty of the Capital
Number 7229 Y - L 99
Baghdad: Date 12 Rabi' 2 / 352
5 August / 1933
To
The Head of the Jewish Community
Subject - Car Lottery
Reference to your letter numbered 2204 and dated 28 / 7 / 1933
We cannot grant the permit unless you confirm to us above all else that the drawing will
actually take place on 5 November 1933. If you do not do so, the permit shall be considered
cancelled without prior notice, and you will be obligated to return the prices of the tickets
that have already been sold without delay.
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Mayor of the Capital
A 10
Office of the Presidency of the Community in Baghdad
Number 869
Date 6 / 8 / 33
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF RABBI
BAGHDAD
Review
To be written accordingly
2299
16 Rabi' al-Thani 352 and 7 August 933
Car Lottery
His Excellency the Respected Mayor of the Capital
Reference to your letter No. 7329 dated 13 Rabi' al-Thani 352 and 5 August 933
We confirm to your Excellency that the drawing will indeed take place before 5 November 1933.
Lu
Sassoon
Head of the Israelite Community
⟦illegible⟧
Administration of the Lay Council
of the Israelite Community
Baghdad
Lay Council * Baghdad
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
BAGHDAD
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No: 2228
Date: 4 August 933
Subject: ⟦line⟧
His Excellency the Respected Head of the Community
After greetings and respect
Since the Hospitals Committee intends to dispense with the services of the preparer employed
in the Dar al-Shifa pharmacy, Daoud Effendi, we request the preliminary approval of the Director of Health of the Capital for the appointment of
the pharmacist Ishaq Effendi Ishaq, a graduate of Istanbul College.
⟦signature⟧
Vice President of the Lay Council
Office of the Chief Rabbi - Baghdad
Number 868
Date 4 / 8 / 33
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF RABBI
BAGHDAD
2222
13 Rabi' al-Thani 352 and 4 August 933
Dispensing with the services of a pharmacist
Capital Health Directorate
As it is intended to dispense with the services of the preparer employed in Dar al-Shifa Pharmacy, Daoud
Effendi, we request your preliminary approval for the appointment of Ishaq Effendi Ishaq in his place, who graduated
from Istanbul College.
⟦Alwan⟧
Head of the Israelite Community
Special Form No. 15
Mayoralty of the Capital
Number: 2926
Baghdad: Date: 16 Rabi' al-Thani 52
7 August 1933
To the Presidency of the Israelite Community in Baghdad
Reference to your letter No. 2233 dated 4 / 8 / 933.
This department sees no objection to employing the pharmacist Isaac Isaac
instead of the preparer David Eliyahu; please submit a petition in which he pledges that
he will manage the dispensary pharmacy.
⟦signature⟧
Director of Health of the Capital
Office of the Hakham Bashi - Baghdad
Number 879
Date 9 / 8 / 33
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF RABBI
BAGHDAD
Sh
Telephone No. 6 Founders of the Hospital Society - Baghdad Telephone No. 6
JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE Jewish Hospitals Committee
( Meir Elias Hospital, Rimah Khedouri Eyes ( Meir Elias Hospital and Rimah Khedouri Eye Hospital
Hospital & Dar-el-Shifa Pharmacy. ) and Dar-el-Shifa Pharmacy. )
BAGHDAD. Baghdad
Established 1884 Established 1884:
No. Number:
Date Date: 3 August 1933
Subject Subject:
To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community
Greetings.
Based on what was decided by this committee in its session held on 22/6/8
regarding the recruitment of two specialist doctors to be employed at Meir Elias Hospital, negotiations took place
and an agreement was finally reached to bring Dr. Jacob Sustman, a specialist in surgical diseases,
and Dr. Rosa, a specialist in internal medicine and gynecology. Since the aforementioned
are currently in Berlin and this committee wishes to recruit them to work for the account of Meir Elias
Hospital exclusively, which would be of great benefit to this institution, we request that you mediate
with the Directorate of General Health to obtain its approval for their recruitment. With our utmost
respect.
⟦illegible signature⟧
On behalf of the Chairman of the Hospitals Committee
Office of the Haham Bashi - Baghdad
Number 274
Date 22/8/6
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF RABBI
BAGHDAD
Written accordingly to the Directorate of General Health and a copy is sent
of this letter as well
To be filed
Given the importance of the matter
And Ibrahim suggested with the Hospitals Committee
That the President of the Community should go
himself to the Director of General Health
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17 Rabi' al-Thani 352 and 9 August 1933
Recruitment of two specialist doctors
His Excellency the Director of Public Health, Respected
After greetings
I submit herewith to Your Excellency a copy of the letter from the Hospitals Committee of
the Israelite Community dated August 3, 1933, in which the aforementioned committee requests the mediation of
this Presidency with your respected Directorate to obtain permission to recruit two
specialist doctors to be employed by the committee exclusively at Meir Elias Hospital.
I would be most grateful if Your Excellency would grant us the requested license
With much respect to Your Excellency,
H.
Sassoon
Head of the Community
Ministry of Interior
Directorate of Public Health
Baghdad - Iraq
Telegraphic Address: Public Health:
Telephone Number: 509 Baghdad:
Reference Number: ⟦illegible⟧
Date: 23 Jumada al-Awwal 1352
14 / 9 / 1933
To
His Excellency the Head of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad.
Subject: - Employment of two foreign doctors for Meir Elias
Hospital.
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After greetings, in response to your letter No. 2254 dated August 8, 1933
We have studied the subject of the request submitted by the management committee of Meir Elias Hospital, which includes
the mentioned hospital's need to employ two foreign doctors. Based on your endorsement of this request,
I found it appropriate to audit the request myself from all its aspects.
I personally took interest in studying the case of this existing hospital and reviewed
all the circumstances surrounding it, its management method, and its annual budget. I was very surprised by the state
of chaos I witnessed in the management of this charitable hospital and the private benefits enjoyed
by some of those in charge of its management. I do not wish to elaborate on describing the fluctuation I found in
its management method. It is sufficient to mention to the respected Jewish Community administration that its annual income
exceeds three thousand Dinars annually, while its technical efficiency and the benefit from its status
as a hospital are almost non-existent or nothing.
Therefore, I saw it as my duty to work on reforming the state of this hospital so it can perform
the duties assigned to it as much as possible. After looking closely into the matter, I submitted my recommendation to
the Ministry of Interior to approve the employment of the German Dr. Süstmann in the mentioned hospital.
Yesterday, I received the Ministry's reply containing its approval for the employment of the mentioned doctor,
via its letter No. 15178 dated September 13, 1933.
The conditions I set for approving the employment of the aforementioned doctor, which were approved
by the Ministry, are:
1 - This Directorate shall ratify the terms of his employment agreed upon between the Community
and him.
2 - (a) Dr. Süstmann's work shall be restricted to the service of Meir Elias Hospital,
and he shall remain in the hospital as an internal physician, and he shall not have the right
to practice his profession for anyone other than the mentioned hospital in any form whatsoever.
(b) Dr. Süstmann shall manage the hospital from both administrative
and technical aspects, and he shall be the director responsible for all its actions towards the Public Health
administration regarding the implementation of laws, regulations, and instructions, and receiving
correspondence and responding to it. I mean that this doctor shall be the one responsible
for the management of this hospital towards the Government.
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(c) The aforementioned doctor shall pay the legal registration fee amounting to (37/500)
dinars before commencing his duties.
3 - The administration of the community shall implement everything requested of it by the Directorate of Public Health regarding reforms
in the management of the aforementioned hospital and the organization of its budget and affairs, based on the following
foundations:
(a) Reconsidering the hospital's staff establishment.
(b) Introducing the necessary technical elements into it.
(c) Organizing its administrative body and reforming its internal affairs.
(d) Completing the hospital building and expanding it on the basis it is currently following
with diligence and assistance.
After we have studied what was stated above, we would like to remind you that the approval to employ Dr.
Sustman, the German, at Meir Elias Hospital is in accordance with the conditions mentioned above, and we inform you that
the Directorate of Public Health will monitor the work of this hospital continuously and will also monitor
the reforms that the community administration will carry out in it in accordance with the Health Protection Law of 1929, and in
the event that the necessary reforms are not carried out in the aforementioned hospital within a period we specify for you, this
Directorate will withdraw the license of the aforementioned doctor.
After we studied the conditions of this hospital and its needs, we did not see a necessity for employing the second
female doctor discussed in the letter from the hospital management committee.
In conclusion, please be so kind as to inform us of your receipt of this letter and your agreement to implement
all the conditions contained therein. Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Director of Public Health.
Presidency of the Jewish Community:
Number: 965
Date: 17 / 9 / 1933
Issued to the Ministry of Interior
A. Q.
2244
19 September 933
Employment of Dr. Sustman
His Excellency the Director of Public Health, Respected
After greetings,
With reference to your letter No. 11403 dated 25 Jumada al-Awwal 352 and 16/9/33
We hope your Excellency will accept our abundant thanks for your interest in studying the condition of Meir Elias Hospital
and your care in reforming its administration.
The community administration undoubtedly agrees to all the conditions you have set for approval
on the employment of the German Dr. Sustman as a responsible director and internal physician for the aforementioned hospital
as it will also implement the required reforms.
Your Excellency will find enclosed a copy of the contract concluded between the administration of Meir Elias Hospital
and Dr. Sustman for your kind approval.
May your Excellency remain in full respect
Alwan
Head of the Israelite Community
⟦Presidency of the Israelite Community⟧
⟦illegible⟧
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Ministry of Interior
Directorate of Public Health
Baghdad - Iraq
Telegraphic Address: Public Health:
Telephone Number: 509 Baghdad:
Ref No: 12649
Date: 21 Jumada al-Thani / 1352
13 / 10 / 1933
To
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Greetings:
With reference to your letter No. 2344 dated September 20, 1933.
We agree in principle to the conditions contained in the employment contract sent with your letter
above, except for Article Eleven, to which another paragraph must be added, the essence of which is the necessity
of obtaining the approval of the Directorate of Public Health to keep the provisions of the agreement in effect for a
specified or unspecified period, as it is not permissible to employ Dr. Sustman after the end of the contract period
except after obtaining special approval from this Directorate; please add the mentioned paragraph
to Article (11) and submit the contract in its final form for approval.
Before approving the registration of Dr. Sustman with us so that he can work
in his position at Meir Elias Hospital, we would like to draw attention to the content of our letter No. 11403
dated September 16, 1933, especially Article Three thereof, and we request to be informed of the
measures taken by the committee in this regard. We also request to be informed about the progress of the system
of hospital management under which he will work, so that we can supervise the hospital's progress
accurately; please accept our highest respect.
Director of Public Health.
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Special No. 1007
Date 24 / 10 / 933
A reply was written - then a copy of this
letter is sent with the reply to the
Hospital Committee
Kida
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21 Jumada al-Thani 353 and 3 September 934
His Excellency the Director of General Health, the Respected
After greetings and respect
I wish to refer to your letter No. 11403 dated 25 Jumada al-Awwal 352 and 14 / 9 / 1934
in which you urged the necessity of introducing technical elements to the management of Meir Elias Hospital. Since that
date, we have been carrying out the reforms you requested in accordance with your instructions, and the reform is still ongoing in full swing
so that the hospital has become able to perform the services required of it.
Here, I wish to inform Your Excellency that the late Shaul Effendi Haham Heskel had
donated a Roentgen (X-ray) machine to the hospital, and its installation and the special building for it have been completed. All that remains is to appoint a specialist for it
to perform this work. Since Dr. Walter Katz, a specialist in analysis and radiology, has arrived in Baghdad
and we can employ him at a low salary, I ask Your Excellency to kindly grant him the necessary license so that he can practice
his specialty in Meir Elias Hospital - with respect to Your Excellency.
⟦Sassoon⟧
Head of the Community
Filed
⟦illegible⟧
MEIR ELIAS HOSPITAL
Meir Elias Hospital
Meir Elias Hospital
BAGHDAD
Baghdad
Baghdad
Telephone No. - 6
Telephone Number: 6
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No.:
Number:
Date: 24 / ⟦...⟧ / ⟦...⟧
Date:
To the Honorable Secretary of the Presidency of the Community
Greetings and Respect
Enclosed is the information requested by the Honorable Presidency of the Jewish Community ⟦...⟧
Sections
Administration
Financial
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362 Regua 6 in 656 Reg for his report 16
The Honorable and Respected Mr. Yusuf Ryala
Abundant peace with greetings and appreciation
On 16/8/362 in 656 Reg for his report 56 and in letter 60311, there remained in your custody and still is an amount
Eighty-two riyals and twenty-six cents in the Ryala trust, part of it for Tamara, and the remaining difference is from the allocations of Regara
And in the Ryala weekly until 17 Reg for the report mentioned above, no Ryalats appeared in his favor, nor did it appear in the Regara balance
This is the amount of allocations for him personally, Regarieh N A, and it is feared from what has drawn attention to the similarity
In the ratio of N L Regieh, and perhaps it is Rimneh A Reg Lth, and it must not be that it becomes clear to him the truth that I must A Lneh E
And until 17 June 17 Reg Bli, he is indebted to Gara for the amounts shown in the balance of my activity Al-Zubair, and it is feared from what is in
I have also, as Ryala follows, allocated in the news and in advance what is in Riyals belonging to him, Malq N L for the morning, that it is a series of Reg in it
Divide for him that he guarantees it before Kara in his Kara, the minutes of Regara and Nabala, Yahya in his Ab Ba Air, he resulted in A Lna for him Arig
Abundant ⟦...⟧ 17 and in it the morning - Regara Yusha Reg published Reg from Lht A
Sincerely
Ezra Lanyal Sia
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⟦illegible handwriting⟧
Letter from the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad No. 2956
Date 3/24/30 by the hand of Dr. Walter Katz
First Name: Walter
Surname: Katz
Date of Birth: 7/22/1896
Place of Birth: Nuremberg (Beside Gymnasium in Berlin)
Schools graduated from: Medical University (Freiburg - Berlin and Rostock)
Places where he worked: Reinickendorf Hospital in Paris / Vihd Hospital in Berlin
Duration he will stay in Iraq: Two and a half years
Where does he reside?: Meir Elias Hospital
His salary: Fifteen Dinars
Does he have relatives in Iraq?: He has no relatives in Iraq
His nationality?: German
Married or single?: Married