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IJA 3704

Correspondence between the Iraqi Government and the Baghdadi Jewish Schools

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These are documents from the Jewish schools in Baghdad. Included is correspondence between the Iraqi government and the Jewish schools administrations concerning employment of foreign teachers, students' behavior, graduate lists, and other administrative matters.

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Archive Reference
IJA 3704
Item Number
6613
Date
Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages
Arabic, English
Keywords
Abdullah S. Obadiah, Annotation, Baghdad College, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Citizenship, College Entrance Examination Board, Correspondence, Employment, Financial, Frank Iny School, Handwritten, Ink Stamp, Iraqi Government, Jewish Lay Council, Labor, Laura Khedouri School for Girls, Letterhead, Ministry of Education, Ottoman Bank, Photograph, President of the Mosaic Community, Revenue Stamp, Shamash Secondary School, Students, Sun Crest, Teachers, Typed, University of Baghdad

AI en Translation, Pages 351-375

Page 351

Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
Number ⟦line⟧ F/ 267
Date ⟦line⟧ 22 / 3 / 1966
To the Respected Principal of the Sisters of the Presentation School
Our school administration has no objection to registering the names of the students Riyadh Saleh Moshi
and Jamil Saleh Moshi in your school's student lists for the purpose of their participation in the
Certificate exam for this year.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible⟧
Isaac Cohen
Acting Principal

Page 352

Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
Number: N/ 88 / 267
Date: 22 / 3 / 1966
To the Honorable Principal of the Sisters of the Presentation School
Our school administration has no objection to registering the names of the students Riyadh Saleh Moshi
and Jamil Saleh Moshi in your school's student lists for the purpose of their participation in the
Sertifika ( ⟦Certificate⟧ ) exam for this year.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Isaac Cohen
Acting Principal
⟦faint blue stamp or bleed-through text⟧

Page 354

Sequence | Student Name | Grade Average in Fourth Grade 1952/1953 | Daily Effort in Fifth Grade 1953/1954 | Grade in Ministerial Exam 1953/1954 | Remarks
1 | Akram Habib Shalom | 67 | 68 | 71 |
2 | Eliyahu Israel Hay | 79 | 78 | 81 |
3 | Eliyahu Khedhouri Danous | 72 | 66 | 77 |
4 | Emil Abdullah Battat | 80 | 81 | 84 |
5 | Edwar Abdullah Thukour | 75 | 70 | 77 |
6 | Prince Yousef Saati | 64 | 69 | 72 |
7 | Jamil Akouli Jassim | 77 | 80 | 79 |
8 | Jamil Menashi Nahoum | 62 | 62 | 62 |
9 | Saleh Aziz Abdul Nabi | 58 |  |  | Failed in the Fourth
10 | Sabih Ibrahim Hayek | 71 | 79 | 81 |
11 | Maurice Karhaji Shammash | 60 | 50 |  | Failed in the Fifth
12 | Yousef Eliyahu Yehuda Fawzi | 71 | 72 | 76 |
13 | Yousef Habib Hakham Daoud | 85 | 88 | 82 |
Sequence | Student Name (Female) | Grade Average in Fourth Grade 1952/1953 | Daily Effort in Fifth Grade 1953/1954 | Grade in Ministerial Exam 1953/1954 | Remarks
14 | Abigail Aziz Abdul Nabi | 61 | 61 | 45 | Failed in the Fifth
15 | Ida Naji Houri | 54 |  |  | Failed in the Fourth
16 | Irene Saqeel Balbool | 76 | 69 | 68 |
17 | Angeline Menashi Shua | 62 |  |  | Left
18 | Hannah Saleh Qahtan | 77 | 74 |  | Absent
19 | Hanina Menashi Muslihi | 44 |  |  | Failed in the Fourth
20 | Hanina Nassim Shua | 60 | 58 | 28 | Failed in the Fifth
21 | Dora Israel Kirkukli | 65 | 62 | 70 |
22 | Salam Yousef Hayyim | 64 | 62 | 56 | Failed in the Fifth
23 | Sylvia Ibrahim Shaal | 61 | 55 | 44 | Failed in the Fifth
24 | Claudette Ibrahim Shaal | 51 |  |  | Failed in the Fourth
25 | Claudette Yousef Hayyim | 52 |  |  | " "
26 | Gloria Moussa Zilkha | 58 |  |  | " "
27 | Lillian Saqeel Douri | 48 |  |  | " "
28 | Mary Haron Sheena | 60 | 56 | 42 | Failed in the Fifth
29 | Nour Saqeel Qanbi | 50 |  |  | Failed in the Fourth

Page 356

Shamash Preparatory School
Baghdad
Alwiyah Al-Jadida
Telephone 91693
Number: Sh / 267
Date: 27 / 3 / 1961
Ministry of Planning - Cultural Department
Greetings.
With reference to your letter numbered 17 / 2 / 10 / 3444 dated 8 / 2 / 1961, which was
conveyed to us by the letter of the Directorate of Education of Baghdad Governorate / Rusafa numbered 14427 and dated
15 / 3 / 1961.
We attach herewith a table with the names of male and female students of the 54 / 1955 session in accordance with your letter
above.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible⟧
Isaac Cohen
Acting Director
A copy to /
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Governorate / Rusafa

Page 357

FRANK INY SCHOOL
Intermediate & Primary
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
TELEPHONE NO. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
Telephone: 91693
No.:
Date.:
No.: 61/ ⟦...⟧
Date: 1961/3/22
Directorate of General Technical Affairs
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Rusafa / School Activities
Governorate of Baghdad Province
Secretariat of the Capital
Subject/ Play Performance
Greetings.
Reference to the letter of the Ministry of Education / Directorate of General Technical Affairs No. 11405 dated 1961/3/6
Please be informed that what was stated in our letter No. F/60/375 dated 1960/12/29 is that the proceeds
of the two performances is (150/-) Dinars and not (300/-) Dinars as stated in the Ministry of Education letter referred to
above, and these proceeds are distributed as follows:
Day and Date | Number of Tickets | Location | Ticket Price | Grand Total
Saturday 1961/4/15 | 200 | One location for students | 0/250 | 50/000 Dinars
Sunday 1961/4/16 | 100 | For students' parents one location | 1/000 | 100/000 Dinars
|  |  |  | 150/000 Dinars
Please accept our highest respect.
Isaac Cohen
Acting Principal
⟦illegible⟧

Page 358

FRANK INY SCHOOL
Intermediate & Primary
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
TELEPHONE No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
Telephone: 91693
No.: F/8/61
Date: 22 / 3 / 1961
No.:
Date.:
Directorate General of Technical Affairs
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Rusafa / School Activities
Governorate of Baghdad Province
Secretariat of the Capital
Subject: Play Performance
Greetings.
Reference to the letter of the Ministry of Education / Directorate General of Technical Affairs No. 11405 dated 6 / 3 / 1961
Please be informed that what was stated in our letter No. F/8/60 dated 29 / 12 / 1960 is that the profit
of the two performances is (150 / -) Dinars and not (300 / -) Dinars as stated in the Ministry of Education letter referred to
above, and this profit is distributed as follows:
Day and Date | Number of Tickets | Location | Ticket Price | Grand Total
Saturday 15 / 4 / 1961 | 200 | One location for students | 0/250 | 50/000 Dinars
Sunday 16 / 4 / 1961 | 100 | For students' parents one location | 1/000 | 100/000 Dinars
|  |  |  | 150/000 Dinars
Please accept our highest respect.
Isaac Cohen
Acting Director

Page 359

FRANK INY SCHOOL
Intermediate & Primary
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
TELEPHONE No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
Telephone: 91693
No.: 61 / ⟦13⟧
Date: 1961/3/12
No.:
Date:
Ottoman Bank - Baghdad
Greetings.
With reference to your letter dated 1961/1/6 addressed to us and copied to the General Income Tax Directorate, the total monthly salaries received by Mrs. Salma Amin, wife of Mr. Joseph Amin, an employee in your department, during the year from 1960/4/1 to 1961/3/31, amounts to (480/-) Dinars at a rate of (40/-) Dinars per month, including cost-of-living allowances as detailed below. Please add this to her husband's income for the purpose of calculating income tax.
Please accept our highest respect.
Isaac Cohen
Acting Director
| Dinar | Fils
Nominal salaries at a rate of (25/-) Dinars per month from 1960/4/1 to 1961/3/31 | 300 | ...
Cost-of-living allowances at a rate of (15/-) Dinars per month for the same period | 180 | ...
| 480 | ...
Copy to /
General Income Tax Directorate
With reference to the letter mentioned above

Page 360

Frank Iny School
Intermediate & Primary
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No.: 617 / F
No.:
Date: 12/3/1961
Date:
Messrs. Whinney Murray
Chartered Accountants
Greetings.
Further to our letter No. F/61/54 dated 23/2/1961.
We enclose herewith the original reply from the Central Telephone Directorate No. 5756 / 2252
dated 7/3/1961 in response to our above letter. Please acknowledge receipt.
With highest respect.
⟦Delivered⟧
Isaac Cohen
Acting Director
Copy to /
Central Telephone Directorate

Page 361

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No.:
Date:
Number: 61 / 54
Date: 11 / 3 / 1961
Messrs. Whinney Murray
Chartered Accountants
Greetings.
Further to our letter No. F/ 54 / 61 dated 23 / 2 / 1961.
We enclose herewith the original reply from the Central Telephone Directorate No. 3252/5756
dated 7 / 3 / 1961 in response to our above letter. Please acknowledge receipt.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Isaac Cohen
Acting Director
Copy to /
Central Telephone Directorate

Page 363

FRANK INY SCHOOL
Intermediate & Primary
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
TELEPHONE No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
Telephone: 91693
No.:
Number: 61 / ⟦73⟧
Date:
Date: 1961/3/5
Directorate of Labor for the Central Region
Subject/ Training of Iraqi Workers
Greetings.
Reference to your letter numbered 2297 and dated 14 / 2 / 1961.
Please be kindly informed that this school is licensed by the Ministry of Education and is officially subject to the regulations
and laws of the aforementioned Ministry and to inspection by this Ministry administratively, technically, and financially, and that the Ministry of Education is
the original authority for approving the employment of all teachers, both Iraqi and non-Iraqi. This is to fill
vacancies that occur from time to time in educational positions and according to the availability of those who have the capabilities to fill these
vacancies, as teachers and instructors are not workers, but rather there are special laws and regulations governing their affairs and duties.
Please note the Ministry of Education letter numbered 54054 and dated 6 / 10 / 1960 in this regard and the response
of the Ministry of Social Affairs to it in its letter numbered 14041 and dated 19 / 10 / 1960 which supports
what is stated above.
Please accept our highest respect.
Isaac Cohen
Acting Director
A copy to /
General Directorate of Labor

Page 364

Frank Iny School
FRANK INY SCHOOL
Intermediate and Primary
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
Telephone No. 91693
No.: F / 61 / ⟦1⟧
Date: 5 / 3 / 1961
No.:
Date:
Messrs. Whinney Murray
Chartered Accountants
Greetings.
Further to our letter No. F/52/61 dated 23/2/1961.
We enclose herewith the original reply from the Baghdad District Water Supply Administration No.
1/33/5348 dated 26/2/1961 in response to our above-mentioned letter. Please confirm
receipt.
Please accept our highest respect.
Isaac Cohen
Acting Director
⟦blue mark⟧
⟦mark⟧

Page 365

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No.:
Number: F/61
Date:
Date: 5 / 3 / 1961
Messrs. Whinney Murray
Chartered Accountants
Greetings.
Further to our letter No. F/61/52 dated 23 / 2 / 1961.
We enclose herewith the original reply from the Baghdad District Water Supply Administration No.
1 / 33 / 5348 dated 26 / 2 / 1961 in response to our above-mentioned letter. Please confirm
receipt.
Please accept our highest respect.
Isaac Cohen
Acting Director
⟦illegible⟧

Page 367

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No.: | Number: 61/F
Date: | Date: 5/3/1961
The British Bank
Greetings,
We hereby confirm that Miss Lillian Maria Vignol is a teacher at this school
on the permanent staff and receives a salary of (47/-) Dinars including
cost of living allowances, and we have provided her with this letter at her request.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Isaac Cohen
Acting Director

Page 368

Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No. / الرقم: F/62
Date / التاريخ: 5 / 3 / 1961
The British Bank
Greetings.
We hereby confirm that Miss Lillian Maria Vignola is a teacher in this school
on the permanent staff and receives a salary of (47/-) Dinars including
cost of living allowance, and we have provided her with this letter at her request.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible signature⟧
Isaac Cohen
Acting Principal

Page 369

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No.:
Date:
No.: 61/F/⟦line⟧
Date: 26/2/1961
Professor Ahmed
This is what is required
To be sent
If there is no need for it
Ottoman Bank - Baghdad
Greetings.
There is a current account with you under number 2088 in the name of Frank Iny School
Please kindly confirm the balance as of 30/9/1960 to Messrs. Whinney Murray
The Chartered Accountants directly and inform us.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible signature⟧
Abdullah Obadia
Copy to / Messrs. Whinney Murray - for your kind information

Page 370

⟦F⟧RANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No. ⟦line⟧ Number
Date ⟦line⟧ Date
Ottoman Bank - Baghdad
Greetings,
There is a current account with you under number 2088 in the name of Frank Iny School.
Please kindly confirm the balance as of 9/30/1960 to Messrs. Whinney Murray,
the statutory auditors, directly and inform us.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Abdullah Obadia
Copy to / Messrs. Whinney Murray - for your kind information

Page 371

Frank Iny School
Intermediate & Primary
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No.: F/61
Date: 26/2/1961
No.:
Date:
Ottoman Bank - Baghdad
Greetings.
There is a current account with you under number 2088 in the name of Frank Iny School
Please kindly confirm the balance as of 30/9/1960 to Messrs. Whinney Murray
the Chartered Accountants directly and inform us.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible⟧
Abdullah Owaidia
Copy to / Messrs. Whinney Murray - for your kind information

Page 372

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No. / Number: 61/F
Date / Date: 1961/2/26
Ottoman Bank - Baghdad
Greetings.
There is a current account with you under number 2088 in the name of Frank Iny School
so please kindly confirm the balance as of 1960/9/30 to Messrs. Whinney Murray
the Chartered Accountants directly and inform us.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦Abdullah⟧
Abdullah Obadia
Copy to / Messrs. Whinney Murray - for your kind information

Page 373

Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
Number: 601/F
Date: 22/2/1961
Directorate of Labor and Social Security Baghdad
Subject/ Sending the service book of Mr. Abdullah Obadia
Based on the appointment of Mr. Abdullah Obadia, the former principal of Frank Iny School and Shamash
Preparatory School, to the position of Assistant Professor at the Higher Institute of Industry according to the University of Baghdad letter
number 18593 dated 12/22/1960 and the letter of the mentioned institute number 2204 dated
12/25/1960. Therefore, we are sending herewith the social security book of the aforementioned person numbered 36235/A and
requesting you to inform us of its receipt, noting that the aforementioned person has resigned from his position in this
as of 12/24/1960 afternoon.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Isaac Cohen
Acting Principal
A copy to / The aforementioned person for information

Page 374

A large Frank
Industrial Bank Baghdad
Greetings,
There is a current account with you under number 2088 in the name of Frank Iny School. Please
be so kind as to provide confirmation of the balance as of 9/20/1960 to the Messrs. Directors of the Statutory
Auditors directly and inform us.
Please accept our highest respect.
The Director
Copy to the Messrs. Directors of the Statutory Auditors
To the Baghdad Electricity Authority
Greetings,
Please be so kind as to instruct the confirmation to the Messrs. Directors of the Statutory
Auditors regarding the insurance deposit amount for Frank Iny School in Al-Alwiyah, subscription number
44012, up to 9/20/1960 directly and inform us, please.
The Director
Copy to the Messrs. Directors of the Statutory Auditors for information.
Baghdad Telephone Directorate
Greetings,
Please be so kind as to inform us of the amount of the insurance deposit placed with you
in the name of Frank Iny School Alwiyah No. 22 / 6 / 15 for telephone 91692
for auditing purposes.
Please accept our highest respect.
The Director
Copy to the Statutory Auditors for information.
Water Supply Authority for the Baghdad Area
Greetings,
Please confirm to us that the insurance deposit amount placed with you in the name of
Frank Iny School Alwiyah, file number 22 / 6 / 15, subscription number ⟦2422⟧ and ⟦2422⟧
88 - 41 / 2 and 87 - 41 / 2
in the amount of 200/- Dinars, according to the two receipts numbered 21/27 and 17/78 dated
8/1/1954 and 7/18/1954 for auditing purposes.
Copy to ⟦...⟧

Page 375

Baghdad Municipality Secretariat
Mr. ⟦Committee⟧
Please kindly confirm to us that the insurance amount received by you
via receipt number 4558, book 45, dated 6/21/1954, is 5/250 Dinars
for the water insurance of the Francois Levy School, according to your letter No. 22/6/15
for auditing purposes
Please accept our highest respect
The Director
Copy to the Chairman and the Legal Auditors Department for information.