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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.
AI English Translation, Pages 1-25
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Frank Iny Schools Intermediate and Primary Alwiyah Al-Jadida - Baghdad Telephone: 91693 Number F/ 63 Date 21 / 2 / 1963 To the Honorable Director of Technical Investigation Police Greetings. It is intended to employ Mr. Khalil Askar as a teacher in this school, so please kindly order to provide him with a certificate of no criminal record, and with much thanks to you. Isaac Cohen Acting Director
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Frank Iny School Intermediate and Primary Alawiya Al-Hilla - Baghdad Telephone: 91693 Number F/: 20 / 63 Date: 22 / 2 / 1963 To the Honorable Director of Residency Greetings. We hereby certify that Ms. Liliane Maria Vignol, of French nationality, is a teacher of the French language in this school and is still continuing in her educational duties. She is also on the permanent staff and we are in dire need of her services. As the period of her residency in Iraq is about to expire, please kindly order the renewal of her residency. With thanks. Please accept our highest respect. ⟦signature⟧ Isaac Cohen Acting Director
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Frank Iny School Intermediate and Primary Alwiyah Al-Jadida - Baghdad Telephone: 91693 Number: F/ 63/19 Date: 2/1/1963 To the Honorable Director of Residency Greetings. We hereby confirm that Mr. John Maxwell Nicholson, of Australian nationality, is a teacher of the English language at this school and is still continuing in his teaching position. We are in need of his services, and as his period of residency in Iraq is about to expire, please kindly order the renewal of his residency. With thanks. Isaac Cohen Acting Director ⟦FRANK INY SCHOOL⟧
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Intermediate and Primary School Alawiya Al-Jadriya - Baghdad Telephone: 91693 Date: 11/29/1962 Directorate of Transport and Traffic Police Greetings. We confirm to you that Mr. John Maxwell Nicholson is a teacher in this school and he has sent his passport No. 268086 to the Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province among the necessary papers for appointment. Based on his request, we have provided him with this letter. Please accept our highest respect. Isaac Cohen Acting Director
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Number - A.Kh / - Date 2 / 11 / 1962 ⟦illegible⟧-raqi ⟦illegible⟧-General ⟦illegible⟧-Baghdad District - ⟦illegible⟧ - Shamash Preparatory School in Baghdad Subject / Purchase of typewriters ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧-us from your purchase of English and Arabic typewriters for the purpose of using them in training stude-⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧-r in the school. The selling company must provide us with the typewriter numbers and their descriptions. Yassin Darwish Director of Security for Baghdad District
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Frank Iny School Intermediate and Primary Alwiyah Al-Jadida - Baghdad Telephone: 91693 Number: F/22 Date: 7 / 11 / 1962 Directorate of Travel and Nationality Greetings. Subject: Request for Death Certificate Reference to your letter numbered 30/3827/32221 dated 24 / 10 / 1962 Addressed to the Capital Health Directorate, with a copy to us regarding the request for a death certificate for the person named Bukud. We have previously replied in our letter numbered F/287/62 dated 10 / 10 / 1962 to the Presidency of the Mosaic Community, with a copy to you regarding this matter. We confirm for the second time that we have not found the name of Mr. Bukud in the records of my schools Laura Kadoorie and Albert Sassoon, where the aforementioned person was studying at the time, given that the majority of the records of these two schools were lost after their closure in 1951. We attach herewith a copy of our letter referred to above for your information. Please accept our highest respect. Isaac Cohen Acting Director Copy to / Presidency of the Mosaic Community - for your kind information.
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Frank Iny School Intermediate and Primary Alwiyah Al-Jadida - Baghdad Telephone: 91693 Number: F/62/ Date: 7/11/1962 Directorate of Travel and Nationality Greetings. Subject: Request for Death Certificate Reference to your letter numbered 32221/3827/30 dated 24/10/1962 Addressed to the Capital Health Directorate, with a copy to us regarding the request for a death certificate for the person named Bukud. We have previously replied in our letter numbered F/287/62 dated 10/10/1962 to the Presidency of the Mosaic Community, with a copy to you regarding this matter. We confirm for the second time that we have not found the name of Mr. Bukud in the records of my schools, Laura Kadoorie and Albert Sassoon, where the aforementioned person was studying at the time, given that the majority of the records of these two schools were lost after they were closed in 1951. We attach herewith a copy of our letter referred to above for your information. Please accept our highest respect. Isaac Cohen Acting Director Copy to / Presidency of the Mosaic Community - for your kind information.
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The Iraqi Republic Directorate of General Security "Travel and Nationality" Incoming Stamp Office :- <del>Central Investigation</del> Number :- 2222 / 20 / 2827 Date :- <del>24 / 10 / 1962</del> To :- Directorate of Health of the Capital Subject/ Request for Death Certificate The Jewish man named Bukud or (Shaul Bukud) died in Baghdad on Wednesday, the twenty-eighth of October 1936 AD We request that you provide us with a certified copy of his death certificate for the purpose of verifying the truth of his nationality. ⟦illegible⟧ Shakir Numan Director of Travel and Nationality A copy to/ Director of Frank Iny School in Baghdad - Please respond to the letter of the Presidency of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad No. T/505/ on 1 / 10 / 1962 and inform us of the nationality of the deceased and the names of his relatives and their addresses as quickly as possible Muwaffaq/
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Frank Iny School Intermediate and Primary Alwiyah Al-Jadida - Baghdad Telephone: 91693 ⟦line⟧ Ref No.: 62 Date: 1 / 11 / 1962 To the Honorable Director of Technical Investigations Greetings. It is intended to employ Mr. John Maxwell Nicholson, an Australian national, as a teacher of the English language in this school. Please order that he be provided with a certificate of no criminal record in two copies, and with much thanks to you. ⟦illegible circular stamp⟧ Isaac Cohen Acting Director
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Frank Iny School 144 Intermediate and Primary Alwiyah Al-Jadidah - Baghdad Telephone: 91693 Number: F/ 62/ Date: 11/10/1962 To the Honorable Director of Technical Investigations Greetings. It is intended to employ Mr. John Maxwell Nicholson, an Australian national, as a teacher of the English language in this school. Please order that he be provided with a certificate of no criminal record in two copies, and with much thanks to you. ⟦Frank Iny School⟧ ⟦Baghdad⟧ Isaac Cohen Acting Director
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Number: Sh/ 116 / 62 Date: 28 / 10 / 1962 Baghdad District Security Directorate - Newspapers Subject: Purchase of typewriters Greetings. Our school is in need of English and Arabic typewriters for the purpose of training students who are in the commercial department on typing. Given that the current academic year has started some time ago, please kindly approve the purchase of the necessary machines as quickly as possible, please, with thanks. ⟦illegible⟧ Isaac Cohen Acting Director
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Shamash Secondary School Baghdad Alwiyah Al-Jadida Telephone 91693 Number: Sh / ⟦112⟧ / 63 Date: 28 / 10 / 1963 Security Directorate of Baghdad Region - Newspapers Subject: Purchase of Typewriters Greetings, Our school is in need of English and Arabic typewriters for the purpose of training students who are in the commercial department on typing. Given that the current academic year has started some time ago, please kindly approve the purchase of the necessary machines as quickly as possible, please, with thanks. ⟦signature⟧ Isaac Cohen Acting Director
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In the name of God Frank Iny School Intermediate and Primary Baghdad Telephone Number 91693 Ref No.: 630 Date: 10 / 10 / 1962 Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Greetings. Reference to your letter numbered T/ 509 / 62 dated 1 / 10 / 1962 addressed to the Directorate of Travel and Nationality, a copy of which was sent to us. Since most of the records of the Laura Kadoorie and Albert Sassoon schools have been lost, most of them, we did not find the name of Mr. ⟦Bukud⟧ in the remaining records. Please accept our highest respect. ⟦signature⟧ Isaac Cohen Acting Director Copy to / Directorate of Travel and Nationality.
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Frank Iny School Intermediate and Primary School Building - Al-Sa'adoon Telephone ⟦86131⟧ ⟦line⟧ 1/10/1962 To the Honorable Director of Residency - Baghdad Greetings. Our school is in dire need of the services of Mr. John Maxwell Nicholson of Australian nationality to teach the English language in this school for the academic year 1962 / 1963, and the person referred to is currently in England and has been contracted through an advertisement in the newspapers to perform the task of teaching in place of the British teacher Marjorie Lucil, who was previously employed by our school for the academic years 1959 - 1961 and who severed her relationship with this school as she left Iraq during the past summer vacation. Therefore, please kindly approve granting Mr. John Maxwell Nicholson the necessary visa to enter Iraq ⟦by telegram⟧ at our expense, in the interest of the students, especially since the academic year has begun, noting that the aforementioned person has not previously entered Iraq in the past. Please accept our highest respect. ⟦illegible⟧ FRANK INY SCHOOL ⟦illegible⟧ Isaac Cohen Acting Director
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Frank Iny School Intermediate and Primary Alwiyah Al-Jadida - Baghdad Telephone: 91693 Number: ⟦illegible⟧ Date: 10/8/1962 To the Honorable Director of Residency - Baghdad Greetings. Our school is in urgent need of the services of Mr. John Maxwell Nicholson of Australian nationality to teach the English language in this school for the academic year 1962/1963. The person referred to is currently in England and has been contracted via advertisement in newspapers to carry out the teaching mission for us in place of the British teacher Marjorie Lucil, who was previously employed at our school for the academic years 1959 - 1961 and who severed her relationship with this school when she left Iraq during the past summer vacation. Therefore, please kindly approve granting Mr. John Maxwell Nicholson the necessary visa to enter Iraq by telegram at our expense, in the interest of the students, especially since the academic year has already begun, noting that the aforementioned person has not previously entered Iraq in the past. Please accept our highest respect. FRANK INY SCHOOL Frank Iny School - Baghdad Isaac Cohen Acting Director In The Australian referred to is
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Shamash Secondary School Frank Iny School Intermediate and Primary Baghdad Telephone Number 91693 Number: F/ 62 Date: 6/2/1962 To the Honorable Director of Residency Greetings. It is intended to employ Mrs. Marjorie Lucel ( ⟦Marjorie Lucel⟧ ), a British national, as a teacher to teach the English language in this school. She has previously worked in this school during the two years 59/1960 and 60/1961, then she joined the University of Baghdad during the academic year 61/1962. Since we are in need of her services, please be so kind as to grant her a return visa to Iraq, noting that it is necessary for the aforementioned to commence her teaching duties in late September 1962. With our sincere thanks to you. ⟦signature⟧ Isaac Cohen Acting Director
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Shamash Preparatory School Frank Iny School Intermediate and Primary Baghdad Telephone Number 91693 Number: 126 / 62 Date: 6 / 6 / 1962 To the Honorable Director of Residency Greetings. It is intended to employ Mrs. Marjorie Lucil, of British nationality, as a teacher to teach the English language in this school. She has previously worked in this school during the two years 59 / 1960 and 60 / 1961, then she joined the University of Baghdad during the academic year 61 / 1962. Since we are in need of her services, please be kind enough to grant her a re-entry visa to Iraq, noting that it is necessary for the aforementioned to commence her teaching duties in late September 1962. With much gratitude to your Excellency. Isaac Cohen Acting Director
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Frank Iny School Intermediate and Primary Baghdad Telephone Number 91693 Number: F/ 161 / 62 Date: 24 / 6 / 1962 To the Honorable Director of Residency Greetings. We hereby confirm that Mr. Amin Mansour Mar'i is a teacher in this school and that we are in need of his services in the upcoming academic year. Since the aforementioned intends to spend the summer vacation outside Iraq, please be so kind as to order the facilitation of the process of granting him an exit and entry visa, noting that it is necessary for the aforementioned to commence his teaching duties in early October 1962. Please accept our highest respect. Frank Iny School Baghdad FRANK INY SCHOOL BAGHDAD Isaac Cohen Acting Director
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Frank Iny School Intermediate and Primary Baghdad Telephone Number 91693 Number: F/ 121 / 62 Date: 24 / 6 / 1962 To the Honorable Director of Residency Greetings. We hereby certify that Mr. Amin Mansour Mar'i is a teacher in this school and that we are in need of his services in the upcoming academic year. Since the aforementioned intends to spend the summer vacation outside Iraq, please be so kind as to order the facilitation of the process of granting him an exit and entry visa, noting that it is necessary for the aforementioned to commence his teaching duties in early October 1962. Please accept our highest respect. Isaac Cohen Acting Director Frank Iny School FRANK INY SCHOOL BAGHDAD
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Frank Iny School Intermediate and Primary Baghdad Telephone Number 91693 Number: F/ 62/106 Date: 5/6/1962 Directorate of Transport and Traffic Police Greetings. We confirm to you that Zuhair Munshi Dallal is one of our school's students for the academic year 1961 / 1962 and based on his request we have provided him with this letter. Please accept our highest respect. ⟦signature⟧ Isaac Cohen Acting Director
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Frank Iny School Intermediate and Primary Baghdad Telephone Number 91693 Ref No.: 38 / 62 Date: 20 / 2 / 1962 Directorate of Travel and Nationality Greetings. We certify to you that the students whose names are listed below were vaccinated against smallpox on 10 / 1 / 1962 along with the rest of the school students, and based on the request of their guardian, we have provided them with this letter. Please accept our highest respect. ⟦illegible⟧ Isaac Cohen Acting Principal 1 - Ferial Ezra Houresh 2 - Vivi Ezra Houresh 3 - Robin Ezra Houresh 4 - Albert Ezra Houresh
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Frank Iny School Intermediate and Primary Alwiyah Al-Jadida - Baghdad Telephone: 91693 Number F/ 62 / ⟦26⟧ Date 8 / 2 / 1962 To the Honorable Director of Residency Greetings. We hereby certify that Miss Lillian Maria Vignol, of French nationality, is a French language teacher at this school and is still continuing in her educational duties, as she is on the permanent staff and we are in dire need of her services. As her period of residency in Iraq is about to expire, please be so kind as to order the renewal of her residency, with thanks. Please accept our highest respect. FRANK INY SCHOOL * BAGHDAD Frank Iny School - Baghdad Isaac Cohen Acting Director
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Frank Iny School 144 Intermediate and Primary Alwiyah Al-Jadida - Baghdad Telephone: 91693 Number: F/ ⟦26⟧ / 62 Date: 8 / 2 / 1962 To the Honorable Director of Residency Greetings. We hereby confirm that Miss Liliane Maria Vignol, of French nationality, is a French language teacher at this school and is still continuing in her educational duties. She is on the permanent staff and we are in urgent need of her services. As her period of residency in Iraq is about to expire, please be so kind as to order the renewal of her residency. With thanks. Please accept our highest respect. ⟦Frank Iny School⟧ ⟦FRANK INY SCHOOL - BAGHDAD⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Isaac Cohen Acting Director