AI en Translation, Pages 76-100
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The speech improvised by Mr. Ibrahim Saleh on behalf of His Eminence the Head of the Jewish Community
Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri at the funeral of
The youth of Al-Baroudiya
Honorable Gentlemen.
The glorious and blessed leap taken by our beloved people had its great meaning and its
grave significance and its decisive impact. This noble people demonstrated their intense awareness, which the
colonizers and their minions long denied them, as they demonstrated that they are a people worthy of life, deserving of elevation and transcendence. And as they demonstrated that
they are that same people who emerged from the heart of the Arabian Peninsula fourteen ⟦centuries⟧ ago to illuminate the world with the light
of their principles, and they remain in struggle against the principles of injustice and tyranny that existed then until they overcame them and made them
a thing of the past, spreading the principles of justice and brotherhood in those vast regions extending from the borders of China in the east
to the shores of the Atlantic in the west.
Honorable Gentlemen
Among the weapons used by the colonizers and their minions was a poisonous and lethal weapon, namely
the weapon of division between the sects and religions of this country. Thus, these sinners worked with their intrigues contrary to what God intended
for religions; after they came as guidance for humanity and a blessing, they turned them with their snares and intrigues into evil and a curse.
May they be disgraced and die in their rage, for the conscious and leaping Iraqi people have silenced them with a stone and thrown down the gauntlet in their faces,
and rose united in the great sacrifice, meeting the bullets of the renegade traitors with their chests while unarmed, except for
the weapon of firm faith in their right to life, a free and happy life.
Honorable Gentlemen.
On my own behalf and on behalf of His Eminence the Head of the Jewish Community, Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri, and on behalf of the spiritual
and physical councils and the social and charitable institutions, I offer the deepest condolences for our loss of those ripening flowers and those
valiant heroes who sacrificed their lives to raise the word of the people. We feel here, as we are honored
by the presence of this noble gathering, that we are only paying a small portion of our duty toward our righteous martyrs, as the duty
incumbent upon us toward them is to realize their principles for which they sacrificed, those sublime principles for which
they gave their lives cheaply.
Let us all pledge to God that we will ⟦walk⟧ as one rank, united and hand in hand, separated by neither religion nor sect
nor race, toward the goals we all aspire to: toward complete and final independence, toward complete Iraqi unity
under the shadow of His Majesty King Faisal II the Great and his faithful Regent, His Royal Highness
Prince Abdul Ilah. We also pray to God that the current ministry succeeds in achieving the demands and aspirations of the people. Indeed, He is All-Hearing,
All-Answering. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of God and His blessings.
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Number: 564
Date: 1 / 2 / 1948
His Eminence the President of the Jewish Community, Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri, on behalf of the community, holds a
funeral service for the souls of the righteous martyrs of the nation at the headquarters of the Jewish Community Presidency near
Murjan Mosque Square for three days starting from Monday, February 2, 1948, from
three o'clock to six o'clock in the evening.
⟦line⟧
Dear ⟦line⟧ Respected
Please publish the above news in the local section of your issue issued tomorrow. Best regards.
Copy to
The Secretary
1- Al-Shaab 7- ⟦illegible⟧ 13- Al-Yaqdha
2- Al-Istiqlal 8- ⟦illegible⟧ 14- Liwa al-Istiqlal
3- Al-Hawadith 9- Sawt al-Ahali 15- Al-Rai al-Aam
4- Al-Akhbar 10- ⟦illegible⟧ 16- Al-Yaqdha
5- Al-Zaman 11- Al-Barid 17- ⟦illegible⟧
6- Al-Rafidain 12- ⟦illegible⟧ 18- Akhbar al-Yawm
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Baghdad
Number 566
Date 1 / 2 / 948
His Eminence the head of the Jewish community, Rabbi Sassoon Khadduri, visited the funeral councils held
for the souls of the martyrs accompanied by a group of members of his community, and they offered condolences, praying for the souls of the sons of
the nation who were martyred in the recent painful events.
⟦line⟧
<del>Al-Firaa Newspaper</del>
Please publish the above news in the local section of your issue issued tomorrow, and we thank you.
The Secretary
⟦27 / 1 / 8⟧
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
No. 568
Date 2/2/48
His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri, President of the Jewish Community, accompanied by His Excellency ⟦the lawyer⟧
Lawyer Salman Shina, Deputy for Baghdad, with a delegation of professors, lawyers, and community leaders, visited the Royal Hospital
and Al-Karkh Hospital to check on the condition of the wounded, offering them comfort, and the President of the Community distributed sweets, fruit, and cigarettes to
the wounded, wishing them a speedy recovery.
⟦line⟧
The Honorable Director of the Al-Gharra Newspaper,
Please publish the above news in the local section of your issue tomorrow, and we thank you.
Secretary
⟦Committee⟧
⟦Newspapers⟧
1- Al-Hawadith ✓
2- Al-Akhbar ✓
3- Al-Diyar ✓
4- Al-Zaman ✓
5- Al-Rafidain ✓
6- Al-Shaab ✓ | The news was not published
7- Al-Iraq
8- Sawt al-Ahali
9- Al-Yaqza
10- Al-Nahda
11- Al-Ra'i al-Aam
12- ⟦illegible⟧
Was not published
For the purpose of
10/2/48
2
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Number - 567
Date - 6 / 2 / 1948
His Eminence the Head of the Jewish Community, Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri, thanks Their Excellencies,
Eminences, Honors, and All Dignitaries and noble delegations who graced the funeral ceremony
held by His Eminence in the name of the Jewish Community in mercy for the souls of the righteous martyrs, praying to the Almighty
that this tragedy be the end of the sorrows of the honorable Iraqi people.
⟦line⟧
To the Manager of the Newspaper ⟦Al-Farra'⟧
Please publish the above news in the local section of your issue tomorrow, and we thank you.
Secretary
For Publication
Newspapers
Al-Ra'i Al-Aam
Al-Hawadeth
Al-Yaqdha
Al-Akhbar
Sawt Al-Ahrar
Al-Sha'ab
Al-Sa'a
Al-Zaman
Was not published
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
No. 571
Date 9/2/948
His Eminence the Head of the Jewish Community, Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri, set out the day before yesterday accompanied by a delegation of
members of their community and a delegation of students to the Sheikh Ma'ruf cemetery to visit the graves of the righteous martyrs and place a wreath on their pure
graves. Upon the arrival of the procession, the students began reciting psalms and religious hymns, then Mr. Shalom
Darwish, the lawyer, delivered a speech eulogizing the martyrs who gave their precious lives for the beloved homeland. After
the Head of the Community lit the candles, His Eminence recited a religious prayer for the souls of the martyrs and placed the wreath with his own hand on their graves,
and everyone returned with signs of deep sadness on their faces, praying for the souls of the righteous martyrs.
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Number 571
Date 9 / 2 / 1948
Dear Director ⟦line⟧ of Al-Faraa
Greetings,
Please publish the attached news in your newspaper issue tomorrow. Regards.
1- Al-Yaqza ✓
2- Al-Istiqlal ✓
3- Al-Rai Al-Am ✓
4- Al-Youm ✓
5- Sawt Al-Ahrar ✓
6- Sada Al-Shaab ✓
7- Al-Shaab ✓
8- Al-Zaman ✓
9- Al-Hawadith ✓
10- Al-Akhbar ✓
11- Sawt Al-Ahali
12- Al-Ittihad
For filing
⟦Mohammed⟧
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Sawt Al-Jeel (Voice of the Generation)
An Independent Political Daily Newspaper
Administration at Baghdad Hotel near Al-Zawra Cinema
Date 1 / 2 / 948
To His Excellency, the respected President of the Jewish Community
After greetings and respect
I place in your hands herewith a receipt for your subscription to seven issues of
this newspaper, requesting it be sent with the bearer at your convenience
⟦Kindly⟧
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
Anis Musa Al-Araji
Owner of the newspaper
For filing
Chief Accountant
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Sawt al-Jeel (Voice of the Generation)
An independent daily political newspaper
Sequence Number
10
Fils: —
Dinar: 1
Received from Mr. ⟦The respected head of the Israeli community⟧
Only ⟦one⟧ dinar and ⟦—⟧ fils
And that is for his subscription to the newspaper ⟦for the year 948⟧
Date 2 / 7 / 94⟦7⟧
Accountant
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Newspaper Owner
⟦illegible⟦
The Kingdom of Iraq
8 Fils
12 / 10
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Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
Head of the Israelite Community in Baghdad
Baghdad ⟦line⟧ on 20 / 3 / 1948
The (special issue of Al-Zaman) provides me with a good opportunity to salute the righteous
martyrs of the homeland and to offer condolences to the honorable Iraqi people for their painful tragedy. I pray to
God Almighty to bless this living nation, which has unified its ranks and joined
its hearts, and to fulfill for it what it aspires to of glory, goodness, and success under the shadow of the owner of the
redeemed throne, His Majesty King Faisal II, and his Regent and loyal Crown Prince, His Royal
Highness Prince Abdul Ilah the Great, and the pillars of his wise government. And God is the granter of success
to the paths of righteousness.
⟦illegible⟧
Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
Head of the Israelite Community
For preservation
Community Affairs
A.
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Number: Extraordinary
Date: ⟦20 / 10 / 1945⟧
Mother and Child
A guiding magazine discussing mother and child affairs
Published by the Child Protection Association in Iraq
Administration: The Association General Center: Baghdad
Telephone number 6696
Honorable ⟦Excellency Rabbi Sassoon Khidhouri⟧ respected
Blessed greetings and thereafter.
I am pleased to inform you that the Mother and Child magazine, which is published by the Child Protection Association in Iraq
and which deals with health and guidance matters related to mother and child affairs, has completed its first year successfully,
and for a year it has been diligent in performing its guiding mission toward society in general and toward mother and child in
particular. It is worth noting that the Child Protection Association seeks through its publication nothing but serving society through
guidance and orientation. The magazine's administration has seen in your honorable and educated personality the best supporter for our charitable and cultural project,
from which we seek nothing but the public benefit, the good of children, the happiness of mothers, and the comfort of fathers, if
you would be so kind as to inform us whether you wish to subscribe to the magazine or not. By subscribing to this magazine,
you facilitate its mission which it has taken upon itself to undertake.
Please accept our highest expressions of esteem and respect.
Sincerely,
Editor-in-Chief
Note: Please kindly respond within a week from today. The subscription fee for outside Iraq
is (650 fils), outside the capital (500 fils), and inside it (450 fils).
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⟦illegible⟧
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Abu Nuwas
An illustrated literary and humorous newspaper
Owner and Editor-in-Chief
Abdul Hamid Majid al-Tawafi
Administration: Jadid Hassan Pasha - Baghdad
Telephone: 7137
Number
Date
His Excellency the respected Rabbi Sassoon Khadduri
Head of the Jewish community in Iraq
Please kindly pay the subscription fee for the newspaper for a full year
(Amount: one dinar) starting from 1/1/48, with much thanks and gratitude
Sincerely yours, Director of Administration
⟦signature⟧
⟦illegible⟧
25
28 / 2 / 48
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2/11
In the file
Draft telegram
His Beatitude Patriarch Mar Paul Meouchi
The Most Blessed Maronite
Bkerke - Lebanon
Compassionate - The young man Nasim Mallawi - Consulate of Canada
7917 : N Mughlata
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Al-Khalisa
A daily social comic illustrated newspaper
Baghdad
⟦line⟧
Correspondence Address: Mamo Orchard No.
22 Z / 9 / 1 / 8
Licensee - Muhammad Khalis Al-Malahmadi
Monitoring of newspapers and magazines
My Master, of great honor and lofty standing
The editorial board of Al-Khalisa newspaper exerts its utmost efforts to preserve Iraqi dignity and defend
the rights of the nation, and strives to elevate the word and name of the people throughout the world in the five
continents, given its system with the bodies, associations, and libraries therein, noting that the newspaper
is independent and non-partisan.
Therefore, we are honored to submit this request of ours to your generosity and kindness and what you are famous for in serving
the country in a way that accepts no justification or interpretation, and this is what the people revere you for and carry every good memory of,
by providing us with your photograph to adorn the neck of the newspaper, with every hope that you will grant us what was written
in the receipt attached to this letter as an amount for a literary project whose assistance is required, and kindly send the amount
to the address written above, and awaiting your lofty order, we offer full veneration.
Administration
Baghdad
Al-Khalisa Newspaper
A daily literary social illustrated newspaper
Attachment - Subscription receipt.
For filing
Press affairs ⟦illegible⟧
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Issue No. ⟦56⟧
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Al-Khalisiya
A daily literary, social, humorous, illustrated newspaper
Fils | Dinar
- | 1
Only one Dinar and no other
Received from His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri the amount edited above
1 Dinar and - Fils subscription to Al-Khalisiya newspaper
For a full year from the date 1/1/948 to the date 31/12/948
And this receipt was edited on 1/1/948
Collector's Signature
Owner of Al-Khalisiya newspaper
⟦illegible⟧
This receipt is not considered received unless the signature of the collector or the signature of the newspaper owner
is also in the place of the collector's signature
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⟦Department Copy⟧
726
1948/8/26
The Iraq Times Newspaper - Al-Gharra
Greetings
Due to the relocation of the residence of His Excellency the Head of the Community to the house numbered
25 S 4 / 21 located in Al-Rakhita, please instruct your distributor to deliver
the newspaper to the aforementioned house starting from today. Thank you in advance.
⟦signature⟧
The Secretary
To be filed
Newspapers
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Department Copy
742
8/22/1948
Sawt al-Karkh Newspaper
Karkh side - Salahuddin Street
After greetings
We wish to inform you that we have not received the latest issues of your newspaper and we would be
grateful if you would instruct the distributor to deliver them to us
Note that we have previously paid the subscription fee for a full
year starting from 4/1/1948 according to receipt number 35 dated
4/4/1948. Yours truly.
⟦signature⟧
Secretary
8/22
To be archived
Newspapers
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To the Honorable Presidency of the Israelite Community
After greetings
Reference to your letter No. (742) dated 10/25/46
Regarding the non-delivery of copies of our newspaper Sawt al-Karkh for some
previous issues, we must inform you that we have sent them
successively by mail as previously, and we have no
knowledge regarding their non-arrival, and we regret this
delay on the part of the mail..
In this regard, we thank you for clarifying this to us
And God willing, the newspaper will reach you consecutively
without any delay, and may you remain [in health]
Owner of Sawt al-Karkh newspaper
⟦Nayif⟧
To be filed
The newspaper is distributed
⟦illegible⟧
10/25/46