Correspondence between Iraqi Government and Jewish Community – Citizenship Issues; Financial Matters; New Community Leaders
View interactive document pageThese are archival materials from the Baghdadi Jewish community containing correspondence from the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews and the President of the Jewish Community. It includes: letters to and from the Minister of Justice concerning the death of Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri; requests for assistance from community members; elections for the Jewish community council; donation of Torahs to the Ministry of Justice’s library upon request; letters to and from the General Organization for Housing regarding the Jewish cemetery; correspondence with the Secretary of Frozen Funds regarding: the sale of frozen shares in the Times publishing company; shareholders with revoked nationality; company liquidation; and debt repayment; correspondence with the Revolutionary Command Council including letters to Saddam Hussein, then Deputy of the Revolutionary Command Council, regarding complaints about the seizure of property revenues and confiscation of a bank account belonging to Iraqi Jews; correspondence with the Director of Public Security regarding new citizenship laws; correspondence with the president of the Alliance of Non-Zionist Jews in Canada regarding his visit to Iraq; and correspondence to the United Nations, expressing the Iraqi Jewish community’s loyalty to Iraq. There is also a request to the Ministry of Information for Assyrian, Sabean, Yazidi, and Jewish holidays to be included in the annual calendar; a letter from the General Broadcasting and Television Office regarding the film, Man of Peace; a letter regarding the gift of Torah scrolls to the Jewish communities in England and Sweden; a letter to Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (President of Iraq), complaining of the continuation of discrimination against Jews in spite of the decree to treat Iraqi Jews equally as Iraqi citizens; letters to the Ministry of the Interior regarding the freezing of bank accounts; permission to sell properties; the confiscation of a synagogue in Basrah; maintaining and revocation of Iraqi nationality; and a list of community members eligible to serve on the administrative council. There are also copies of the Iraqi Gazette from 1958, 1961 and 1973.
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Telephone No. 83531 President No. T/: 1017 / 3 Date: 20 / 6 / 73 Subject /: ⟦line⟧ In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful His Excellency the Minister of Interior, respected After greetings We attach herewith the petition of the applicant Nazem Khadouri Saleh Cohen. Please consider it with kindness, and to your Excellency much thanks and respect. ⟦signature⟧ Meer Basri Acting President of the Community ⟦illegible⟧
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful To the Honorable Minister of Interior Through the Honorable Head of the Jewish Community Presented to your Excellency: Your esteemed ministry previously approved my travel outside of Iraq, and I obtained a passport from the Directorate of General Nationality; however, on May 8, 1973, at Baghdad International Airport, I was prevented from traveling and returned back home. When I visited the Directorate of General Nationality to inquire about the reason for the ban, I received no answer other than being banned from travel. Since I have not committed any crime and was not indebted to anyone or any official entity, I have submitted this petition, appealing to your Excellency to order the lifting of the ban on me and to allow me to travel. The matter is yours to decide, sir. The Petitioner Nazim Khadouri Saleh Cohen June 20, 1973
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad Telephone No. 83531 President No. L /: 665 / ⟦3 / 7⟧ Date: 13 / 6 / 1973 Subject /: The Honorable Minister of Justice Presidency of the Legal Codification Bureau Greetings and respect Furthermore, the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets has seized some of the community's endowments and properties without any legal justification, including: 1 - 267/504 shares of properties 2/57 and 4/57 in the Bab al-Agha neighborhood, which are endowed and their endowment is registered in the Real Estate Registry. It has begun collecting their yields and registering them as deposits in the name of the Mosaic community, and despite all attempts and communications for more than five years, the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets has not disbursed any of these deposits to the trustee (the Mosaic community). 2 - There are multiple properties endowed by legal deeds not registered in the Real Estate Registry, and the Secretariat for Frozen Assets has seized them on the grounds that they belong to persons whose Iraqi citizenship was revoked. Upon our recourse to the courts for a period exceeding five years, the Iraqi Court of Cassation issued its decision No. 161 and 202 First General Body / 72 dated 2/17/1973, considering these properties as endowment and ruled against the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets to relinquish control over them and hand them over to the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews and to disburse the accumulated amounts from the yields of these endowments. We have executed this judgment according to the procedures at the Baghdad Execution Presidency on 4/10/1973, and despite the General Secretariat being notified of this judgment, it did not provide a legal response and did not implement its contents (attached is a copy of the Court of Cassation decision to be implemented). Mr. Minister The Mosaic community is linked to your esteemed ministry under its Law No. 167 of 1963 and the instructions of the Ministry of Justice published in the Iraqi Gazette No. 4104 dated 2/25/1958, and your esteemed ministry, under this law, is the supervisor of our administrative committee's work, and all the committee's actions and petitions are referred to your ministry. Accordingly, we present this legal and humanitarian problem to your attention to kindly take what you deem appropriate to establish justice and remove the injustice and grievance from our committee. This is with the knowledge that the yield of these properties' endowments constitutes the largest part of the community's income, so encroaching upon them and not utilizing them disrupts the community's work such that our committee is unable to spend on schools, charitable institutions, assisting the needy, orphans, and widows, securing their livelihood, and treating and medicating their sick, and the committee's inability, in its capacity as the trustee, to fulfill the conditions of the endower as well as carry out its financial responsibility according to labor and social security laws and fulfill the rights of its employees, including officials, teachers, instructors, and workers. (To be continued) 55
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad Telephone No. 83531 President ( 2 ) Number L / ⟦625⟧ / ⟦3⟧ / 73 Date 13 / 6 / 1973 Subject / ⟦line⟧ Dear Mr. Minister, I submit herewith the report of the chartered accountants regarding the audit of the accounts of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews for the year ending on 6/30/1972, from which the aspects of expenditure and the deficit that occurred for some endowments as a result of the exploitation by the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets of those endowments, including: The Menachem Salih Daniel School has its own endowments for its management and spending on it and on its needy students. However, the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets seized its endowments without legal justification, such that the Committee was forced, in order for the school to continue, to borrow to cover the deficit, and this deficit accumulated until the debt on the mentioned endowment reached 43912/643 Dinars as of 10/1/1971 (please note the two pages of the report marked in red ink (XX)). Mr. Minister, There is no doubt that our community has shrunk significantly due to the departure of a large number of its members, but allow me to present to your attention that expenses have not decreased much despite this, due to the continuation of heavy financial responsibilities within the previous formations, including the continuation of the schools managed by our community (which are Shamash Secondary School, Frank Iny Intermediate School, and Menachem Salih Daniel Primary School), noting that these schools are not limited to Jewish students, but include a significant number of teachers, instructors, and pupils from various communities. Added to that is the obligation to pay the rights of employees and teachers according to labor laws, social security, and the Private Teachers Pension Fund, etc. In addition to the presence of a large number of needy and unemployed people whom our community provides with assistance according to the terms of the endowment. We also mention that the wall of the community's large cemetery in the Al-Habibiya neighborhood has collapsed and fallen, and the cemetery has become exposed and detrimental to the surrounding residential neighborhood, and it has become our duty to re-fence it to preserve the sanctity of the dead and public health requirements. Our committee, which performs its duties voluntarily, takes pride in the support of the esteemed government and your precious confidence, and sincerely hopes to remedy the matter by applying the law and continuing spending on cultural institutes and helping orphans and the needy and other expenses, and ordering the intervention of your respected ministry in implementation of the law and to relieve our committee of responsibility. Please accept our highest respect. Meer Basri Chairman of the Administrative Committee and Acting Head of the Community A copy to: - The Honorable Minister of Interior. Enclosed is a copy of the chartered accountants' report and the Court of Cassation's decision, requesting kind consideration of the subject in light of the above, and to your Excellency highest respect.
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad Telephone No. 83531 President No. L /: 665 / 73 Date: 13 / 3 / 1973 Subject /: The Honorable Minister of Justice Presidency of the Legal Codification Bureau Greetings and respect Furthermore, the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets has seized some of the community's endowments and properties without any legal justification, including: 1 - 217/504 shares of properties 2/57 and 4/57 in Bab al-Agha neighborhood, which are endowed and their endowment is registered in the Real Estate Registry. It began collecting their yields and recording them as a trust in the name of the Mosaic community, and despite all attempts and communications for more than five years, the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets has not disbursed any of these trusts to the trustee (the Mosaic community). 2 - There are multiple properties endowed by legal deeds not registered in the Real Estate Registry, and the Secretariat for Frozen Assets has seized them on the grounds that they belong to persons whose Iraqi citizenship was revoked. Upon our recourse to the courts for a period exceeding five years, the esteemed Court of Cassation issued its decision under No. 161 and 202 First General Body / 72 on 17/2/1973, considering these properties as an endowment and ruling against the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets to relinquish control over them and hand them over to the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews and to disburse the accumulated amounts from the yields of these endowments. We have executed this judgment according to due process at the Baghdad Execution Presidency on 10/4/1973, and despite the General Secretariat being notified of this judgment, it did not provide a legal response and did not implement its contents (attached is a copy of the Court of Cassation decision to be executed). Mr. Minister The Mosaic community is linked to your esteemed ministry under its Law No. 167 of 1963 and the instructions of the Ministry of Justice published in the Iraqi Gazette No. 4104 dated 25/2/1958. Your respected ministry, under this law, is the supervisor of our administrative committee's work, and all the committee's actions and petitions are referred to your ministry. Accordingly, we present this legal and humanitarian problem to your attention to kindly take what you deem appropriate to establish justice and remove the injustice and responsibility from our committee. This is while noting that the yield of these property endowments constitutes the largest part of the community's income; thus, encroaching upon them and not utilizing them disrupts the community's work such that our committee cannot spend on schools, charitable institutions, assisting the needy, orphans, and widows, securing their livelihood, and treating and medicating their sick, as well as the committee's inability, in its capacity as trustee, to fulfill the conditions of the endower and carry out its financial responsibility according to labor and social security laws and paying the rights of its employees, including officials, teachers, instructors, and workers. ( To be continued )
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad Telephone No. 83531 President No. L / 665 / 72 Date 13 / 6 / 1972 ( 2 ) Subject / ⟦line⟧ Honorable Mr. Minister I submit herewith the report of the chartered accountants regarding the audit of the accounts of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews for the year ending on 1/30/1972, which clarifies the aspects of expenditure and the deficit that occurred for some endowments as a result of the exploitation by the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets of those endowments, including: The Menachem Salih Daniel School has its own endowments for its management and spending on it and on its needy students. However, the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets seized its endowments without legal justification, such that the Committee was forced, in order for the school to continue, to borrow to cover the deficit, and this deficit accumulated until the debt on the aforementioned endowment reached 43612/643 Dinars as of 10/1/1971 (please note the two pages of the report marked with red ink XX). Mr. Minister There is no doubt that our community has shrunk significantly due to the departure of a large number of its members, but allow me to present to your attention that expenses have not decreased much despite this, due to the continuation of heavy financial responsibilities from previous formations, including the continuation of the schools managed by our community (which are Shamash Preparatory School, Frank Iny Intermediate School, and Menachem Salih Daniel Primary School), bearing in mind that these schools are not limited to Jewish students, but include a significant number of teachers and pupils from various communities. Added to that is the obligation to pay the rights of employees and teachers according to labor laws, social security, and the Private Teachers Pension Fund, etc. In addition to the presence of a large number of needy and unemployed people whom our community provides with assistance according to the terms of the endowment. We also mention that the wall of the Jewish Community Cemetery in the Al-Habibiya neighborhood has collapsed and fallen, and the cemetery has become exposed and detrimental to the surrounding residential neighborhood, and it has become our duty to re-fence it to preserve the sanctity of the dead and public health requirements. Our committee, which performs its duties voluntarily, takes pride in the support of the esteemed government and your Excellency's precious trust, and sincerely hopes to remedy the matter by applying the law and continuing spending on cultural institutes, assisting orphans and the needy, and all other expenses, and ordering the intervention of your respected ministry in implementation of the law and to relieve our committee of responsibility. Please accept our highest respect. Meer Basri Chairman of the Administrative Committee and Acting Head of the Community A copy to: The Honorable Minister of Interior. Enclosed is a copy of the chartered accountants' report and the Court of Cassation's decision, requesting your kind consideration of the matter in light of the above, with highest respect to your Excellency.
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad Telephone No. 83531 President No. L /: 365 / 73 Date: 13 / 6 / 1973 Subject / The Honorable Minister of Justice Presidency of the Legal Codification Bureau Greetings and Respect, The General Secretariat for Frozen Assets has seized some of the community's endowments and properties without any legal justification, including: 1 - 212/504 shares of properties 2/57 and 4/57 in the Bab al-Agha neighborhood, which are endowed and their endowment is registered in the Real Estate Registry. It has begun collecting their yields and registering them as a trust in the name of the Mosaic Community. Despite all attempts and communications for more than five years, the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets has not disbursed any of these trusts to the trustee (the Mosaic Community). 2 - There are multiple properties endowed by Sharia deeds that are not registered in the Real Estate Registry, and the Secretariat for Frozen Assets has seized them on the grounds that they belong to persons whose Iraqi citizenship was revoked. Upon our recourse to the courts for a period exceeding five years, the esteemed Court of Cassation issued its decision in file number 161 and 202 First General Body / 72 on 17/2/1973, recovering these properties accordingly and ruled against the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets to lift its hand from them and hand them over to the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews and to disburse the accumulated amounts from the yields of these endowments. We have executed this judgment properly at the Baghdad Execution Presidency on 10/4/1973, and despite notifying the General Secretariat of this judgment, it did not provide a legal response and did not implement its contents (attached is a copy of the Court of Cassation decision to be implemented). Mr. Minister, The Mosaic Community is linked to your esteemed ministry under its Law No. 167 of 1963 and the instructions of the Ministry of Justice published in the Iraqi Gazette No. 4104 dated 25/2/1958. Your esteemed ministry, under this law, is the supervisor of our administrative committee's work, and all the committee's actions and petitions are referred to your ministry. Therefore, this legal and humanitarian problem is presented to you for your kind consideration to take what you deem appropriate to achieve justice and remove the injustice and responsibility from our committee. Note that the yield of these properties' endowments constitutes the largest part of the community's income; trespassing on them and not utilizing them disrupts the community's work such that our committee cannot spend on schools, charitable institutions, assisting the needy, orphans, and widows, securing their livelihood, and treating and medicating their sick, and the committee's inability, in its capacity as trustee, to fulfill the conditions of the endower as well as carry out its financial responsibility according to labor and social security laws and fulfill the rights of its employees, including officials, teachers, instructors, and workers. (To be continued)
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad ( 2 ) Telephone No. 83531 President No. L /: 365 / 72 Date: 13 / 6 / 1972 Subject / ⟦line⟧ His Excellency the Respected Minister I submit herewith the report of the chartered accountants regarding the audit of the accounts of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews for the year ending on 6/30/1972, from which the aspects of expenditure and the deficit that occurred for some endowments as a result of the exploitation by the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets of those endowments are clear, including: The Menachem Salih Daniel School has its own endowments for its management and spending on it and on the needy among its students. However, the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets seized its endowments without legal justification, such that the Committee was forced, in order for the school to continue, to borrow to cover the deficit, and this deficit accumulated until the debt on the aforementioned endowment reached 93612/643 Dinars as of 10/1/1971 (please note the two pages of the report marked in red ink XX). Your Excellency the Minister There is no doubt that our community has shrunk significantly due to the departure of a large number of its members, but allow me to present to your attention that expenses have not decreased much despite this, due to the continuation of heavy financial responsibilities within the previous formations, including the continuation of the schools managed by our community (which are Shamash Preparatory School, Frank Iny Intermediate School, and Menachem Salih Daniel Elementary School), noting that these schools are not limited to Jewish students, but include a significant number of various communities among teachers, instructors, and pupils. Added to that is the obligation to pay the rights of employees and teachers according to labor laws, social security, and the Private Teachers Pension Fund, etc. In addition to the presence of a large number of needy and unemployed people whom our community provides with assistance according to the terms of the endowment. We also mention that the wall of the Mosaic Community cemetery in the Al-Habibiya neighborhood has collapsed and fallen, and the cemetery has become exposed and detrimental to the surrounding residential neighborhood, and it has become our duty to re-fence it to preserve the sanctity of the dead and public health requirements. Our committee, which performs its duties, takes pride in the support of the esteemed government and your Excellency's precious trust, and sincerely hopes to rectify the matter by applying the law and continuing expenditure on cultural institutes and assisting orphans and the needy and other expenses, and ordering the intervention of your respected ministry in implementation of the law and to relieve our committee of responsibility. Please accept our highest respect. Meer Basri President of the Administrative Committee and Acting Head of the Community A copy to:- The Respected Minister of Interior. Enclosed is a copy of the chartered accountants' report and the Court of Cassation's decision, requesting kind consideration of the subject in light of the above, and to your Excellency highest respect.
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad Telephone No. 83531 President No. L /: 7 665 Date: 12 / 6 / 1973 Subject /: 55 The Honorable Minister of Justice Presidency of the Legal Codification Bureau Greetings and Respect, Further to the above, the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets has seized some of the community's endowments and properties without any legal justification, including: 1 - 297 shares of the two properties 2/57 and 4/57 in Bab al-Agha district, which are endowed and their endowment is registered in the Real Estate Registry. It has begun collecting their yields and recording them as a trust in the name of the Mosaic Community, and despite all attempts and communications for more than five years, the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets has not disbursed any of these trusts to the trustee (the Mosaic Community). 2 - There are multiple properties endowed by legal deeds not registered in the Real Estate Registry, and the Secretariat General for Frozen Assets has seized them on the grounds that they belong to persons whose Iraqi citizenship was revoked. Upon our recourse to the courts for a period exceeding five years, the Iraqi Court of Cassation issued its decision in file number 169 and 202 First General Body / 72 on 17 / 2 / 1973, considering these properties as endowments and ruling that the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets must lift its hand from them and hand them over to the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews and disburse the accumulated amounts from the yields of these endowments. We have executed this judgment according to the procedures at the Baghdad Execution Presidency on 10 / 4 / 1973, and despite the General Secretariat being notified of this judgment, it did not take the legal action and did not implement its contents (attached is a copy of the Court of Cassation decision to be implemented). Mr. Minister, The Mosaic Community is linked to your esteemed ministry under its Law No. 167 of 1963 and the instructions of the Ministry of Justice published in the Iraqi Gazette No. 4104 dated 25 / 2 / 1958. And your respected ministry, under this law, is the supervisor of the work of our administrative committee, and all the committee's actions and appeals are referred to your ministry. Accordingly, we present this legal and humanitarian problem to your attention to kindly take what you deem appropriate to establish the truth and remove the injustice and responsibility from our committee. This is while noting that the yield of these property endowments constitutes the largest part of the community's income, so encroaching upon them and not utilizing them disrupts the community's work such that our committee is unable to spend on schools, charitable institutions, helping the needy, orphans, and widows, securing their livelihood, and treating and medicating their sick, and the committee's inability, in its capacity as trustee, to fulfill the conditions of the endower, as well as carrying out its financial responsibility in accordance with labor and social security laws and paying the rights of its employees, including officials, teachers, instructors, and workers. (To be continued)
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad Telephone No. 83531 President No. L /: 665 / 73 Date: 13 / 6 / 1973 ( 2 ) Subject / ⟦line⟧ Honorable Mr. Minister I submit herewith the report of the certified public accountants regarding the audit of the accounts of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews for the year ending on 9/30/1972, from which the aspects of expenditure and the deficit that occurred for some endowments are clear as a result of the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets exploiting those endowments, including:- The Menachem Salih Daniel School has its own endowments for its management and spending on it and on the needy among its students. However, the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets seized its endowments without legal justification, such that the Committee was forced, in order for the school to continue, to borrow to cover the deficit, and this deficit has accumulated until the debt on the aforementioned endowment reached 93112/643 Dinars as of 10/1/1971 (please note the two pages of the report marked in red ink (XX)). Mr. Minister There is no doubt that our community has shrunk significantly due to the departure of a large number of its members, but allow me to present to your view that expenses have not decreased much despite this, due to the continuation of heavy financial responsibilities from previous formations, including the continuation of the schools managed by our community (which are Shamash Preparatory School, Frank Iny Intermediate School, and Menachem Salih Daniel Elementary School), bearing in mind that these schools are not limited to Jewish students, but include a significant number of different sects among teachers, instructors, and pupils. Added to this is the obligation to pay the rights of employees and teachers according to labor laws, social security, and the Private Teachers Pension Fund. Furthermore, there are a large number of needy and unemployed people whom our community provides with assistance according to the conditions of the endower. We also mention that the wall of the Mosaic Community cemetery in the Al-Habibiya neighborhood has collapsed and fallen, and the cemetery has become exposed and detrimental to the surrounding residential neighborhood, and it has become our duty to re-fence it to preserve the sanctity of the dead and the requirements of public health. Our committee, which performs its duties voluntarily, takes pride in the support of the esteemed government and your Excellency's precious trust, and sincerely hopes to remedy the matter by applying the law and continuing spending on cultural institutes and assisting orphans and the needy and other expenses, and ordering the intervention of your esteemed ministry in implementation of the law and to relieve the responsibility from our committee. Please accept our highest respect. Meer Basri Chairman of the Administrative Committee and Acting Head of the Community A copy of it to:- The Honorable Minister of Interior. Attached is a copy of the certified public accountants' report and the decision of the Court of Cassation, requesting you to kindly look into the matter in light of the above, and to your Excellency highest respect.
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad Telephone No. 83531 President No. L /: 665 / 7 Date: 12 / 6 / 1973 Subject /: The Honorable Minister of Justice Presidency of the Legal Codification Bureau Greetings and respect, The General Secretariat for Frozen Assets has seized some of the community's endowments and properties without any legal justification, including: 1 - ⟦297⟧ shares of the two properties 2/57 and 4/57 in Bab al-Agha neighborhood, which are endowed and their documents are registered in the Real Estate Registry, and their file was ⟦processed⟧ and registered as a trust in the name of the Mosaic community, and despite all attempts and communications for more than five years, the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets has not disbursed any of these trusts to the trustee (the Mosaic community). 2 - There are multiple properties endowed by legal deeds not registered in the Real Estate Registry, and the Secretariat General for Frozen Assets has seized them on the grounds that they belong to persons whose Iraqi citizenship was revoked. Upon our recourse to the courts for a period exceeding five years, the Honorable Court of Cassation issued its decision in file number 169 and 202, First General Body / 72, dated 17 / 2 / 1973, considering these properties as an endowment and ruled that the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets must lift its hand from them and hand them over to the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews and disburse the amounts accumulated from the yield of these endowments. We have executed this judgment according to the procedures at the Baghdad Execution Presidency on 10 / 4 / 1973, and despite the General Secretariat being notified of this judgment, it did not show legal compliance and did not implement its contents (attached is a copy of the Court of Cassation decision to be implemented). Mr. Minister, The Mosaic community is linked to your esteemed ministry under its Law No. 167 of 1963 and the instructions of the Ministry of Justice published in the Iraqi Gazette No. 4104 dated 25 / ⟦9⟧ / 1958. Your esteemed ministry, under this law, is the supervisor of our administrative committee's work, and all the committee's actions and appeals are referred to your ministry. Accordingly, we present this legal and humanitarian problem to your attention to kindly take what you deem appropriate to achieve justice and remove the injustice and responsibility from our committee. Knowing that the yield of these properties' endowments constitutes the largest part of the community's income, so trespassing on them and not utilizing them ⟦...⟧ disrupts the work of the community such that our committee is unable to spend on schools, charitable institutions, and helping the needy, orphans, and widows, securing their livelihood, and treating their sick, and the committee's inability, in its capacity as trustee, to implement the conditions of the endower, as well as fulfilling its financial responsibility according to labor and social security laws and paying the rights of its employees, including officials, teachers, instructors, and workers. (To be continued)
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad Telephone No. 83531 President No. L/: 660 / 73 Date: 12 / 6 / 1973 ( 2 ) Subject / ⟦line⟧ Honorable Minister, I submit herewith the report of the certified public accountants regarding the audit of the accounts of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews for the year ending 30 / 9 / 1972, from which the aspects of expenditure and the deficit incurred by these endowments are clear, as a result of the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets exploiting those endowments, including: The Menahem Salih Daniel School has its own endowments for its management and for spending on it and on its needy students; however, the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets seized its endowments without legal justification, such that the Committee was forced, in order to keep the school running, to borrow to cover the deficit. This deficit has accumulated until the debt on the aforementioned endowment reached 93112/643 Dinars as of 1 / 10 / 1971 (please note the two pages of the report marked in red ink (xx)). Mr. Minister, There is no doubt that our community has shrunk significantly due to the departure of a large number of its members, but allow me to present to your attention that expenses have not decreased much despite this, due to the continuation of heavy financial responsibilities from previous formations, including the continuation of the schools managed by our community (which are the Preparatory School, Frank Iny Intermediate School, and Menahem Salih Daniel Primary School), bearing in mind that these schools are not limited to Jewish students, but include a significant number of various communities among teachers, instructors, and pupils. Added to this is the obligation to pay the rights of employees and teachers according to labor laws, social security, and the Private Teachers' Pension Fund, etc. Furthermore, there are a large number of needy and unemployed individuals whom our community supports with assistance according to the conditions of the endower. We also mention that the wall of the Jewish community cemetery in the "Al-Habibiya" neighborhood has crumbled and fallen, and the cemetery has become exposed and detrimental to the surrounding residential neighborhood. It has become our duty to re-fence it to preserve the sanctity of the dead and public health requirements. Our committee, which performs its duties honorarily, takes pride in the support of the esteemed government and your precious trust, and sincerely hopes to rectify the matter by applying the law and continuing the expenditure on cultural institutes and assisting orphans and the needy and other expenses, and ordering the intervention of your respected ministry in implementation of the law and to relieve our committee of responsibility. Please accept our highest respect. Meer Basri President of the Administrative Committee and Acting Head of the Community A copy to: The Honorable Minister of Interior. Attached is a copy of the certified public accountants' report and the Court of Cassation's decision, requesting your kind consideration of the matter in light of the above. With highest respect to your Excellency.
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful Ministry of Justice Bureau of Legal Codification Decision No. - 159 / 1973 Number 7 / 1 / 191 Date 21 / 6 / 1973 Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews Number 764 Date 26 / 6 / 1973 Incoming Stamp To: Presidency of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad Your letter L / 665 / 73 on 13 / 6 / 1973 We list for you the Bureau's decision issued on 19 / 6 / 1973 and taken on the subject, endorsed by the Minister. Muhammad Amin Kammouna Head of the Bureau of Legal Codification A copy to: Ministry of Interior - with reference to the letter mentioned above. Office of the Minister (The Decision) What is understood from the letter of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad numbered 665 / 73 dated 13 / 6 / 1973, is that the properties which the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets objects to handing over, are from the endowments of the Mosaic community managed by the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad pursuant to Article 1 of Law No. 167 of 1973, and do not belong to persons whose Iraqi citizenship has been revoked. As it appears from the facts presented before the Bureau, that the Baghdad Court of First Instance, by its decision issued under number 2618 / 1968 and dated 5 / 2 / 1972, has ruled to prevent the opposition of the Secretary General for the Monitoring and Management of the Assets of Jews whose Iraqi citizenship has been revoked in addition to his position, and to hand them over to the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad free of occupants. This judgment has acquired finality by its confirmation by the Court of Cassation in its General Assembly by its decision issued under numbers 196 and 202 / 1972 and dated 17 / 2 / 1973. Therefore, this decision becomes evidence for the rights it decided upon against all people as recorded therein, and there is no way to challenge the validity of this <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> judgment. The Administrative Committee can proceed to complete the execution of the judgment at the competent Execution Department according to the provisions of the law. As for the rental fees of these properties collected by the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets, the community can pursue legal methods to recover them. End. Rahim - / 20th of it 55
55 In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful Ministry of Justice Legal Drafting Bureau Decision No. Directorate - 159 / 1973 No. 1 / 1 / 701 Date 21 / 6 / 1973 Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews Number 764 Date 26 / 6 / 1972 Incoming Stamp To :- Presidency of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad Your letter L / 665 / 73 on 13 / 6 / 1973 We deposit with you the Bureau's decision issued on 19 / 6 / 1973 taken on the subject, endorsed by the Minister. ⟦signature⟧ Dr. Amin ⟦illegible⟧ President of the Legal Drafting Bureau A copy to :- Ministry of Interior - with reference to the letter mentioned above. The Minister's Office (The Bar) ⟦line⟧ What is understood from the letter of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad numbered 665 / 73 dated 13 / 6 / 1973, is that the properties which the General Secretariat of Frozen Assets objects to handing over, belong to the endowments (Awqaf) of the Mosaic sect managed by the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad pursuant to Article One of Law No. 167 of 1963, and they do not belong to persons whose Iraqi citizenship was revoked. As it appears from the matter presented before the Bureau, that the Baghdad Court of First Instance, by its decision issued under number 18 ⟦illegible⟧ 19 and dated 5 / 2 / 1972, has ruled to prevent the opposition of the Secretary General for the Monitoring and Management of the Funds of Jews whose Iraqi citizenship was revoked, in addition to his post, and to hand them over to the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad free of occupants. This judgment has acquired finality by its affirmation by the Court of Cassation in its general capacity by its decision issued under number 196 / 202 / 1972 dated 17 / 2 / 1973. Thus, this decision becomes an authoritative proof of the rights it decided upon against all people in what was recorded therein, and there is no way to challenge the authority of this judgment. The Administrative Committee may proceed to complete the execution of the judgment at the competent Execution Department according to the provisions of the law. As for the rent of these properties collected by the General Secretariat of Frozen Assets, the sect may ⟦take⟧ legal ⟦measures⟧ to recover them. End. Rahim - 20th of it
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad Telephone No. 83531 President No. L/ 665 / 73 Date 13 / 6 / 1973 55 Subject / ⟦line⟧ The Honorable Minister of Justice Presidency of the Legal Drafting Bureau Greetings and Respect, Furthermore, the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets has seized some of the community's endowments and properties without any legal justification, including: 1 - 297/504 shares of properties 57/2 and 57/4 in Bab al-Agha neighborhood, which are endowed and their endowment is registered in the Real Estate Registry. It began collecting their yields and recording them as a trust in the name of the Mosaic Community. Despite all attempts and communications for more than five years, the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets has not disbursed any of these trusts to the trustee (the Mosaic Community). 2 - There are multiple properties endowed by legal deeds not registered in the Real Estate Registry, and the Secretariat for Frozen Assets has seized them on the grounds that they belong to persons whose Iraqi citizenship was revoked. Upon our recourse to the courts for a period exceeding five years, the Iraqi Court of Cassation issued its decision in file No. 169 and 202 First General Body / 72 on 17/2/1973, considering these properties as an endowment and ruled against the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets to mandatory hand them over and deliver them to the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews and to disburse the accumulated amounts from the yields of these endowments. We have executed this judgment according to the procedures at the Baghdad Execution Presidency on 10/4/1973, and despite the General Secretariat being notified of this judgment, it did not provide a legal response and did not implement its contents (attached is a copy of the Court of Cassation decision to be executed). Mr. Minister, The Mosaic Community is linked to your esteemed ministry under its Law No. 167 of 1963 and the Ministry of Justice instructions published in the Iraqi Gazette No. 4104 dated 25/2/1958. Your respected ministry, under this law, is the supervisor of our administrative committee's work, and all the committee's actions and petitions are referred to your ministry. Accordingly, we present this legal and humanitarian problem to your attention to kindly take what you deem appropriate to achieve justice and remove the injustice and responsibility from our committee. This is while noting that the endowment yields of these properties constitute the largest part of the community's income. Encroaching upon them and not utilizing them disrupts the community's work such that our committee is unable to spend on schools, charitable institutions, assisting the needy, orphans, and widows, securing their livelihood, and treating and medicating their sick, and the committee's inability, in its capacity as the trustee, to fulfill the conditions of the endower as well as carry out its financial responsibility according to labor and social security laws and paying the rights of its employees, including officials, teachers, instructors, and workers. (To be continued)
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad Telephone No. 83531 President ( 2 ) No. L / 665 / 73 Date 13 / 6 / 1973 Subject / Honorable Mr. Minister I submit herewith the report of the certified public accountants regarding the audit of the accounts of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews for the year ending on 30 / 6 / 1972, from which the aspects of expenditure and the deficit that occurred for some endowments are clear as a result of the exploitation by the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets of those endowments, including: The Menahem Salih Daniel School has its own endowments for its management and for spending on it and on its needy students. However, the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets seized its endowments without legal justification, such that the Committee was forced, in order for the school to continue, to borrow to cover the deficit, and this deficit accumulated until the debt on the aforementioned endowment reached, as of 1 / 10 / 1971, the amount of 43912/643 Dinars (please note the two pages of the report marked in red ink (XX)). Mr. Minister There is no doubt that our community has shrunk significantly due to the departure of a large number of its members, but allow me to present to your attention that expenses have not decreased much despite this, due to the continuation of heavy financial responsibilities from previous formations, including the continuation of the schools managed by our community (which are Shamash Preparatory School, Frank Iny Intermediate School, and Menahem Salih Daniel Primary School), bearing in mind that these schools are not limited to Jewish students, but include a significant number of various communities among teachers, instructors, and pupils. Added to that is the obligation to pay the rights of employees and teachers according to labor laws, social security, and the Private Teachers Pension Fund, etc. Furthermore, there are a large number of needy and unemployed people whom our community provides with assistance according to the terms of the endowment. We also mention that the wall of the Jewish community cemetery in the Al-Habibiya neighborhood has collapsed and fallen, and the cemetery has become exposed and detrimental to the surrounding residential neighborhood, and it has become our duty to re-fence it to preserve the sanctity of the dead and public health requirements. Our committee, which performs its duties proudly, cherishes the support of the esteemed government and your Excellency's precious trust, and sincerely hopes to rectify the matter by applying the law and continuing expenditure on cultural institutes and assisting orphans and the needy and other expenses, and ordering the intervention of your respected ministry in implementation of the law and to relieve our committee of responsibility. Please accept our highest respect. Meer Basri President of the Administrative Committee and Acting Head of the Community A copy to:- The Honorable Minister of Interior. Attached is a copy of the certified public accountants' report and the Court of Cassation's decision, requesting your kind consideration of the matter in light of the above, and to your Excellency highest respect.
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad Telephone No. 83531 President No. L / 665 / 73 Date 13 / 6 / 1973 Subject / The Honorable Minister of Justice Presidency of the Legal Codification Bureau Greetings and respect, Furthermore, the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets has seized some of the community's endowments and properties without any legal justification, including: 1 - 297/504 shares of properties 2/57 and 4/57 in Bab al-Agha district, which are endowed and their endowment status is registered in the Real Estate Registry. It has begun collecting their yields and recording them as a trust in the name of the Mosaic Community. Despite all attempts and communications for more than five years, the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets has not disbursed any of these trusts to the trustee (the Mosaic Community). 2 - There are multiple properties endowed by legal deeds not registered in the Real Estate Registry, and the Secretariat for Frozen Assets has seized them on the grounds that they belong to persons whose Iraqi citizenship was revoked. Upon our recourse to the courts for a period exceeding five years, the Iraqi Court of Cassation issued its decision in file number 161 and 202 First General Body / 72 dated 17 / 2 / 1973, considering these properties as endowment and ruled against the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets to lift its hand from them and hand them over to the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews and to disburse the accumulated amounts from the yields of these endowments. We have executed this judgment according to due process at the Baghdad Execution Presidency on 10 / 4 / 1973, and despite the General Secretariat being notified of this judgment, it did not provide a legal response and did not implement its contents (attached is a copy of the Court of Cassation decision to be implemented). Mr. Minister, The Mosaic Community is linked to your esteemed ministry under its Law No. 167 of 1963 and the Ministry of Justice instructions published in the Iraqi Gazette No. 4104 dated 25 / 2 / 1958. Your esteemed ministry, under this law, is the supervisor of our administrative committee's work, and all the committee's actions and petitions are referred to your ministry. Accordingly, we present this legal and humanitarian problem to your attention to kindly take what you deem appropriate to establish justice and remove the injustice and responsibility from our committee. Note that the yield of these endowment properties constitutes the largest part of the community's income; thus, infringing upon them and not utilizing them disrupts the community's work such that our committee cannot spend on schools, charitable institutions, assisting the needy, orphans, and widows, securing their livelihood, and treating and providing medical care for their sick. The committee, in its capacity as trustee, is also unable to fulfill the conditions of the endower as well as carry out its financial responsibility according to labor and social security laws and fulfill the rights of its employees, including officials, teachers, instructors, and workers. (To be continued)
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad Telephone No. 83531 President No. L / 665 / 73 Date 13 / 6 / 1973 ( 2 ) Subject / ⟦line⟧ Mr. Minister, Respected I submit herewith the report of the certified public accountants regarding the audit of the accounts of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews for the year ending on 9/30/1972, which clarifies the aspects of expenditure and the deficit that occurred for some endowments as a result of the exploitation by the General Secretariat of Frozen Assets of those endowments, including: The Menachem Salih Daniel School has its own endowments for its management and spending on it and on its needy students. However, the General Secretariat of Frozen Assets seized its endowments without legal justification, such that the Committee was forced, in order for the school to continue, to borrow to cover the deficit, and this deficit accumulated until the debt on the aforementioned endowment reached 43912/643 Dinars as of 10/1/1971 (please note the two pages of the report marked in red ink XX). Mr. Minister There is no doubt that our community has shrunk significantly due to the departure of a large number of its members, but allow me to present to your attention that expenses have not decreased much despite this, due to the continuation of heavy financial responsibilities from previous formations, including the continuation of the schools managed by our community (which are the Shamash Preparatory School, the Frank Iny Intermediate School, and the Menachem Salih Daniel Elementary School), bearing in mind that these schools are not limited to Jewish students, but include a significant number of teachers, instructors, and pupils from various communities. Added to this is the obligation to pay the rights of employees and teachers according to labor laws, social security, and the Private Teachers' Pension Fund, etc. Furthermore, there are a large number of needy and unemployed people whom our community provides with assistance according to the terms of the endowment. We also mention that the wall of the Mosaic Community cemetery in the Al-Habibiya neighborhood has collapsed and fallen, and the cemetery has become exposed and disruptive to the surrounding residential neighborhood, and it has become our duty to re-fence it to preserve the sanctity of the dead and public health requirements. Our committee, which performs its duties honorably, takes pride in the support of the esteemed government and your Excellency's precious trust, and sincerely hopes to remedy the matter by applying the law and continuing spending on cultural institutes and helping orphans and the needy and other expenses, and ordering the intervention of your respected ministry in implementation of the law and to relieve our committee of responsibility. Please accept our highest respect. Meer Basri Chairman of the Administrative Committee and Acting Head of the Community A copy to: The Respected Minister of Interior. Enclosed is a copy of the certified public accountants' report and the Court of Cassation's decision, requesting kind consideration of the subject in light of the above, and to your Excellency highest respect.
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad Telephone No. 83531 President No. L /: 665 / 72 Date: 13 / 6 / 1973 Subject /: The Honorable Minister of Justice Presidency of the Legal Codification Bureau Greetings and respect, Furthermore, the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets has seized some of the community's endowments and properties without any legal justification, including: 1 - 217/504 shares of properties 2/57 and 4/57 in Bab al-Agha district, which are endowed and registered under its guardianship in the Real Estate Registry. It has begun collecting its yields and registering them as deposits in the name of the Mosaic community. Despite all attempts and communications for more than five years, the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets has not disbursed any of these deposits to the guardian (the Mosaic community). 2 - There are various properties endowed by legitimate deeds not registered in the Real Estate Registry, and the Secretariat for Frozen Assets has seized them on the grounds that they belong to persons whose Iraqi citizenship was revoked. Upon our recourse to the courts for a period exceeding five years, the esteemed Court of Cassation issued its decision in file No. 161 and 202 First General Body / 72 on 2/17/1973 regarding these properties and ruled that the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets must lift its hand from them and hand them over to the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews and disburse the accumulated amounts from the yields of these endowments. We have executed this judgment according to due process at the Baghdad Execution Presidency on 4/10/1973. Despite the General Secretariat being notified of this judgment, it did not provide a legal response and did not implement its contents (enclosed is a copy of the Court of Cassation decision to be executed). Mr. Minister, The Mosaic community is linked to your venerable ministry under its Law No. 167 of 1963 and the instructions of the Ministry of Justice published in the Iraqi Gazette No. 4104 dated 2/25/1958. Your esteemed ministry, under this law, is the supervisor of our administrative committee's work, and all the committee's actions and petitions are referred to your ministry. Accordingly, we present this legal and humanitarian problem to your attention to kindly take what you deem appropriate to achieve justice and remove the injustice and responsibility from our committee. This is with the knowledge that the endowment yields of these properties constitute the largest part of the community's income. Encroaching upon them and not utilizing them disrupts the community's work such that our committee is unable to spend on schools, charitable institutions, assisting the needy, orphans, and widows, securing their livelihood, and treating and medicating their sick. The committee, in its capacity as the guardian, is also unable to fulfill the conditions of the endower as well as carry out its financial responsibility according to labor and social security laws and fulfill the rights of its employees, including officials, teachers, instructors, and workers. ( To be continued )
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad Telephone No. 83531 President ( 2 ) No. L/: 669 / 73 Date: 12 / 6 / 1973 Subject / ⟦line⟧ Honorable Minister, I submit herewith the report of the certified public accountants regarding the audit of the accounts of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews for the year ending 6/30/1972, which clarifies the aspects of expenditure and the deficit incurred by some endowments as a result of the exploitation by the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets of those endowments, including: The Menachem Salih Daniel School has its own endowments for its management and for spending on it and on its needy students. However, the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets seized its endowments without legal justification, such that the Committee was forced, in order for the school to continue, to borrow to cover the deficit. This deficit accumulated until the debt on the aforementioned endowment reached 43612/643 Dinars as of 10/1/1971 (please see the two pages of the report marked in red ink XX). Mr. Minister, There is no doubt that our community has shrunk significantly due to the departure of a large number of its members, but allow me to present to your attention that expenses have not decreased much despite this, due to the continuation of heavy communal responsibilities within the previous structures, including the continuation of the schools managed by our community (which are the Shamash Preparatory School, the Frank Iny Intermediate School, and the Menachem Salih Daniel Primary School), noting that these schools are not limited to Jewish students, but include a significant number of teachers, instructors, and pupils from various communities. Added to this is the obligation to pay the rights of employees and teachers according to labor laws, social security, and the Private Teachers Pension Fund, etc. Furthermore, there are a large number of needy and unemployed individuals whom our community provides with assistance according to the terms of the endowment. We also mention that the wall of the Jewish Community Cemetery in the Al-Habibiya neighborhood has collapsed and fallen, and the cemetery has become exposed and disruptive to the surrounding residential neighborhood. It has become our duty to re-fence it to preserve the sanctity of the dead and the requirements of public health. Our committee, which performs its duties, is proud to enjoy the support of the esteemed government and your precious confidence, and sincerely hopes to remedy the matter by applying the law and continuing the spending on cultural institutes and assisting orphans and the needy and other expenses, and ordering the intervention of your esteemed ministry in implementation of the law and to relieve our committee of responsibility. Please accept our highest respect. Meer Basri Chairman of the Administrative Committee and Acting Head of the Community Copy to:- The Honorable Minister of Interior. Attached is a copy of the certified public accountants' report and the Court of Cassation's decision, requesting your kind consideration of the matter in light of the above. With highest respect to your Excellency.
The Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad Telephone No. 83531 President Number L /: 665 / 73 Date: 5 / 7 / 1973 Subject /: ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ The Honorable President of the Legal Codification Bureau Greetings, With reference to your letter numbered 811 / 1 / 7 dated 2 / 7 / 1973, attached is a copy of our letter numbered L / 665 / 73 dated 13 / 6 / 1973 with its attachments. Please accept our highest respect. Meer Basri President of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews 55 ⟦faint background text - carbon copy of another document⟧ Legal Codification Bureau Decision Number ⟦...⟧ / 1973 ⟦...⟧ The President of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad Your letter L / 665 / 73 on 13 / 6 / 1973 ⟦...⟧ Ministry of Interior - with reference to the letter numbered ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ Decision ⟦...⟧ What is understood from the letter of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad numbered 73/665 dated 13 / 6 / 1973 is that the procedures practiced by the General Secretariat of Civil Status in its ⟦...⟧ of monitoring families ⟦...⟧ by the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad ⟦...⟧ 167 of the year 1973 ⟦...⟧
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful Ministry of Justice Legal Codification Bureau Decision No. - 159 / 1973 Directorate of ⟦...⟧ 55 Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews Number 764 Date 26 / 6 / 1973 Incoming Stamp Number: 7 / 1 / 191 Date: 21 / 6 / 1973 To: - Presidency of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad Your letter L / 665 / 73 on 13 / 6 / 1973 We list for you the Bureau's decision issued on 19 / 6 / 1973 and taken on the subject, endorsed by the Minister. Mohammed Amin Kammouna Head of the Legal Codification Bureau A copy to: - Ministry of Interior - with reference to the letter mentioned above. Office of the Minister (The Decision) What is understood from the letter of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad numbered 665 / 73 dated 13 / 6 / 1973, is that the properties which the General Secretariat for Frozen Funds opposes handing over, belong to the endowments of the Mosaic community managed by the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad pursuant to Article 1 of Law No. 167 of 1963, and do not belong to persons whose Iraqi citizenship has been revoked. As it appeared from the facts presented before the Bureau, that the Baghdad Court of First Instance, by its decision issued under number 2618 / 1968 and dated 5 / 2 / 1972, ruled to prevent the opposition of the Secretary General for the Monitoring and Management of the Property of Jews whose Iraqi citizenship was revoked in addition to his post, and to hand them over to the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad free of occupants. This judgment has acquired finality by its confirmation by the Court of Cassation in its General Assembly by its decision issued under number 196 and 202 / 1972 and dated 17 / 2 / 1973, then this decision becomes evidence of the rights it decided upon for all people as recorded therein, and there is no way to challenge the validity of this judgment. The Administrative Committee may proceed to complete the execution of the judgment at the competent Execution Department according to the provisions of the law. As for the rental fees of these properties collected by the General Secretariat for Frozen Funds, the community can pursue legal methods to recover them. End. Rahim / 20th of it
55 Republic of Iraq Ministry of Justice Bureau of Legal Codification In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful Administrative Committee ⟦for Iraqi Jews⟧ Number 769 Date 5 / 7 / 1973 Decision Number :: / 197 File Number :: 1 / 1 / 7 Date :: 2 / 7 / 1973 Presidency of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad Further to our letter 1 / 1 / 7 on 21 / 6 / 1973 Please provide us with a copy of your letter L 665 / 73 on 13 / 6 / 1973 with all its attachments as we are in need of it. Muhammad Amin Kammouna Head of the Bureau of Legal Codification Rahim - / 2 of it
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad Telephone No. 83531 President No. L /: ⟦760⟧ / 73 / 7 Date: 13 / 6 / 1973 Subject /: Department Copy ⟦illegible⟧ 55 The Honorable Minister of Justice Presidency of the Legal Codification Bureau Greetings and respect, Furthermore, the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets has seized some of the community's endowments and properties without any legal justification, including: 1 - 297 shares of properties 4/57 and 4/57 in the Bab al-Agha district, which are endowed and their endowment status is registered in the Real Estate Registry. It has begun collecting their yields and recording them as a trust in the name of the Mosaic community. Despite all attempts and communications for more than five years, the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets has not disbursed any of these trusts to the trustee (the Mosaic community). 2 - There are multiple properties endowed by legal deeds not registered in the Real Estate Registry, and the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets has seized them on the grounds that they belong to persons whose Iraqi citizenship was revoked. Upon our recourse to the courts for a period exceeding five years, the Iraqi Court of Cassation issued its decision in file numbers 161 and 202, First General Body / 72, dated 17 / 2 / 1973, considering these properties as endowments and ruling that the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets must relinquish control over them, hand them over to the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews, and disburse the accumulated amounts from the yields of these endowments. We have executed this judgment according to due process at the Baghdad Execution Presidency on 10 / 4 / 1973, and despite the General Secretariat being notified of this judgment, it has not taken legal action and has not implemented its contents (enclosed is a copy of the Court of Cassation decision to be executed). Mr. Minister, The Mosaic community is linked to your esteemed ministry under its Law No. 167 of 1963 and the Ministry of Justice instructions published in the Iraqi Gazette No. 4104 dated 25 / 2 / 1958. Your respected ministry, under this law, is the supervisor of our administrative committee's work, and all the committee's actions and petitions are referred to your ministry. Accordingly, we present this legal and humanitarian problem to your ministry to kindly take what you deem appropriate to establish justice and remove the injustice and responsibility from our committee. This is with the knowledge that the endowment yields of these properties constitute the largest part of the community's income; trespassing upon them and not utilizing them disrupts the community's work such that our committee is unable to spend on schools, charitable institutions, assisting the needy, orphans, and widows, securing their livelihood, treating and medicating their sick, and the committee's inability, in its capacity as trustee, to fulfill the conditions of the endower, as well as carrying out its financial responsibility in accordance with labor and social security laws and paying dues. ( To be continued )
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad Telephone No. 83531 President No. L /: 665 / 73 Date: 13 / 6 / 1973 Its employees including officials, teachers, instructors, and workers. Honorable Mr. Minister I submit herewith the report of the chartered accountants regarding the audit of the accounts of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews for the year ending 30 / 6 / 1972, which clarifies the aspects of expenditure and the deficit that occurred for some endowments as a result of the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets exploiting those endowments, including:- The Menahem Salih Daniel School has its own endowments for its management and spending on it and on needy students. However, the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets seized its endowments without legal justification to the extent that the committee was forced, in order for the school to continue, to borrow to cover the deficit, and this deficit accumulated until the debt on the aforementioned endowment reached 93612/634 Dinars as of 1 / 10 / 1971 (please note the two pages of the report marked in red ink (xx). Mr. Minister There is no doubt that our community has shrunk significantly due to the departure of a large number of its members, but allow me to bring to your attention that expenses have not decreased much despite this, due to the continuation of heavy financial responsibilities for previous formations, including the continuation of schools managed by our community (which are Shamash Preparatory School, Frank Iny Intermediate School, and Menahem Salih Daniel Elementary School), noting that these schools are not limited to Jewish students, but include a significant number of various communities among teachers, instructors, and pupils. Added to this is the obligation to pay the rights of employees and teachers according to labor laws, social security, and the private teachers' pension fund, etc. Furthermore, there are a large number of needy and unemployed individuals whom our community provides with assistance according to the conditions of the endower. We also mention that the wall of the Jewish community cemetery in the "Al-Jiriya" neighborhood has collapsed and fallen, and the cemetery has become exposed and mixed with the surrounding residential neighborhood, and it has become our duty to re-fence it to preserve the sanctity of the dead and public health requirements. Our committee, which performs its duties, is proud to enjoy the support of the esteemed government and your precious confidence, and sincerely hopes to rectify the matter by applying the law and continuing spending on cultural institutes and assisting orphans and the needy and other expenses, and ordering the intervention of your esteemed ministry in implementation of the law and to relieve our committee of responsibility. Please accept our highest respect. Meer Basri President of the Administrative Committee and Acting Head of the Community Copy to:- The Honorable Minister of Interior. Enclosed is a copy of the chartered accountants' report and the Court of Cassation's decision, requesting kind consideration of the matter in light of the above, and to your excellency highest respect.