AI en Translation, Pages 201-225
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28th July 6.
Dear Sir,
We take the opportunity of the presence of our Secretary
Dr. J. Rosenfeld, in your City to renew the call previously issued by
this Committee on behalf of our Schools.
We regret to say that our efforts have not hitherto met with
the success which the importance of our aim might appear to warrant.
Dr. Rosenfeld has kindly volunteered personally to urge the cause of
our Schools and we trust that you will extend to him sympathetic hearing
and that you will answer generously his appeal.
We are, Dear Sir,
Yours faithfully
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Appeal
My dear Sir
We have seen, on the occasion of the travel of the secretary of this committee, Dr. Joseph
Rosenfeld, to your side, to repeat the appeal that we had issued before
<del>due to our financial situation</del> to aid our schools, expressing our regret
that our efforts have not been met with the success we had hoped ⟦to achieve⟧
for the noble purpose for which we arose, and the aforementioned doctor has kindly
taken it upon himself to support our call personally, and therefore
we hope that ⟦you will be so kind as to⟧ <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> look upon his efforts with interest
and meet them with your customary generosity and liberality
With highest respect
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30th July 6.
The Officer in charge
Baghdad Post office
BAGHDAD.
Sir,
In supersession of previous Communications on the subject, I write to
request you kindly to have all postal matters addressed to this Committee
sent to:
Mr, K.M.Shuker
KHAN SION ABOUDI
BANK STREET, BAGHDAD.
Yours faithfully
For the Secretary
President.
⟦H.G.⟧
⟦SCHEDOFF⟧
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Baghdad, July 24, 1926
Mr. L. Lornen
Director of the schools of the Alliance Isr. U.
In town
Sir,
We have the honor to acknowledge
receipt of your ⟦?⟧ letter of the 15th inst. ⟦Bloch?⟧ and we hasten
to inform you that the resources available to our
Committee and the funds it can expect to receive from now
until next October are sufficient to ⟦finish?⟧ to complete
the 6 classes and the director's room for the start of the
⟦next?⟧ school year Oct 1926. Regarding the 2 classes forming
the East pavilion of the school, we inform you that
the latter must be built on the
fund ⟦?⟧ and will bear the name of the deceased ⟦?⟧.
We ask you to note that already nearly 1500 R.
have been spent for foundations and a part
of the ground floor of this ⟦wing?⟧. A sum that
you will reimburse to our Committee when
you receive the amount of the legacy. The continuation
of the construction of the ⟦?⟧ wing must be
undertaken by the management that the School Committee
will designate a special committee.
Please accept, Mr. Director, our
sincere greetings.
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School Relief Committee
Baghdad
Baghdad, August 6, 1925
To the Honorable President of the Hasbani Council
Greetings and respect,
Since your esteemed council was kind enough to grant a loan of four thousand rupees, the construction of the Nuriel School has continued
and now it is possible, but it has appeared that the amount we requested at that time is less than
what is strictly necessary to complete the construction properly, including the expenses of the electrical machinery
and others. In view of the necessity of speeding up the completion of the building and making it ready for the academic year
upcoming <del>⟦illegible⟧</del>, a session was held last Sunday, and the members of the School Relief Committee
mentioned, in the capacity of a loan, have made it from the first revenues that come to this committee, and we are in any case
striving to collect the ⟦necessary⟧ funds as well, and we hope to be informed beforehand if you wish for
one of us to attend the aforementioned session.
With highest respect,
The President
M. Myers
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Expenses
Committee Account Statement
from October 19, 1925 to December 1, ⟦1926⟧
| Rps. | an | Rps. | an
Grant to the Nouriel School by decision of the Consistory | | | 6000 |
General expenses of the Committee from Oct. 19, 1925 to December 1, 1926 | | | |
salary to the employee Mr. Schamosh until end of Nov 1926 | 575 | | |
Postage stamps | 20 | | |
Printing of appeals - office supplies | 143 | 11 | 738 | 11
Expenses for the construction of the Nouriel School | | | |
according to special ledger of which extract is attached | | | 18089 | 11
Balance to our credit at the Eastern Bank | | | 3 | 12
| | | 24832 | ⟦illegible⟧
Due to the Consistory 6000
to various creditor accounts 2180 8
for Works to be completed at the Nouriel School
Roof covering with clay rauf -
Plastering of classrooms and painting of woodwork
approximately ⟦819 8⟧ 9000
9000
⟦illegible⟧ relief for schools
⟦illegible⟧ember 1926.
Receipts.
| Rps. | An. | Rps. | anas
Subscriptions and donations. | | | 15798 | 9
Proceeds from the sale of old materials from Nouriel. | | | 893 | 1
Advance from the Consistory. | | | 6000 |
| | | 22691 | 10
due to Mr S. Murad for beams and invoice | 276 | 2 | |
" " Meir carpenter for woodwork " " | 1817 | | |
" " Mr Meir Schamasch monthly employee Novber | 30 | | |
" " Mr Kadoury Chouker for advance made | 57.6 | | 2180 | 8
| | | 24872 | 2
to Receive from the ⟦Traij⟧ Legacy Rps. 9000.
9000
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Baghdad | December 8, 1946
The Honorable and Virtuous Benefactor, Khawaja Moshe Slon ⟦Al-Hayeq⟧, Respectfully
After greetings,
Dr. Rosenfeld, the secretary of this committee, upon his recent return from your side, has informed us with great pleasure
that you have promised him a donation of a sufficient amount to assist in building the ⟦Laurel⟧ school in our area. Therefore, we would like
to draw your attention to this matter, hoping for your well-known kindness to fulfill the promise and send the
sufficient assistance for this great charitable work. To you belongs the merit, kindness, and much gratitude.
On behalf of the Secretary
Signature: Khedhouri Sugar
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Baghdad, December 8, 1927
The Honorable and Virtuous Munshi Shlomo Dwek, Respected
After greetings,
Dr. Rosenfeld, the secretary of this committee, has recently returned from
Europe and informed us of the assistance you provided him in obtaining subscriptions
for the construction of the Laurel School in this city, and the sense of benevolence
and grace you demonstrated on this occasion. Since time did not permit
the doctor to complete all his efforts there in this regard, we have,
in view of your diligence and your authorization for the work of this committee, to request that you
be so kind as to meet with Khawaja Sassoon, who donated 5 pounds, and inform him that this amount
has not reached us yet. If it is not too much trouble, we also request that you meet the members
of our community from this city who are in your area and ask them to send their subscriptions
for the year 1927 or their donations for the work of this committee. By doing so, you will have
performed a great deed of charity. May the Almighty reward you with goodness, and may you remain in respect.
On behalf of the Secretary
Signature: ⟦In person⟧
Thanks
Funds should be sent in the name of
The General Secretary, Dr.
Rosenfeld
The names of the persons to be met are:
Madame Moshi Samiha
Abraham Shamash
Meir Makhlouf
Simon Cohen
Shumayl
Etc.
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December 8, ⟦1924⟧
To the Honorable President of the Lay Council
Greetings and respect,
On the occasion of the election of your esteemed body, this committee offers its sincere congratulations to you and hopes that
the Almighty will grant you success in what is for the good and progress of the community.
This committee was formed for the first time about a year ago according to a regulation approved by the Council at
the time, which is undoubtedly among the papers of the honorable Council. It has continued its work since its formation and was able to collect
an amount of donations according to the details shown in the copy of the account attached herewith. It appears from this account
that the public's response to the request of this committee in this first year of its formation is something that calls for appreciation and warrants
encouragement and hope for the future. The committee has carried out two basic tasks this year, which are:
Assisting the Nuriel School with an amount of six thousand rupees and rebuilding this school:
This work forced it to borrow six thousand rupees from the honorable Council, in addition to the fact that there are
debts that must be paid as soon as possible. At the beginning of a new year, the collection of donations should be started from ⟦now⟧.
Since Article 3 of the regulations of this committee requires the renewal of its body every year on (Rosh Hashanah),
we hope you will look into this matter and give a decision to renew the body according to the regulations. The reason for not
carrying that out since (Rosh Hashanah) until now was the non-completion of the Nuriel School building at that time and the dissolution
of the Lay Council for a period of time. We would like to draw the attention of the honorable Council so that this becomes a subject of interest for the
new committee, and its renewal should be the first task it performs, as is fitting for the name of the community.
With highest respect,
// And the building needs many necessary completions. The committee also reached out to the late Twayq Effendi to bring this to the interest of
the schools, which led to his recommendation of an amount of 12,000 rupees, of which 4,000 are for the Rabbanim and 8,000 for building a section of the Nuriel School
in his name. These amounts have mostly not yet been received, and it is hoped that these amounts will be collected in the not-too-distant future
and to cover what corresponds to the expenditure of the school building established to this date. ⟦line⟧
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JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
Schools Relief Committee
B A G H D A D
( IRAQ )
Baghdad 8th December 1926.
⟦H. G. Basson Esq.⟧
Dear Sir,
We are informed by Dr. Rosenfeld the Secretary of this
Committee that the course of a passage from Beyrouth to Marseilles
in August last you were so kind as to promise a sum of £ 5/-/- as
contribution to the Nouriel School Construction fund. We venture
to bring this to your rememberance and would request you also to
recommend this charitable act to your friends and acquaintances
and obtain for us their subscriptions.
Yours Faithfully
sgnd: ⟦illegible⟧
For
the Secretary.
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JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
Schools Relief Committee
B A G H D A D
( IRAQ )
Baghdad 8th Dcember 1926.
M. Myers Esqr.
Dear Sir,
At a meeting of this Committee held on the 7th instant
notice was taken of your resignation tendered recently to the
Consistoire. The Committee takes pleasure to recall the whole
hearted concern which you have shown in the welfare of the
Community in general and the energy and earnestness with which
you have conducted the work of this Committee in particular.
We very much regret that for practical reasons your
decision is final and wish on this occasion to express to you our
great appreciation of the splendid work which you have done as
President of the Committee and our thanks for your valuable
cooperation.
Yours Faithfully
⟦illegible⟧
Secretary
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JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
Schools relief Committee
BAGHDAD
[ Iraq ]
⟦line⟧
The Israelite Lay Council
Schools Relief Committee
Baghdad (Iraq)
⟦line⟧
Baghdad, 4th January 1927
Sasson Salomon Esqr.
Paris.
⟦line⟧
Dear Sir,
We are much obliged to you for your kind support to this committee by
your generous contribution of £ 25 received through Mr. M. S. David .
Please accept our best thanks and the wish that you may always be enabled to
so effectively to help in such philanthropic works .
Yours faithfully
⟦illegible⟧
Secretary
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4th. January ⟦...⟧7
J. R. Michael Esq.
L O N D O N .
Dear Sir,
We are much obliged to you for your kind support
to this committee by your generous contribution of one thousand
rupees received through Mr. Ezra Menachem. Please accept our best
thanks and the wish that you may always be enabled so effectively
to help in such philantropic works.
Yours faithfully.
⟦illegible⟧
Secretary.
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Written on the night of Sunday, November 11, 1945
Teacher Zakia
You state that you have been attending ⟦Noor⟧ school since midday March 14
⟦last⟧ instead of teacher Maryam ⟦Amman⟧ by agreement with her regarding your salaries
In the month of May, the government requested you to submit your appointment applications according to the regulations
So you submitted them in May 1945, and when you consulted the Education Department about the salaries, they replied
that you were not appointed by order of the Directorate of Education, but by order of the school committee, and you
are continuing in service in response to the Education Department's order. Also, in the month of September, you submitted a request
through the school to the Directorate of Education regarding your confirmation, so the Education Department replied
with approval and requested your presence to sign the contract. Since teacher Maryam did not agree
to sign, the transaction remained incomplete. Based on your request, we inform you that we have
no objection
Committee of ⟦Al-Fayhaa⟧ Primary School
Rabbi ⟦Salim⟧
⟦Salim⟧ Daoud
4th. January 7
S.H. Michael Esqr.
LONDON.
Dear Sir,
We are much obliged to your kind support to this
committee by your generous contribution of one thousand Rupees
recived through Mr. Ezra Menachem. Please accept our best thanks
and the wish that you may always be enabled so effectively to
help in such philantropic works .
Yours faithfully,
⟦handwritten signature⟧
Secretary.
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To the honorable members of the Israeli Schools First Aid Committee
Greetings and respect,
Since my financial situation is weak in terms of my earnings, I have strived to find a position
that would sustain me with a salary that covers my expenses. After much effort, the Creator granted success and I obtained
my goal, through the mediation of some honorable people who intervened for that purpose. Instead of what was assigned,
I submit my resignation from the work of your esteemed committee. I am very sorry to leave
your honorable body, due to the good treatment I received from your esteemed committee
throughout the duration of my service in your department. Finally, I hope you accept my resignation and I beg
of you not to deprive me of ⟦your assistance⟧ in light of what I have provided during my service, and to grant me
a reward corresponding to the services I rendered to your esteemed committee. By doing so, you will make me
a supplicant for your long lives and honor. To you from us much gratitude and utmost respect.
Your servant,
Clerk of the First Aid Committee
Beir Shaul
December 22, 1926
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The officer in charge
Posts & Telegraphs
Baghdad
Dear Sir,
Kindly give orders to all concerned that any letters
ordinary or registered addressed to our Committee are to be
sent to
⟦Mr Jos-Rosafas⟧
⟦15/178 Ras Garayah⟧.
the secretary of the Committee who just returned back from ⟦Europe⟧.
Yours faithfully,
for the President
⟦A. J. Elkabir⟧
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Baghdad 15/12
This is to certify that Mr
⟦illegible⟧ir Schauel Shamash has
been in the employ of the committee
since 15th Oct 1925 and has
discharged his duties to the best
of our satisfaction and
has shown in his work
and in handling the funds
of the committee excellent
qualities of reliability and
trustworthiness. He now
resigns at his own motion seeking
to better his position
15/XII/26.
⟦illegible⟧
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JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
Schools relief Committee
BAGHDAD
[ Iraq ]
The Jewish Lay Council
Schools Relief Committee
Baghdad (Iraq)
Baghdad,:
192:
President. MR, MICHAEL MYERS : Manager of English Co.
African & Eastern Corperation Ltd.
Vice President & Secretary. DR. JOSEPH ROSENFELD : member of
the Central Committee of the Alliance Israelite
P a r i s.
Treasurer. MR, K.M. SHUKER : Banker.
( MR, SALEH FARJ HAIM : chief secretary of the
Members. ( Banking house Sion Aboudy.
( MR, JOSEPH SALEH ELKEBIR. : Advocate.
It is dire necessity that makes the lay Council approach you
and letters of appeal are being sent to our coreligionists in Baghdad, Iraq
and the exterior. We appeal to your generosity and hope to have you at
the head of our subscription list, being convinced that the charitable
works of Baghdad interests you.
The money which will be collected will be exclusively used for
our 8 schools relief to poor children, to pay the budgetary deficits,
repair schools properties, improve the teaching personnel, and even build
local schools if the generosity of our coreligionists permits us thanks to
their effective aid on which we are relying.
IN REDEEMING OUR SCHOOLS WE REDEEM OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
Thanking you in anticipation.
We are,
The President.
⟦signature⟧
Secretary.
⟦signature⟧
Jewish Lay Council
Schools Relief Committee
⟦illegible⟧
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JEWISH LAY COUNCIL JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
Schools relief Committee Schools relief Committee
BAGHDAD BAGHDAD (IRAQ)
[ Iraq ]
Baghdad, ⟦line⟧ 192
Daer Sir,
We have the honour to inform you that the teaching in the Jewish
Schools of our City is found to be on a level which is far from responding
to the actual needs. Our Communal Council, for some years has made great
efforts to help the needs of the schools by granting them large yearly
subsidies and important extraordinary allocations, but the number of the
pupils increases year by year; the improvement of the teaching personnel
makes itself very much felt and the budgets of the schools disclose a
deficit which increses each year. The pupils fathers seeing that the ins-
truction in the schools is insufficient, send their sons to schools at
Beyrouth,and in Europe. They are people who have the means whilst the
middle class and poor people, find themselves deprived of superior educa-
tions, the situation has become most critical, and many people are unable
to pay the same school fees as in the past owing to bad trade etc.etc.
The Revka Nouriel School is threatened with ruin and the mange-
ment finds itself complled to close it. which means that nearly 500.pupils
must roam in the streets. The revenue of the "WAQF" properties is con-
siderably reduced on account of the decline in the rents. The Communal
Council whose budget cannot remedy this situation has Judged it necessary
to appeal to our creligionists of Baghdad for financial assistance in the
form of yearly subscriptions. For this object it has appointed our
Committee,Viz. "JEWISH SCHOOLS RELIEF COMMITTEE" which composed of five
m e m b e r s.
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JEWISH LAY COUNCIL | Jewish Lay Council
Schools relief Committee | Schools Relief Committee
BAGHDAD | Baghdad (Iraq)
[ Iraq ]
Baghdad, ⟦line⟧ 192
Dear Sir,
We beg to acknowledge receipt of your favour dated ⟦line⟧
enclosing ⟦line⟧ as subscription to the Schools Relief Committee.
We have to express our best thanks to you for your generous cont-
ribution. Our Schools are now dependant on the support which this Comm-
ittee is enabled to offer through the generous aid of its subscribers,for
their maintenance and improvement. It is with the greatest satisfaction
that we record the response which our call has received from you; We have
the firmest belief that, thanks to such aids our Schools will not hence-
forward lack the means which are necessary to ensure their progress and
eventually. the material and moral advancement for our Community.
We trust that you will ever interest yourself in their welfare
and that you will always lend sympathetic ear to the calls which may be
made by this Committee for their benefit.
Again thanking you,
We are Dear Sir.
Yours Faithfully.
Secretary.
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14th January 1927.
Dear Sir,
We are informed by our honorary Secretary Dr J. Rosenfeld
that when he recently saw you in London, you told him of your
generous intention to send a substantial contribution for the
construction of the school now in hand. Your brother Mr. Menashi
Gourji, through whom the aid was to come, says however that he
has received no communication to that effect till now.
We therefore beg to bring the matter to your notice with the
request that your kind promise may be fulfilled as early as
convenient. The school is nearing completion and the funds
received from you will materially help in expediting the
remaining work, and will serve perhaps also to cover a debt
which we have incurred in pushing the work forward, in antici-
pation of future income, with the urgent object of opening the
school for the pupils not later than October last.
With our best thanks,
Yours faithfully,
⟦M L⟧ Secretary
⟦p/⟧ President.
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JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
Schools relief Committee
BAGHDAD
[ Iraq ]
The Israeli Lay Council
Schools Relief Committee
Baghdad (Iraq)
Baghdad, March 9, 1927
Mr.
Y. Elkabir
In Town
Dear Sir
The Committee has learned with deep regret
of your resignation as a member. Your colleagues hardly
expected it, since it was understood that the Committee as a whole
would resign around next Passover, at which time
we hope to deliver the Nouriel school, fully completed. You
wished to deprive us too soon of your precious
collaboration without even telling us the reason that
prompted you to give your resignation. The Committee
remains grateful to you and thanks you warmly
for all the trouble you have taken
to assist it so effectively in its task.
Please accept, dear Sir, the expression of
our best regards
⟦illegible⟧
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Jewish Lay Council
Schools Relief Committee
Baghdad (Iraq)
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
Schools relief Committee
BAGHDAD
[ Iraq ]
Baghdad,: 10 March 1927
192:
To the Honorable President of the Lay Council
Greetings and respect
In response to your letter No. 81 dated the 9th of this month, we inform you that we do not see a need to elect
a successor to the resigned member of our committee, Yusuf Effendi Al-Kabir, because according to the text of Article 22 of the
bylaws of your esteemed council, the sub-committees can be composed of three members or more, and since
the work of our committee is nearing completion regarding the renovation of the Nouriel School, and as we intend
to submit our resignation after completing the construction of Nouriel due to our lack of time, accordingly we hope that
you will agree not to appoint a fourth member temporarily. With much respect.
Committee Secretary
Doctor
Rosenfeld
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JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
Schools relief Committee
BAGHDAD
[ Iraq ]
The Israeli Lay Council
Schools Relief Committee
Baghdad (Iraq)
Baghdad, 20 March 1927
To the honorable and virtuous Ezra Effendi and Shaukat Effendi ⟦Lawi⟧,
After offering you our greetings, we state that our committee sent two of its members to you a few days ago,
Dr. Rosenfeld and Hadouri Effendi Shukur. The subject of this visit was to propose
to your honors that you donate the costs for the eastern wing of the Nuriel School, to be inscribed with the name
of your late grandfather, may God have extensive mercy upon him. Our committee is still awaiting your response
regarding this matter. Here we must mention that the cost of this wing is the sum of
seven thousand rupees (7000), which our committee considers a final amount, hoping for a generous donor to contribute
this sum. Therefore, we see that the opportunity is ripe for you to immortalize the memory of your late grandfather
forever ⟦among⟧ people in the present and the future, in exchange for a ⟦relatively⟧ small amount, in the
hope that you will ⟦respond⟧ to our invitation and answer us as soon as possible. We thank your kindness in advance.
On behalf of the Chairman of the Committee