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JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
Schools relief Committee
BAGHDAD
[ Iraq ]
The Israeli Lay Council
Schools Relief Committee
Baghdad (Iraq)
Statement of the Schools Relief Committee account from October 1st ⟦1924⟧ until ⟦illegible⟧
Baghdad, ⟦line⟧ 192
| Rupee | Anna | Paisa
Income | | |
Received from Mr. Michael in London | 2000 | - | -
From Mr. Solomon in Paris | 224 | 4 | -
From the Alliance Society | 518 | 12 | -
From Ashkenazi Bank | 211 | 10 | -
From Khoushi and Hadouri Murad Shaker | 60 | - | -
From Dr. Rosenfeld | 60 | - | -
From Saleh Faraj Hayim | 15 | - | -
From the brothers of Hadouri Murad Shaker | 22 | 14 | -
From the hand of the carpenter, pieces of ⟦illegible⟧ | 17 | - | -
Balance at Eastern Bank in the name of Schools Relief | 212 | - | -
Received from Mr. Evan Chris in London | 100 | - | -
| 3440 | 10 | -
Total Expenses | | |
Debts paid according to the account submitted to you ⟦illegible⟧ | 2180 | 8 | -
Only clerk's salary for a month | 20 | - | -
Repair expenses according to receipt ⟦illegible⟧ | 572 | 7 | -
Advertisement distribution fees | 11 | - | -
Roof restoration expenses | 557 | 8 | -
| 3341 | 7 | -
Balance at Eastern Bank in the name of Schools Relief | 212 | - | -
Baghdad
⟦illegible⟧
1924
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To the Honorable President of the Lay Council
After greetings: On the occasion of the sudden travel of our committee secretary and his absence for several months, we decided
in our session held on the first of May to submit our resignation to your esteemed council, requesting its acceptance.
We would like to draw your attention to the fact that nothing remains of the renovation of the Nuriel School except
painting the ceilings and window frames and whitewashing the classrooms. Here we are, submitting herewith
the account along with all the books and papers of the ⟦Charitable⟧ Committee. With great respect ~
⟦Schools⟧
On behalf of the Committee
The Secretary
⟦illegible⟧
⟦H. Rosenberg⟧
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JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
Schools relief Committee
BAGHDAD
[ Iraq ]
The Jewish Lay Council
Schools Relief Committee
Baghdad (Iraq)
Baghdad, ⟦line⟧ 192
the budgets of some of our Schools. The rest will form the first contribution
to the construction fund. The cost of the School is estimated at Rs. 27 to 30,000
an amount, the realisation of which is for the Committee a ⟦matter⟧ of grave
anxiety and much misgiving. The Committee proposes to perpetuate the names of the
subscribers by engraving on a marble which will be placed on the front side of
the School those of subscribers of Rs. 1,000 and over. It is also possible for a
single person to build one wing which would then bear the name of its generous g
founder. A wing would cost from Rs. 12 to 15,000. The economic crisis now prevailin
in this country is so severe and our Community's financial situation is so perca-
rious that we have little hope of collecting on our side any charitable portion
of the funds required. In this juncture we turn to you with the earnest request
that you will generously contribute to this charitable undertaking, at a time
when your help would be particularly precious. Our Community would gratefully
acknowledge the help extended to her in such exceptional times of financial
stringency and embarrassment. Our Committee also would be gratified at your supp
port not only as source of material aid but also as affording en enommmus encou-
ragement to it in its dificult task.
With the hope of receiving a hearty response to this appeal and with
our thanks in anticipation.
⟦M Myers⟧
President.
Jewish Lay Council Relief Committee BAGHDAD
The Jewish Lay Council Baghdad Schools Relief Committee
We are, Dear sir,
Yours Faithfully,
⟦J Rosenfeld⟧
Secretary.
COMMITTEE:-
PRESIDENT:
Mr, M. Myers; Manager of the African & Eastrn Trade Corp. Ltd.
VICE PRESIDENT & SECRETARY :
Dr, Jos. Rosenfeld : Member of the Central Committee of the
Alliance Israelite; P A R I S.
TREASURER ;
Mr, K. M. Shuker : B A N K E R.
Members. ) Mr, Jos Elkebir : A D V O C A T E.
( Mr, S. F. Haim : Chief Secretary of the Banking house
Sion Aboudy.
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JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
Schools relief Committee
BAGHDAD
[ Iraq ]
The Israeli Lay Council
Schools Relief Committee
Baghdad (Iraq)
Baghdad, 10th March 192 6.
Dear Sir,
Our Communal Council whose resources can no longer meet the increasing
requirements of our Schools has lately appointed a Committee consisting of the
undermentioned persons, under the style of the Schools Relief Committee, whose duty
should be to endeavour, by obtaining subscriptions, to bring to the Schools such
material aid as will ensure their existence. The Committee constituted under Re-
gulations approved by the Ministry of the Interior had in October last issued an
appeal to the Jews of Baghdad and their Jewish countrymen abroad, in which the
situation of our Schools was exposed as becoming increasingly critical in face of
new requirements brought with the progress of the country and advance of education
among the people in general. Unfortunately few persons have responded to our call
On the other hand the Communal Council which is ever ready to make all possible
sarifices to the Schools is now unable to adjust the deficit shown in the Schools
budget. This deficit is fast increasing with the increase of the number of pupils
and the opening of new Schools. Our total School population is now "4500" excluding
the Midrash Talmud Torah which alone contains "2300" pupils. The Schools Inspec-
tion Committee which has the task of general supervision of the Schools and which
is composed of competent persons under the honorary presidency of H.E. Sir Sasson
Eskell and the honorary vice presidency of Mr. Ezra M. Daniel is working hard to
raise the standard of studies and to coordinate them into a single revised prog-
ramm. The Ministry of Education watches with much interests the progressive effor-
ts of our Schools to which it allows fixed subsidies. The teaching of Arabic and
English has been much improved and is due to be increased. This has necessitated
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del> and continues to necessitate the appointment of capable teachers with double
and in certain cases three times the emoluments of those who have been dispensed
with. To add to our difficulties a short while after our appeal was issued, the
Nouriel School was closed by order of the authorities owing to its dangerous state
of disrepair. It seemed as if the pupils of that School were to be left unprovi-
ded for, but happily our Committee had already collected enough to allow the let-
ting of temporary permises for them and thus rescued them from idleness. In view
of the urgent necessity of reconstructing this School the Communal Council has in
its session of the 26th January 1926. at which delegates from the Schools Inspec-
tion Committee and the Schools Relief Committee attended, voted a resolution that
every effort should be made to ensure the re-building of the School on proper
and hygienic lines and that special endeavour should be made to have it ready by
the time the Schools re-open in October 1926. This year the revenues of the Com-
munal Council do not cover its expenses and no contribution can be expected from
this quarter towards the cost of the new School. We have therefore to rely solely
on subscriptions to achieve the end in view. The amount so far collected by our
Committee is Rs. 12,600. of this Rs. 6,000 have already been appropriated to balance
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Supervisory Committee of Israeli Schools
Date: December 20, 1926
Honorable President of the Physical Council
Greetings and respect,
Reference to your letter No. 10 dated December 16, 1926, a copy of which was sent to us.
This committee had previously addressed this subject and studied it thoroughly, finding that private
lessons are sometimes necessary for some students, such as when a student is absent from school for a period due to illness or travel
or otherwise, and then wishes to catch up with his peers by doubling his effort and study. It is also beneficial if
there are students who seek it for the purpose of studying and expanding knowledge seriously, not for the purpose of gaining the teacher's favor
and advice. In general, it is a matter whose benefit is often greater than its harm. Therefore, after full
scrutiny and taking the opinion of some directors and others, we found no reason to prohibit it. As for the harm observed in this
regard, it only accompanies the teacher's favoritism toward the student and assisting him in exams. To prevent this,
the committee decided that a register be kept in every school in which the name of the teacher giving private lessons is recorded
along with the name of his student. During exams and when necessary at other times as well, this register shall be taken into
consideration by the examiners and others, so they ensure the teacher has no influence whatsoever. These are the procedures
currently in effect, and we find them sufficient, especially since the teacher is an employee like any salaried person, and his employer has no right
except to charge him with performing his duties to the best of his ability during working hours, not outside of them. It is noted in this regard that
some teachers are employed under <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> special contracts that do not mention prohibiting them from teaching private lessons,
and among them are those affiliated with a specific track whose conditions, such as the Alliance teachers, do not have anything in their regulations
preventing them from private teaching. Prohibiting these individuals, besides being fundamentally unnecessary as we mentioned, is
contingent upon scrutinizing their employment terms and perhaps consulting the authority to which they are linked.
As for how this decision affects this committee, we note that it concerned a purely educational matter which
is what this committee usually oversees. The issuance of the decision in this regard by your honorable council, especially with
the existence of a previous decision by this committee on it, has embarrassed the committee's position toward the schools. Continuing in this manner
hereafter would lead to irregularity in school administration matters and the loss of the logical benefit of the existence of
this committee. Therefore, we hope your honorable council will reconsider this issue based on the aforementioned
statements and the procedures currently applied in this regard. With highest respect.
On behalf of the Chairman of the Supervisory Committee
M. Allah
M. Abba
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Supervisory Committee of Israeli Schools
Date: December 20, 1926
To the Honorable Spiritual Council
Greetings and respect,
In response to your letter dated December 16, which included a petition from the teachers of Al-Karam School and a report
regarding the National School, we have conducted the necessary investigations into these two matters, and here are the results of our investigations.
The National School Report: We conducted detailed investigations at the aforementioned school, and the results were as follows:
First: A large portion of the signatories on the report do not have children in the aforementioned school, and perhaps
these signatures were forged.
Second: Books are sold in this school and in other schools at their cost price, no more. It has happened that some
booksellers sell books for two or four annas less than the current prices in schools, and that is
because booksellers prefer a partial loss over keeping the books idle for the following year. In any case,
students in all schools are free to buy their books wherever they wish, and no one forces them to buy books
from the school.
Third: The monetary penalty system was in place at the National School and others. But not to the extent mentioned
in the report; it does not exceed four or five ⟦fils⟧ occurring every ⟦week⟧. This system
has some benefits, as it is better for the students' parents to notice that their children are going to the schools
at the required time. However, it appeared to this committee that it is better to cancel this system, and the school
directors will be informed not to use the monetary punishment system with students in the future.
Petition of Al-Karam School Teachers
The aforementioned petition includes two matters, one of which has no relation to the other. The first is the accusation directed
by the teachers toward their director, stating that he committed acts contrary to the status, duties, and honor of teachers.
This accusation is phrased in a vague manner, and we are unable to investigate it due to our lack of the necessary
preparedness to conduct investigations into such matters.
As for the second, it is the matter of the resignation of the five teachers. In our opinion, it has no relation to the ⟦matter⟧ first matter.
Even if the aforementioned accusation against the director of Al-Karam School were proven, this does not justify the teachers' conduct toward
their director and toward our committee. This is a summary of this matter and how our committee handled it.
The five teachers appealed to our committee stating that their director had reduced their salaries, but this
salary reduction was not applied to some teachers, including his brother. Our committee summoned the five teachers to
one of its sessions and explained to them that the reduction that took place was according to the decision of the Spiritual Council, and that the three
teachers who were exempted from this reduction were exempted by a decision from our committee for reasons determined by this committee. We
promised the five aforementioned teachers that a review of their salaries would take place during the month of April,
and increases would be given to those who deserve them.
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And during this session, we asked the teachers several times if they had any other claim besides
the issue of reducing their salaries, and they answered "No". So we asked them to go out to deliberate among themselves as to whether
they wanted to continue in their work with their current salaries or not. So they went out, and after deliberating among themselves, they answered us
that they could not continue teaching unless their salaries were increased. After we advised them to abandon this
plan of stubbornness without result, we authorized the director of the Al-Karem school to find other teachers to take their place.
We were informed after that that upon leaving the school, they had advised the students to behave poorly toward the teachers who
replaced them and not to obey their orders.
Therefore, this committee thinks that it is not possible to return these teachers to their positions after this behavior of theirs, especially
since the school director has employed other teachers in their place.
As for what concerns the last paragraph of your letter regarding this committee continuing its services for the benefit of the schools until
the matter of organizing the internal regulations of your esteemed council is completed, we think that it would have been more appropriate first to organize internal regulations
for our committee while clarifying its relations with your esteemed council and the schools, so that what is agreed upon may be recorded in the regulations of your esteemed council.
This, and with highest respect.
On behalf of the Chairman of the Supervisory Committee
⟦M. Shah⟧ M. Isha
On April 17, 1946
2621 Heshvan 5706 Hebrew
Report of the Jewish Community Schools Committee
To the General Assembly
We have previously presented to the General Assembly at its meeting held on April 21, 1945, a comprehensive report
on the financial situation of the schools and the reasons that led to the financial deficit in the schools' budget.
In that report, we reviewed the financial situation of the schools until September 1, 1944. While it had been decided
in the schools' budget for the year 1944 that the deficit would be an amount of ⟦15,000⟧ Dinars, the actual deficit at the end of the mentioned year reached
approximately ⟦18,000⟧ Dinars.
Despite the fact that we have done everything in our power to reduce expenses in the schools, we were unable to drop
the expenses below the amounts allocated for them in the budget, due to the continuous rise in the prices of
school materials, tools, books, and stationery, and the continuous increase in the salaries of teachers and employees
due to the high cost of living. Furthermore, we were unable to increase school revenues to the degree that would enable us
to cover the mentioned deficit.
The schools' budget for the year 1945, which was previously presented to the General Assembly at its meeting held on April 21, 1945,
included a financial deficit of ⟦25,000⟧ Dinars. The General Assembly agreed at that meeting to cover this deficit
through donations collected from the members of the community. Large sums of the mentioned donations were indeed collected,
however, these donations were not sufficient to cover the mentioned deficit, due to the increase in actual expenses in the schools
beyond the amounts estimated for them in the budget, and because we were unable to collect all the donated amounts.
The financial situation of the schools for the year 1946
We have prepared the schools' budget for the year 1946, and it has become clear to us from studying it that the financial deficit in this budget will be very large,
as the estimated expenses for the schools this year amount to ⟦105,000⟧ Dinars, while the revenues are estimated at ⟦65,000⟧ Dinars,
thus the estimated financial deficit for this year is an amount of ⟦40,000⟧ Dinars, which is a very large amount that cannot be covered
by the regular donations collected from the members of the community.
This large financial deficit is due to several reasons, the most important of which is the increase in the salaries of teachers and employees in the schools due to the rise
in the cost of living, the increase in the number of students in the schools, and the increase in the prices of school materials and tools. Additionally, school revenues
did not increase in proportion to the increase in expenses; rather, some revenues have decreased from what they were in the past.
We believe that the financial situation of the schools has reached a very dangerous level, and that we cannot continue to manage the schools
in this manner unless permanent and sufficient financial resources are found to cover the continuous financial deficit in the schools' budget.
Therefore, we believe it is very necessary for the General Assembly to study this matter thoroughly and take the necessary decisions
to secure the financial resources required for the schools, so that they can continue to perform their educational and instructional mission
for the children of the community. We place this report in your hands to take whatever decisions you deem appropriate.
Schools Committee
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Inspection Committee of the
Israeli Schools
INSPECTION COMMITTEE
of the Israelite Schools
Baghdad, December 28, 1929
To the Honorable Lay Council
Greetings and respect,
With reference to your letter No. 186 dated October 27, 1929, regarding school
ceremonies, which we communicated at the time to Mr. Slon in French via ⟦transfer note⟧,
we bring to the attention of your honorable council that Mr. Slon held a school ceremony last
Sunday, December 26, without complying with the instructions issued by your honorable council. This
is with our highest respect.
On behalf of the School Inspection Committee
M. Isha
⟦illegible signature⟧
M. Slon
To Yusuf ⟦illegible⟧
I ask you ⟦illegible⟧ urgent to look into what is contained
in this letter in light of the preparations
and on this basis ⟦illegible⟧ attach it to the Council's file ⟦illegible⟧
The 28th of it
⟦illegible signature⟧
⟦illegible⟧
We have found that we no longer need the employee ⟦...⟧ as the aforementioned had found another job at the Thales School
for Judaism, and since we do not need him, we have ⟦...⟧ our funds to him, and since the school needs our funds again
This is the fourth time we have asked you to pay our funds deposited with you, and since the school needs them and since we do not wish to
⟦...⟧ school. We informed you that we do not make him imitate. We informed you a while ago that there is no sufficient budget in the Thales School, so
we found it necessary to inform you that we found that we had informed you a while ago that we found that we had informed you a while ago that we had informed you a while ago
and since we had informed you a while ago and since we informed you
It would have been possible to find another way to inform you, but since you were not satisfied with this, we found it necessary to inform you
and since we found it necessary to inform you that we found that we had previously informed you
that our schools, which we established to serve our children, we found that we do not wish to let them collapse, and since we found that we do not wish
to remain behind, and since we found that we do not wish to let our children get lost and have our desire to remain and progress taken from us, and since we found
and have our desire to remain and progress taken from us, and since we found that we do not wish to let our children get lost and have our desire to remain and progress taken from us, and since we found
and since we found that we do not wish to let our children get lost
Signature of the person concerned
⟦signature⟧
10/1/1946
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Copy
November 3, 1925
Mr. D. Sasson,
Director of the Schools of the Alliance Israelite Universelle
Baghdad
Mr. Director,
Below we communicate to you an almost literal translation
of a letter from the Mejliss El Jesmani addressed to this Committee dated
October 27.
School Festivals and Receptions. The good and the bad that result
from school festivals and receptions concern the entire Community
and you are not unaware that everything that happens in these festivals
and receptions is attributed to the leaders of the Community, because the
schools are institutions of the Community and the Mejliss is
responsible for them. For these reasons it will not be permitted in the future
any school festival or reception in any of the schools, or even
in the name of the school before having the program, the guests
and their number, and the speeches that will be delivered there
sanctioned by the Mejliss. Please note this -
Please accept, Mr. Director, the expression of our
sincere greetings.
The President.
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Committee for Aiding Israelite Schools
Baghdad, January 7, 1927
To the Honorable Lay Council
Greetings and respect,
We have been informed by the directors of the Jebel Shamoun School and the National School that His Excellency the Prime Minister
Ja'far Pasha will visit these schools next Sunday, January 9, at 11:00 AM.
With highest respect,
On behalf of the School Aid Committee
M. Allah
⟦M. Abna⟧
There is no objection
⟦To proceed⟧ with the matter
⟦signature⟧
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Inspection Committee of the
Israelite Schools
INSPECTION COMMITTEE
of the Israelite Schools
Baghdad, January 7, 1927
To the Honorable Lay Council
Greetings and respect
With reference to our letter dated January 6, 1927, stating that our committee has been dissolved, we request you to inform us
to whom we should hand over the papers and correspondence related to the committee's work.
With highest respect,
On behalf of the Inspection Committee of the Israelite Schools
M. Allah
⟦Secretary⟧
We have no objection
to placing it in the Council's box
Registered January 7
⟦illegible⟧
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To the Honorable President of the Lay Council
Greetings and respect
With reference to your letter dated January 21, 1927, and the other dated February 11,
1927.
This committee, as we have previously presented, has expired and has become legally dissolved. With the issuance of
your decision regarding the impermissibility of a committee composed of more than five persons, while there are seven members
in this committee, a second reason has arisen for the dissolution of this committee in its current form. Therefore, we
cannot but consider ourselves separated from the committee which has today ceased to exist. Enclosed we submit
its papers to you in fulfillment of our duty. As for the reconstitution of the committee in a manner consistent with your decision, this is naturally
akin to forming a new committee. If it is desired to include any of the signatories in it, they should be consulted personally,
as there is no longer any basis for consulting the committee as a body.
With highest respect,
Baghdad, February 23, 1927.
⟦illegible signature⟧ Ibrahim ⟦...⟧ Salman ⟦...⟧ ⟦illegible signature⟧ M. Shah⟦...⟧
Youssef ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
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Inspection Committee of the
Israeli Schools
INSPECTION COMMITTEE
of the Israelite Schools
Baghdad, on 20 ⟦November⟧ 1922
To the Honorable Lay Council
Greetings and respect,
We inform you that, in accordance with an order from the Baghdad Municipality Engineer, Mr. ⟦Shumayl⟧, Director of
the Alliance Schools, has been notified to demolish two walls in the Haron Saleh School. This has made some
rooms of this office uninhabitable. The amount required to build
the two mentioned walls and carry out some renovations in the school has been estimated at one thousand rupees. We request
your honorable council to decide as soon as possible to allocate the sum of one thousand rupees for these necessary repairs
because some of the school's classes are temporarily closed. We inform you that the ownership
of this school is an endowment (waqf), and the trustee of this endowment has leased it to the Director of the Alliance Schools
for a period of 21 years starting from 1914, provided that all repairs are carried out by the tenant. With
utmost respect,
On behalf of the Chairman of the Inspection Committee
M. Ishah
M. Isha
Secretary
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September 15, 1926
Mr. President
of the Alliance Israelite Universelle
45 Rue La Bruyere Paris
Mr. President .
Referring to our letter of December 23, 1925 regarding
the programs of the Rivkah Nouriel and Haron Saleh schools, we have
the honor to inform you that in agreement with the Consistory, we have
decided to apply a primary program to the Rivkah Nouriel school,
based on instruction in the Arabic language, starting from the next
school reopening.
We have always thought that such a program is more
appropriate for the students of this school who belong to the poorest
families in the city, but for lack of teaching staff in the Arabic language
we were obliged to maintain until now instruction in
the French language which is not at all in its place in this school .
Now we are in a position to obtain some
good teachers in the Arabic language and we think that there is no longer
any reason to delay the application of this reform whose utility is
indisputable .
Please accept, Mr. President, the expression of our
devoted and respectful sentiments .
For the President .
Secretary .
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Inspection Committee of the
Israeli Schools
INSPECTION COMMITTEE
of the Israelite Schools
Baghdad, the 17th of ⟦Sept⟧ 1929
Baghdad, on the 17th of ⟦Sept⟧ 1929
To the Honorable President of the Lay Council
Greetings and respect
We enclose herewith a copy of the letter we sent to the Alliance Society in Paris regarding
the curriculum of the Rivka Nourriel School. With highest respect,
On behalf of the Chairman of the Inspection Committee
⟦M. Shohet⟧
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The Israelite Lay Council
Baghdad
Number: 4
Date: December 10, 1926
To the Honorable Committee for Overseeing Israelite Schools
Greetings. With reference to your letter dated the 7th of this month.
Please send us the internal regulations of your esteemed committee to review its contents. There is no doubt that
what the esteemed committee has done ⟦is⟧ something that warrants great thanks, and we assure you that we will do our duty regarding
all the important matters you have mentioned. With our highest respect;
The President
⟦signature⟧
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The Israelite Lay Council
Baghdad
Number 7
Date: December 16, 1926
To the Honorable Committee for the Supervision of Israelite Schools
After greetings,
Enclosed herewith is the petition submitted by the teachers of Al-Karam School dated the 14th of this month, for the purpose of conducting investigations into
its contents and providing us with the information obtained in a clear and substantiated manner as quickly as possible to consider their fate.
We enclose the report containing the complaint against the ongoing activities at the National School, and we request that you look
into what the aforementioned report contains regarding the method of review indicated therein and inform us of the result with complete clarity.
Furthermore, the Council appreciates the righteous actions and efforts undertaken by your honorable committee toward the communal
schools and offers its sincere thanks for that, and requests perseverance in those services which the interest of the schools
cannot dispense with, until the matter of organizing the internal regulations of our council is completed, and may your work be crowned with success.
With great respect;
The President
⟦illegible⟧
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The Israelite Lay Council
Baghdad
Number 24
Date: January 12, 1927
To the Honorable Supervisory Committee of the Israelite Schools
After greetings and respect,
Your letter dated the 7th of this month was placed under scrutiny in the session held on the 9th of this month.
Upon deliberation, it was decided to write a letter to your honorable committee to send a representative to attend the session that will be held next Sunday,
corresponding to the 16th of this month, at five-thirty in the afternoon, to negotiate with him regarding your aforementioned letter.
Respectfully yours,
The President
⟦signature⟧
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The Israelite Lay Council
Baghdad
Number 48
Date 1 February 1927
To the Honorable Committee for Overseeing Israelite Schools
After greetings, further to our letter dated the 21st of last month, number 37, an oversight occurred in the aforementioned letter in
the sentence (i.e., by eight votes against one vote) and the correct version is (by six votes against one vote).
We hasten to correct it, and we also hope for your promptness in kindly providing the answer to our last letter so that the Council may decide regarding
your honorable committee. We offer our highest respect,
The President
⟦illegible⟧
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The Israelite Lay Council
Baghdad
Number 37
Date: January 21, 1927.
To the Honorable Committee for the Supervision of Israelite Schools
After greetings and respect.
Based on the negotiation that took place between the Council and the honorable delegation consisting of Monsieur M. Ita
and Gurji Effendi, sent by your honorable committee in the session held on the 16th of this month, it appeared that the committee desires
to remain at its previous number, provided that Ezra Effendi Danhal fills the vacancy left by Saleh Effendi Cohen, and that it
is also willing to continue working as before and to prepare its own internal regulations containing some special articles
showing the nature of the connection between it and the Council to be submitted to it for final consideration. Upon putting the proposal of the
aforementioned delegation to discussion and vote, it was decided to reject it by majority (i.e., by eight votes against one).
In accordance with Article 22 of the Council's internal regulations stating (the number of each sub-committee shall not be less than three persons and
not more than five) specifically regarding the number of committee members only. Therefore, please hasten to submit the regulations
within the mentioned proposal and continue working as before until a final decision is issued. Respectfully yours;
The President
⟦signature⟧
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Shamash School
Baghdad
Shamash School
Baghdad
No. 417
Date: 26/6/22
Subject: Decisions of the Examination Committee
His Excellency the President of the Lay Council, Respected
Greetings and respect,
We submit to you herewith the decisions of the Examination Committee at its meeting held on 21/6/22. Requesting they be typed
on the typewriter and a copy sent to each of the Rachel Shahmoon School, the National School,
Masouda Salman, the Alliance, for boys and girls, the Elkan, and two copies for the Shamash School.
Please accept our highest respect and remain.
S. Akallay
The Director
Let sufficient copies of the decision be printed
issued on June 21, 26 for all schools
with two copies of it to Shamash and a copy
to each of the committee members. And also send
a copy of it to the American press
in the name of
⟦illegible⟧
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Shamash School
Baghdad
Shamash School
Baghdad
No. / Number:
Date / Date:
Subject / Subject:
The Jewish Schools Examination Committee met on the afternoon of Sunday, June 25, 1922, with the
school principals and a teacher from each school and decided the following:-
1- Schools shall close on Sunday, July 2, 1922, and open on Tuesday, October 17, 1922.
2- Examinations may not begin before the fifth day of July 1922.
3- All examinations for the preparatory classes, the first and second grades, and History, Geography, and Objects in the third grade shall be held.
As for the rest of the classes, examinations shall be held
orally, practically, and in writing according to the subjects.
4- No more than thirty fils shall be taken from each student as an examination fee, provided that the student is provided by the administration with all
necessary notebooks and stationery for writing answers, and the student exempted from all tuition fees shall pay no more than 15 fils
as an examination fee.
5- The administration must send the examination grades and results to the committee no later than four days after the completion of each examination.
6- An elementary school student who obtains less than fifty marks out of a hundred in his lessons is considered to have a condition, provided that
only the Alliance School is excluded from this case.
7- The administration must send a copy of the examination curriculum to the committee three days before the start.