AI en Translation, Pages 476-500
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ALLIANCE ISRAELITE UNIVERSELLE
A. D. SASSOON COLLEGE | Alliance Israélite School
Direction ⟦line⟧ | Baghdad
Administration ⟦line⟧
No. ⟦line⟧ | Number ⟦line⟧
Baghdad, April 26, 1933
Jewish Consistory
Baghdad
Mr. President,
By his letter of January 30, 1933, No. 2122, the
President of the Community, who lacked funds to pay
the subsidy for our schools, authorized us to discount
for the benefit of our schools' treasury a promissory note
of I.D. 100
- compiala, - with
our signature, the maturity of which would be set for May.
In accordance with this authorization, we
discounted on February 1st last, with the "Eastern Bank Ltd" of
our city, a compiala of 100 Dinars under the signature of Mr.
Sabagh to the order of Mr. Sasson. The maturity of this compiala is
May 16th next.
I would be obliged if you would take measures for
the payment of this amount at maturity, to be debited from the
arrears accounts of our schools.
Please accept, Mr. President, the assurance
of my devoted sentiments.
The Director
⟦Blam⟧
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8 May 1933
Payment of a promissory note amount
Directorate of Alliance Schools
Reference to your letter dated 26 April 1933
After reviewing the letter of the former representative of the head of the community No. 2122 dated 20 Jan 1933, our
council did not find in it an absolute commitment to pay the amount of the promissory note under discussion. All there is to it is that
the head of the community promised to pay the amount of one hundred dinars if financial circumstances were helpful, otherwise
it would be paid from student fees. In fact, the council's fund at the present time does not allow
at all for the payment of this amount, and therefore it was necessary to notify you of the need to pay it from the fees. Sincerely.
⟦illegible⟧
Vice President of the Lay Council
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ALLIANCE ISRAELITE UNIVERSELLE
A. D. SASSOON COLLEGE Alliance Israelite School
Direction ⟦line⟧ Baghdad
⟦line⟧ Management ⟦line⟧
No. ⟦line⟧ Number ⟦line⟧
Baghdad, May 5, 1933
Israelite Consistory
Baghdad
Mr. President,
NOAM SCHOOL . - A subsidy of 100 Dinars was
fixed this year for the Noam school on condition that it be
sanctioned by the Consistory according to the letter from the former presi-
dent of the Consistory, Mr. Chohet, dated December 30, 1932, No. 2068.
I beg you to consider the fact, and to send us
the portion of this subsidy pertaining to the months of March
and April.
PROMISSORY NOTE. I must confirm to you my
letter of the 26th of the current month regarding the authorization given to us
by the former president of the Community, in his letter of January 30,
1933, No. 2122, to discount a promissory note of 100 Dinars
in favor of our schools with the promise that the Consistory would settle
this account in May, from its funds, by debiting the accounts of our
schools. This authorization is of the same order as that which he
gave to the other schools, for the second loan and which the Consistory
undertook to settle upon maturity.
I therefore ask you to do what is necessary for the withdrawal
of this promissory note which is held at Eastern Bank, upon maturity,
namely May 15 current.
Please accept, Mr. President, the assurance
of my best regards.
⟦Sassoon⟧
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ALLIANCE ISRAELITE UNIVERSELLE
A. D. SASSOON COLLEGE | Alliance Israélite School
Direction ⟦line⟧ | Baghdad
⟦line⟧ | Administration
No. ⟦line⟧ | Number
Baghdad, May 9, 1933
Jewish Consistory
Baghdad
Mr. President,
I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your letter
of yesterday, No. 2273, regarding the loan of 100 Dinars that we
took out for the school from the Eastern Bank of our city.
I beg you to note that the situation you are creating
for our schools is somewhat abnormal.
The loan I took out is exactly the same as the second
loan taken out by the directors of the other schools. You will pay the
latter, why leave ours in suspense? And yet, the
Consistory owes our schools much more than the others. And if there is
a favor to be granted, I believe it should be done for our schools which
have been more patient.
I can assure you that my means do not allow me
to meet our current needs and to settle this loan at the same time,
taken out, I repeat, in agreement with the President of the Com-
munity, just as much as the one taken out by the other directors who,
however, were due to receive less than us from the Community
Treasury. You will please consider that I have already had to pay,
no later than yesterday, from the amount of our summer school fees, a sum of
220 Dinars to Mr. Yamen Cohen, banker, who had kindly, upon my
signature, advanced us this sum in favor of our school. How
can I pay another month to our teachers and the 100 Dinars in
question? I cannot. When you have settled the second
loan of the directors of the Communal schools, they will only be
owed some 3 to 4 months of arrears. But by settling from your
treasury our regular loan of 100 Dinars, you will still owe our
schools 6 to 7 months of arrears. Is it for this reason that you would not
want to pay these 100 Dinars? Do you find that fair? It is always
with such arguments that our institutions have been pushed into the
situation they are currently in, namely that they are owed
two or even three times more than other institutions. Allow me
to say that this is not fair.
I have done everything in my power so far to
get out of trouble and not make the task of the Consistories more dif-
ficult. But, I beg you not to continue to abandon us.
Do for our schools what you do for the others. I do not
ask for more.
I do not have the means to pay these 100 Dinars, especially
since I have continued to pay until now the salary of Mr. Bogod
which is the responsibility of the Consistory. You see that I am providing
all possible facilities. I cannot do more. I do not have a
bank at my disposal.
I therefore rely on your sense of justice to settle
this matter.
⟦Sassoon⟧
The amount is credited to the school account
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17 May 1933
To ⟦line⟧
Directorate of Alliance Schools
Reference to your letter dated 9 May 933
Our council has nothing at the present time to add to what was stated in our letter No. 2273 dated
the 8th of this month, in view of the financial constraints of the fund;
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Vice President of the Lay Council
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ALLIANCE ISRAELITE UNIVERSELLE
A. D. SASSOON COLLEGE Alliance Israelite School
Direction ⟦line⟧ Baghdad
Administration ⟦line⟧
No. ⟦line⟧ Number ⟦line⟧
Baghdad, May 19, 1933
Israelite Consistory
Baghdad
Mr. President,
I have just this moment received your letter of the 17th of this month
No. 2287, relating to the loan of 100 Dinars that we con-
tracted, following the agreement and authorization of the former head of the
Community, Mr. Shohet, for our schools from the Eastern Bank of
our city.
Thus, once again, our schools have been sacri-
ficed. Like all the other Consistories, your Council has just
practiced a conduct of partiality toward us: it was willing
to pay the two loans made by the directors of the
other schools but refused to settle the one we made
under the same conditions as our colleagues from other institutions.
Mr. Abdullah Battate will tell you how I had to
manage to pay this bill refused by you, upon its maturity.
You are not unaware that our situation is becoming more
and more difficult. The Consistory owes us more than 8 months of
arrears in subsidies while it only owes 3 to 4 months to the
other schools. You told me that you are not responsible
for this state of affairs which pertains to a previous period.
But now, not only have you done nothing <del>done</del> to repair
the injustice done to us and which you recognized, but
you are still maintaining and aggravating it to a certain extent.
I tell you frankly that it will be very difficult for me
to continue the work fruitfully under these conditions.
I do not have a bank at my disposal to draw from and complete
the additional deductions that have been made so far and that you
continue to make regarding our institutions alone. I
beg you to repair this injustice. I am not asking for more than the
others but I do not want our schools to be treated differently
than the others. That is all. And your refusal to settle our
loan of 100 Dinars <del>xxxxx xxxx xxxxx</del> while you have
settled the loans of the other schools has truly distressed me.
I express my protest to you regarding this.
You had, however, promised me that you would take your
measures so that all your institutions would receive the
same number of months of arrears. I beg you to <del>take</del> do
everything possible to achieve this fair result.
And as for these 100 Dinars, I expect from your
fairness that you settle it at the end of this month, with the subsidy
that you would remit to us for the current month of May
Your devoted
⟦Hanna⟧
19/5/33
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May 22, 1933
Regarding your requests to the Council
Directorate of Alliance Schools
Reference to your letter dated May 19, 1933
Our council cannot decide its final plan regarding the accumulated requests before finishing
the budget that it is currently working on organizing. However, it will take into consideration
the equality of your school with other schools when settling these requests.
L. F.
⟦signature⟧
Vice President of the Communal Council
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WATANIYAH SCHOOL
The National School
Baghdad: 193
No.:
Date: June 18, 1932
Number: 61
May God preserve him
To the Honorable President of the Lay Council
After greetings and respect
With reference to your letter No. 2219 dated May 29, 1932
The last promissory note in the amount of 70 Dinars is due on July 1st next, and since
this amount belongs to the Masouda Salman School, we request you to kindly send it
to the aforementioned directorate
Please accept our highest respect
⟦illegible signature⟧ | ⟦illegible signature⟧ | ⟦illegible signature⟧
Director of Masouda Salman School | Director of the National School | Director of Rachel Shahmoon School
To be spent as sufficient
Form No. 7 — 500 — 1 — 1933
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29 June 1933
Check for the amount of 70 Dinars
Director of Masouda Salman School
Reference to the letter of the three schools' directorates No. 61 dated 18 June 1932
Enclosed you will find a check to your order on the Ottoman Bank for the amount of seventy Dinars, which is the amount of the
last promissory note due on the first of next month. Please kindly acknowledge its receipt;
⟦signature⟧
Vice President of the Lay Council
⟦mark⟧
Page 485
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Number
Date: November 16, 1933
To the Distinguished Notable
Respected Member of the General Council
After greetings and respect
The last paragraph of Article 15 of the Jewish Community Regulation
No. 36 of 1931 states that "A member of the General Council who does not attend two
consecutive sessions without a legitimate excuse shall be warned of the necessity of attendance, and if he does not attend the third session, he shall be considered
separated."
Since you have previously ceased to attend, I hope to
draw your attention to the text of the article above, in the hope that you will kindly attend the next meeting
of the esteemed General Council.
May you remain in full respect
⟦illegible⟧
President of the Jewish Community
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The Chief Rabbi of the City of
Baghdad, may God protect it
Chief Rabbi of Baghdad Benjamin Hakham Moshi
CHIEF RABBI
BENJAMIN H. MOSHI
Baghdad
Number:
Date: 17 July 54
To the Honorable Committee of the Dear Schools
Regarding the teacher Abraham ⟦...⟧ who was dismissed from his job at the Shamash school
By law, he is fit to work at the Al-Wataniya school and there is no obstacle to this from the religious side
Benjamin Moshi
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Ref No. 5275
Date 7 / 8 / 1954
94
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Administration of the Lay Council
of the Israelite Community
Baghdad
Number: 364
Date: 6 January 28
Subject: Seeking the opinion of school principals on forming a general teachers' council
To the Honorable and Respected Sir,
After greetings,
There is no doubt that you appreciate with us the necessity of continuous effort to raise our schools to a level
worthy of them, and we have thought of forming a teachers' council in each school that holds its meetings from time to time to consider
what is beneficial to the school, whether materially or morally.
These school councils shall hold general meetings under the name of the General Council of Teachers to participate together
in discussing disciplinary affairs and working towards raising the level of our schools in general.
We have seen fit, before inviting you and some senior teachers to hold the first session, to request of you
that you kindly provide us with the opinions you may have regarding this necessary educational project.
With our gratitude and respect,
President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧
A copy of it to each of:
The Honorable Mr. A. G. Brotman
" Honorable Director of the Alliance Schools
" " Honorable Director of the Rachel Shahmoon School
" " Honorable Director of the National School
" " Honorable Director of the Al-Karam School
" " Honorable Director of the Midrash School (A)
" " " (B) Honorable
Teachers' Council File
6/1/28
⟦illegible⟧
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RAHEL SHAHMOON SCHOOL
Rahel Shahmoon School
Baghdad 192
Baghdad, January 28, 1928
Number: 454
Subject: Formation of a General Council for Teachers
To His Excellency, the Honorable President of the Lay Council.
Greetings and Respect,
In response to your letter No. 464 dated January 18, 1928, I have the honor to present to your Excellency the following:
I was truly pleased by your Excellency's sound opinion in proposing the formation of a General Council for Teachers, and I sanctify this majestic proposal,
praying for its innovator's long life from the bottom of my heart, due to the immense benefits it will bring to the community's schools and their directors with abundant goodness.
In order to achieve these benefits and bring them into existence, I request your esteemed council to issue the supporting orders to commence
this sacred work as quickly as possible, given the ripe fruits that will be harvested from the tree of its benefits, which would refine the students
and develop them according to current circumstances. I also have the honor to submit to your Excellency herewith some of my personal suggestions, which I hope
are not without benefit and that they serve as a basis for the regulations of the aforementioned council, in service of the public interest. Please accept my highest respect.
⟦illegible signature⟧
To the brothers
⟦illegible⟧ and for the answers that
are received from the school directors
regarding this subject
And upon the completion of the arrival of the
aforementioned answers, your esteemed council
will meet to consider their contents
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9 - ⟦illegible⟧
Teachers' Council File
⟦illegible⟧
Page 491
Baghdad on ⟦...⟧
Proposal to the Principal of Rachel Shamoon School regarding
The General Teachers' Council
Rachel Shamoon School
Baghdad
RACHEL S. SHAMOON SCHOOL
(1) Every teacher affiliated with the schools of the Mosaic community, regardless of nationality or rank, is eligible for membership in this council
The Official Language of the Council
(2) The official language of this council is the Arabic language
Honorary Presidency of the Council
(3) The honorary presidency of this council belongs to the esteemed President of the Lay Council. This presidency is delegated to the head of the administrative body during the absence of the honorary president
The honorary president has no role other than to express his thoughts in the memorandums
Council Meetings
(4) The Teachers' Council meets once in the spring season, twice in the winter season, and twice during the summer vacation. This is based on an invitation from
the administrative body, so the total number of its sessions is five times a year in a regular manner. In this meeting, the resolutions
taken are read, and after the ideas and reports of the members are taken, they are referred to the administrative body.
The Administrative Body
(5) The administrative body is formed
A: From a President
B: " Vice President
C: " General Secretary
D: " General Assistant to the Secretary
E: " Five members, provided that the total number of its members is nine people
Method of Electing the Administrative Body
(6) The esteemed Lay Council elects the administrative body for the Teachers' Council by secret ballot for a period of one year, and members who resign or who
could not participate in the administrative body for any reason whatsoever, the Lay Council may elect those who replace them by secret ballot
as well.
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⟦...⟧ School of Baghdad
RACHEL S
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Objectives of the Commission
(7) The purpose of the Commission is:
1: To select textbooks in schools and establish them.
2: To adapt, in a manner consistent with modern principles, the teaching methods used (if they are not in accordance with modern requirements) as much as possible.
3: To establish a special internal system for rewards and punishments and generalize its application in all schools of the community.
4: To establish an internal system that ensures the collection of students' tuition fees according to regular principles.
5: To establish a special system for aid and lotteries held for the benefit of the schools.
6: To designate an appropriate time for lectures delivered by teachers on scientific, educational, and other various useful research topics.
For teachers and students
7: To open a club and issue a magazine containing scientific and disciplinary research that benefits teachers and students.
Meetings of the Administrative Commission
(8) Based on the invitation of the General Secretary, the Administrative Commission shall hold its meetings, whether ordinary or extraordinary, provided that the Administrative Commission
mentioned above has no fewer than two-thirds of the total members present during its sessions. If the President or the Vice President
of the aforementioned commission is absent, the General Secretary or his assistant shall preside over the session.
(9) It is not permissible for the Teachers' Council or the Administrative Commission to discuss political matters during their meetings.
(10) A special system will be established to prevent deliberation on these topics, and members who violate the provisions of this system will be reprimanded
by the Administrative Commission.
If the opinions of the Commission are tied on a decision, i.e., half ⟦approves it⟧ and the other half opposes, the President's opinion
shall tip the balance for one of the two sides.
Decisions that are not approved by the ⟦Education⟧ Council ⟦shall be considered⟧ null and void, and not ongoing.
⟦signature⟧
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KEREM YELADIM SCHOOL
Kerem Yeladim School - Baghdad
Al-Karam School
Number
122
Baghdad:
192:
Baghdad: January 29, 1928
His Excellency, the Honorable President of the Lay Council
Greetings and respect,
With reference to Your Excellency's letter dated January 6, ⟦1928⟧ and numbered 264, we support
the idea of forming a General Teachers' Council for the many benefits that result from it, the most important of which are:
1) Strengthening the bonds of affection and familiarity between principals and teachers.
2) Exchanging views and devising means and methods that would raise the level of our schools to
the desired standard.
3) Enacting internal regulations to be effective in all Jewish schools and supervising the curriculum
of study and amending it in a way that suits the condition of our schools. In any case, the aforementioned
Teachers' Council has numerous benefits that cannot be limited. The credit for this goes to your noble endeavors
and your commendable efforts. The matter is yours, sir.
School Principal
⟦Shehadeh⟧
1) The papers
to be kept in their private files
10 ⟦February⟧
⟦Kerem Teachers' School⟧
⟦Baghdad⟧
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A. G. BROTMAN. B. Sc. Lond.
Education Adviser to Jewish Community.
Representative of Anglo-Jewish Association, London.
Baghdad, 11 Jan 1928
( Iraq )
⟦From the Community Council⟧
⟦Number⟧
The President
Jewish Lay Council
Baghdad.
Dear Sir,
Many thanks for your letters of this week.
I am very pleased to note that you have consented
to be a member of the Relief Committee proposed, and
that you have nominated Mr. Heskel Shemtob as
another member. I have not yet spoken definitely
about the matter either to Mr. Myers or Mr. Benayon.
Would you prefer to see these gentlemen yourself
or shall I speak to them? Please let me know.
With reference to the suggested School
Committee, I think it would be a very good
thing for the School Directors to meet
periodically and discuss matters of school
discipline, curriculum, etc. The only criticism
I have to make is that the Alliance Schools
and Community Schools have such different
aims, that it will be hard to find a common
basis. However, the scheme can be tried and I hope
it will be of benefit to the schools.
Sincerely yours:
A G Brotman
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Subject: Regarding the formation of a teachers' council
To His Excellency the President of the Physical Council, the Respected?
Greetings and respect,
In response to your high proposal regarding the formation of a teachers' council in every school to consider what brings the
required benefit, we favor this high idea because of its widespread benefit in the advancement of schools and raising their status. It is determined for us that
school meetings shall be every Friday afternoon after the end of lessons. As for general meetings, I see it appropriate that they be held once
a month specifically for school principals so that there is ample room to implement the resolutions adopted in the aforementioned meetings.
Since the two branches of the Midrash are considered one school, I propose that they both have one council. Please
accept our highest respect, sir?
1/12/1928
On behalf of the Director of the Midrash Talmud Torah School
⟦signature⟧
⟦Anwar Off⟧
In the capacity of ⟦...⟧ also and the attendee
And for those who did not answer
12 ⟦...⟧
School Council File
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WATANIYAH SCHOOL
National School - Baghdad
Al-Wataniyah School
Baghdad:
192:
Baghdad on: January 15, 1928
Subject: Response regarding the convening of the Teachers' Council
To His Excellency, the Honorable and Respected President of the Lay Council
Greetings and respect,
In response to your kind letter regarding the convening of a teachers' council, we state that
with great pleasure we have accepted this noble idea, which could only stem from
one who loves the welfare of schools and seeks their elevation and progress. Therefore, we favor this vital
project and welcome it.
However, there is a small observation that may appeal to Your Excellency, which is that
this council should be limited to school principals and their assistants because they - undoubtedly -
know better than others what reforms their schools require. Especially since
the aforementioned council may sometimes deliberate on matters that teachers might not agree
to include in the school system. In any case, the matter rests with the one in authority.
Please accept our highest respect. Sir,
Principal of the National School
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Al-Wataniyah School - Baghdad
WATANIYAH SCHOOL
1923
BAGHDAD
National School - Baghdad
To be kept with the file
M. M.
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20 Jumada al-Thani 1352 and 9 October 1933
⟦Opening a school under the name King Faisal School⟧
His Excellency the Director of Education for the Baghdad Region
The Respected
After greetings and respect
We request that you grant us permission to open a new school under the name (King Faisal School)
This school will contain four primary classes in the coming academic year, then it will become
a full primary school after two years. Our council has selected all its teachers from among high school diploma holders
and appointed Munir Effendi Zakaria as its director, who is one of the teachers of the Rachel Shahmoon School and a graduate
of high school.
With respect to your Excellencies,
Vice President of the Lay Council
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Administration of the Lay Council
Baghdad
Number ⟦2207⟧
Date October 9, 1933
Subject: Your appointment as a teacher
To -
Saleh Effendi Azzouri
Our council decided in its session held on 3/10/1933 to appoint you as a teacher in
the new school for the upcoming academic year to deliver 24 lessons in the subjects assigned to
you by the school administration, with a monthly salary of four and a half dinars per month, provided that you are
under probation for a period of six months.
⟦signature⟧
Vice President of the Lay Council
A copy of it to the respected Schools Committee
" Directorate of King Faisal School for Science
119
⟦faded stamp⟧
669 / N in T 9 P 6561 on the twenty-second 06
Regarding the requests of private schools
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
And after
To the respected brother
(Chairman of the Schools Committee) in the respected Israeli community, Baghdad
On the occasion of the approaching final exams for this academic year, we have decided to hold a meeting
For the General Assembly of private school teachers to deliberate on setting questions and distributing
Tasks and responsibilities to private schools, so we hope for your attendance at the scheduled time
At ten o'clock in the morning on Sunday, the 25th of it, in the building of
The school.
And God is the granter of success
Chairman of the General Assembly for Private Schools
⟦1 / 5⟧
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