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Directorate
of Education of the Baghdad Region
Number 4566
Date 24 / 8 / 1930
Subject ⟦line⟧
To the Honorable President of the Spiritual Council
This letter was sent without the knowledge of this administration
Therefore, we were unable to grasp ⟦its matter⟧ from others
Meaning, as is understood, the inquiry about the teacher who
Tawfiq Effendi in the ⟦New⟧ Generation School
Receives his salary from the Ministry of Education ⟦directly⟧
On account of the subsidy provided by the Ministry
Annually to the Rachel Shahmoon School
⟦illegible⟧
Reference to your letter numbered 609 and dated 19 August = 1930
This arrangement was made based on an agreement reached between the administration of the ⟦Private⟧ Rachel Shahmoon School
And this administration at that time, and by a decision of the Financial Aid Distribution Committee in the Ministry of Education ⟦line⟧
So changing it depends on reaching an agreement between us and the aforementioned school as well, and the coupling of this agreement
With a decision from the committee in question, and it is not possible to decide on that except when the committee meets to consider the distribution
Of financial aid for the upcoming school year.
⟦signature⟧
Director of Education of the Baghdad Region
⟦Directorate of Education of the Baghdad Region⟧
A. K
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645
September 2, 1930
His Excellency the Director of Education for the Baghdad Region, Respected
In response to your letter dated 8/24/1930, number 2566 / 6 / 3
Matters pertaining to the management of the Rachel Shahmoon School belong to our council alone
And our council has the right to decide on the appointment, change, installation, and dismissal of directors and teachers
This is according to the provisions of the regulations
Therefore, the management of the Rachel Shahmoon School has no involvement in the matter of replacing ⟦the teacher⟧ Rasso Tawfiq
Basri, and we are still insistent on this request for fundamental reasons, so we hope you will take the necessary steps
to appoint another teacher in his place and notify us of that. With respect;
⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧
President of the Lay Council
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Directorate of
Education of Baghdad Region
Number <6856/2>
Date September 4, 1930
Subject ⟦line⟧
To the Honorable President of the Spiritual Council
Respected
Reference to your letter numbered 645 and dated September 2, 1930.
We will look into his matter at the beginning of the next school year, i.e., after the end of the school holiday.
⟦illegible⟧
Director of Education of Baghdad Region
Administration of the Spiritual Council - Baghdad
Number 532
Date 7 / 9 / 1930
File Number
102
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692
26 September 1930
His Excellency the Director of Education for the Baghdad Region, Respected
After greetings,
With reference to your letter No. 7/26/6850 dated 24 September 1930.
Our council had decided on 21 August 1930 to dispense with the services of
Tawfiq Effendi Basri, the teacher at Rachel Shahmoon School, effective from the end of the current
year, and the school directorate has been notified of this.
And since our council, in its session held on 14 September 1930,
has appointed Abdul Hamid Effendi Rashid al-Adhami to take the place of the teacher scheduled for dismissal, Tawfiq
Effendi, the aforementioned, we request hereby your approval not to implement the last paragraph of our letter
No. 545 dated 2 September 1930 regarding the request to appoint another teacher instead
of Tawfiq Effendi Basri, and to suffice with adding the allocated salary to the annual grant
paid by the esteemed Ministry of Education to the aforementioned school. With respect to Your Excellency.
President of the Lay Council
⟦signature⟧
Rachel Shahmoon School
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Directorate
Baghdad Region Education
Number 2825
Date September 21, 1930
Subject
To
Presidency of the Lay Council
Reference to your letter No. 692 dated September 16, 1930.
It is not understood from our letter No. 2685 dated September 4, 1930, that we gave you the right to dispense
with the services of the teacher Tawfiq Badri and appoint someone in his place; rather, we have previously explained to you that
changing this agreed-upon arrangement by appointing the aforementioned person depends on obtaining a decision from the
Financial Aid Distribution Committee and the approval of the Directorate General of Education. Since he is a graduate of
the primary section of the Teachers' Training College and is bound by a contract concluded with the Ministry of Education and was given to you
on a loan basis only, you do not have the right to dispense with his services and replace him with another before obtaining
the approval of this administration and before we are able to utilize him ourselves. Therefore, in this
situation, we cannot agree to your dispensing with his services at a time when we cannot utilize
him in our region due to the lack of a vacancy and because we have collected his salaries for a full year from the grant
allocated to the Rachel Shahmoon School, and before presenting the case to the Financial Aid Distribution Committee
at the Ministry of Education when it convenes to consider the distribution of grants to private schools for the
coming academic year and obtaining its approval to change this arrangement which we agreed upon and followed
since 1926. Furthermore, we do not want to deprive a person who has served private schools in the name of Education
for nearly five years. We will continue to pay his salary from the Rachel
Shahmoon School grant until we are able to utilize him in the official schools belonging to our region. This is
in addition to the fact that the order for his appointment was issued by this administration, so the order to dispense with him must
be issued by us as well.
⟦illegible signature⟧
Director of Education, Baghdad Region
Copy to:
Directorate General of Education (to support us in this)
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad:
Number: 572
Date: 25 / 9 / 1930
File Number:
Shahmoon School
School Committee
25 / 9 / 930
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648
September 2, 1930
Dispensing with the services of teachers
Directorate of Shamoun School
Our council decided in its session held on August 28, 1930, to dispense
with the services of both Tawfiq Effendi Basri and Munshi Effendi Khabbaza, the teachers at
your school, effective from the end of the current school year (October 1, 930).
Please notify them of the dismissal decision.
⟦signature⟧
Daoud Samouh
President of the Lay Council
N. M.
To the private file
⟦signature⟧
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RAHEL SHAHMOON SCHOOL
Rahel Shahmoon School
No. Number
Baghdad 19 40 Baghdad on September 4, 1940
(Copy of the letter sent to Munshi Effendi Khabbaza)
Copy of letter No. 648 dated September 4, 1940, received from the Presidency of the Israeli Lay Council
Subject: Dispensing with the services of teachers
Directorate of Shahmoon School
The Council decided in its session held on August 4, 1940, to dispense with the services of both
Tawfiq Effendi Basri and Munshi Effendi Khabbaza, teachers at your school, starting from the beginning of the
current school year (October 1, 1940). Please notify us of the dismissal decision.
President of the Lay Council
To the respected teacher Munshi Effendi Khabbaza
Greetings and respect
Listed above is a copy of the letter received from the Presidency of the Lay Council for your information, and stay well.
Ni'ma Salih
The Director
The matter of dispensing with the services of teachers
A copy of it to Munshi Effendi Khabbaza for information
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad:
Number: 544
Date: 4 / 9 / 940
File Number:
92
To be filed ⟦8 / 9 / 940⟧
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RAHEL SHAHMOON SCHOOL
Rahel Shahmoon School
No.:
Number:
Baghdad:
19:
Baghdad on: September 4, 1920
Copy of letter number 648 dated September 4, 1920, received from the Presidency of the Israeli Corporeal Council
Subject: Dispensing with the services of teachers.
Shahmoon School Directorate
The Council decided in its session held on August 28, 1920, to dispense with the services of both
Tawfiq Effendi Basri and Manshi Effendi Khabbaz, the teachers at your school, starting from the end of the current school year
(October 1, 1920). Please inform us of the dismissal decision.
President of the Corporeal Council
To the honorable teacher Tawfiq Effendi Basri
Greetings and respect
Included above is a copy of the letter received from the Presidency of the Corporeal Council for your information
Sincerely
Number: 27
Baghdad: September 4, 1920
The Director
To the honorable President of the Corporeal Council
Greetings and respect
Since the appointment of Tawfiq Effendi Basri as a teacher to our school was conducted by
the General Directorate of Education, it was necessary to inform the aforementioned Directorate of the decision of
this esteemed Council, and it is for you to decide, Sir.
Management of the Corporeal Council - Baghdad
544
4 / 9 / 20
File Number: ⟦line⟧
Faithful Student
⟦illegible⟧
The Director
Copy to teacher Tawfiq Effendi Basri
Shahmoon School
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RAHEL SHAHMOON SCHOOL
Rahel Shahmoon School
No.: 20
Number: 20
Baghdad:
19:
Baghdad on: September 16, 1920
Subject: Submitting a copy of the letter received from the Directorate of Education regarding Tawfiq Basri.
To His Excellency the Respected President of the Lay Council
Greetings and respect,
I enclose herewith a copy of the letter received from the Baghdad District Education Directorate
regarding Tawfiq Basri; therefore, we request that you inform us of what should be done
regarding the appointments. This is for your order, sir.
On behalf of the School
Principal
⟦signature⟧
Administration of the Lay Council -- Baghdad
Number 564
Date 17/9/20
File Number
Referred to the Schools Committee 20/9/20
Shahmoon School
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(Copy of the letter received from the Directorate of Education)
Number 2788 / 2 / 2
Date 16 / September 1940
To the Principal of Rachel Shahmoon School
We have been informed that you have dispensed with the services of the teacher Tawfiq Basri, and since the aforementioned is a
graduate of the Teachers' Training College, Primary Section, and is bound by a contract with the Ministry of Education and
was assigned to you by us on a loan basis, you cannot dispense with his services before it is possible
to benefit from him in this administration and obtain our approval for that. Therefore, we request that he be kept
in his position until it is possible for us to employ him within our staff and inform you of such.
Director of Education for the Baghdad Region
A copy to -
General Directorate of Education (to confirm this)
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JEWISH SCHOOLS COMMITTEE
JEWISH SCHOOLS COMMITTEE
BAGHDAD
BAGHDAD
Number: 974
No.:
Date (H): 12 November 1930
Date,: 193
To the Honorable Director of Rachel Shahmoon School
Greetings,
With reference to your letter No. 127 dated October 29, 1930
It appears to us from the letter of the Director of Education for the Baghdad Region No. 2949 dated 9/28/30
Addressed to the President of the Lay Council and referred to this committee by the aforementioned Council
That the teacher ⟦Nuhin⟧ Effendi Basri has been appointed to the position of teacher at Ras al-Qarya State School as of
October 1, 1930, and therefore the aforementioned person has no right to claim salary for the period from
October 1, 1930, to 10/19/30, which is the date the communal schools opened.
Please inform him of this. Sincerely,
⟦signature⟧
President
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad
Number 652
Date 11/15/930
File Number
Copy to the Lay Council for information
To be filed
⟦illegible⟧
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650
2 September ⟦...⟧ year 1930
Dispensing with the services of teachers
Director of Shamash School
Our council decided in its session held on August 28, 1930, to dispense
with the services of both Murad Effendi Mikhail and Rahim Effendi Shabi, the teachers at
your school, effective from the end of the fiscal year (October 1, 1930).
Please notify them of the dismissal decision.
⟦Daoud Samra⟧
President of the Lay Council
N. M.
A special file is to be organized
regarding the dispensing of teaching services
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Shamash School
Shamash School
Number: 195 / 2 / 4
Baghdad, the 19
Baghdad on September 7, 1950
To the attention of His Excellency the President of the Lay Council, the Respected
After greetings. With reference to your letter numbered 650 and dated ⟦4 / 9 / 1950⟧
We state that the teacher Naeem Shani mentioned in your letter had left
teaching more than a year ago, as evidenced by the absence of his name in the list of teachers
in our school; as for Murad Michael, we have dismissed him by the decision of your esteemed council
ruling to dispense with his services. Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Assistant Director of Shamash School
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad
Number 554
Date 7 / 9 / 950
File Number ⟦line⟧
To be filed
8/9
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652
September 2, 1930
Dispensing with the services of teachers
Directorate of Al-Karam School
Our council decided in its session held on August 28, 1930, to dispense
with the services of Yusuf Effendi Dahan, the teacher at your school, starting from the end of the current
academic year (October 1, 1930). Please notify him of the dismissal decision.
⟦signature⟧
School Administration
Chairman of the Physical Council
N. M.
Dispensing with the services of teachers
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His Excellency the President of the Lay Council, the respected
After greetings,
I am one of the teachers whose services you have dispensed with, and it is not hidden from Your Excellency that I have
a family of ten people whom I support. I hope from your chivalry and fairness that you do not cut off
the livelihood of myself and my family, especially in these difficult times. If I have
committed a sin for which I deserve this severe punishment, I have come here admitting the error and regretting
what I have done, seeking your pardon and forgiveness, and forgiveness is a trait of the noble.
So please give me a decision allowing me to work in the schools of the Israelite community when the
first vacancy occurs, if it is difficult for you to return me now to my previous position. To Your Excellency
further respect, sir.
20 November 1920
⟦illegible⟧
Youssef Ibrahim Dahan
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad:
Number: 166
Date: 20 / 11 / 920
File Number: ⟦line⟧
1) Secretary
Confirms Sivanf Dahan regarding the absence of a vacant position
in the school at the present time
18 / 11 / 920
Dear Secretary, Youssef Effendi has visited me and explained to me that the intention is for the Council to decide on what is mentioned in
the two underlined lines of his petition above. I hope to promote his request, noting that he has
spoken to the President about this and was promised good results.
28 / 2 / 921 ⟦signature⟧
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⟦illegible⟧
To the Honorable President of the Physical Council
Murad Mikhail and Yusuf ⟦Daan⟧, the teachers,
at the Shammas School, have approached us complaining about their dismissal from teaching
after they served in the school for a long time. We hope that you do not leave
room for this grievance and return them to their positions if possible.
May you remain [in peace].
9/21/⟦1920⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Minister of Education
Instructions
It was previously agreed that the Council will take over management when
vacancies occur in teaching positions 12/28/92
⟦signature⟧
12/28/92
To you
⟦illegible stamp⟧
⟦illegible faint text⟧
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JEWISH SCHOOLS COMMITTEE
JEWISH SCHOOLS COMMITTEE
BAGHDAD
BAGHDAD
No. / Number: 472
Date / Date: 12 November 1930
His Excellency the Director General of Education, Respected
After greetings
We have learned that Yusuf Effendi Damman, the former teacher in one of the
Jewish community schools in Baghdad, has been appointed by the esteemed Ministry of Education as a teacher
in one of the official schools. We request you to kindly inform us of the date of his appointment with you so that we can
consider a petition recently received from him regarding the settlement of his salary. With respect;
⟦Ja'far⟧
President
Administration of the Lay Council -- Baghdad:
Number: 652
Date: 15 / 11 / 930
File Number:
Copy to
The Honorable President of the Lay Council for information
To be filed
Teachers' file for the year
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659
2 September 1930
Dispensing with the services of teachers
Directorate of the National School
Our council decided in its session held on August 28, 1930, to dispense
with the services of Ibrahim Kurji Effendi Heskel Ezra and Murad Effendi Mikhail, the teachers
in your school, effective from the end of the current school year (October 1, 30).
Please notify them of the dismissal decision.
⟦signature⟧
President of the Lay Council
⟦signature⟧
To the private file
N. M.
Administration of Israeli Schools in Baghdad
Number
Date
File
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JEWISH SCHOOLS COMMITTEE
BAGHDAD
No. ⟦line⟧ 465
Secret and Urgent
Date, ⟦line⟧ November 11, 1930
To the Honorable President of the Lay Council
After greetings,
It is no secret to your esteemed council that the communal schools opened their doors on October 19,
1930. However, the position of Hebrew teacher at the Shamash School has remained vacant
throughout this period, and no doubt you agree with us that this is contrary to the schools' interests. This
committee has recently attempted to obtain the services of a capable teacher by various means, including
announcing the matter in one of the local newspapers, but unfortunately, it has not succeeded in finding the right man for such
a position. Therefore, we suggest reconsidering the case of the former teacher, Murad Effendi Michael,
and approving his return to his position. If the esteemed council insists on punishing him
for his past conduct, we agree to reduce his salary from 150 to 130 rupees per month,
noting that his number of lessons has now been increased from 25 to 30 lessons per week.
Please inform us of your approval of this proposal urgently for the sake of the school's interest.
Please accept our highest respect;
⟦signature⟧
President
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad
Number 642
Date 11 / 11 / 1930
File Number ⟦line⟧
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⟦Very Urgent⟧
800
12
November 1930
Honorable Chairman of the Schools Committee
Reference to your letter No. 465 dated 11/11/930
Our council has approved in its decision dated 11/13/1930 the reinstatement
of the teacher whose services were terminated "Murad Effendi Mikhail" to teach the Arabic
language at Shamash School in view of the justifying reasons stated in your aforementioned letter
and that is in accordance with what your committee decided regarding reducing his salary to one hundred and forty rupees
and increasing the number of his lessons to thirty lessons per week.
⟦signature⟧
President of the Lay Council
A copy of it to the Director of Shamash School for information
N. M.
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Administration of the Lay Council
Jewish Lay Council
of the Israelite Community
Baghdad.
Baghdad
Telephone: 200 Central
Telephone : 200 Central.
Number:
No.:
Date: 11 April 929
Date:
Editorial Directorate
Subject: Report on the school situation and the school system
Honorable Vice President of the Lay Council
I have the honor to submit to the esteemed Council the attached report on the state of our schools
and the school system that it lacks, hoping that the Council will look upon it with interest;
⟦illegible⟧
Director of Editorials
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad
11 / 4 / 929
Date: 11 April 929
File Number
School System File
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The Physical Council
Department of Editorials
Preliminary Report
Regarding the school system intended to be enacted
A Necessary Word
Schools are the lamps of nations; in them, the children of the people acquire the lights of science and through them, they are enlightened in the paths of life.
Rather, they are the peaceful factory that forms personalities from the youth whose geniuses soon appear ⟦to the public⟧, taking the country by the hand
to the peaks of sovereignty and glory.
Teaching has suffered throughout human history from many difficulties and formidable obstacles until it reached the status we see it in
today, that global status from which science has extended its wide arms, embracing many nations, sending light and perfection
into the souls of its children.
Our Schools and Their Schools
One careful look at our schools and the schools of civilized nations is enough to show us the vast
gap between these and those. They instill in the youth the spirit of work and the love of life; they mold them into noble habits
and generous morals; they urge them to seek perfection and constant ambition. While we prepare our youth with incomplete education, standing
at the crossroads of life with folded arms and terrified; therefore, we do not see in the graduates of our schools a shred of self-awareness.
We do not say that our schools are deficient from the perspective of theoretical education; no, on the contrary, they might stuff the brain
of the student more than required. However, lessons in ethics, practical applications, and the development of principles proceed in them like the gait
of a lame person, if we do not say they grieve the grief of the paralyzed and bedridden.
It must be noted that the schools of Arab regions such as Egypt and Syria have not ceased to move with wide steps toward
progress; likewise, the government schools here have paid attention to the necessity of reform, and only the sectarian schools remain wavering
due to various matters that we will attempt to explain below. Therefore, if the esteemed Council wishes to work on reforming the schools
in a way other than the patching method often followed in our country, let it demolish every educational structure crumbling toward collapse
and build in its place what is worthy of the spirit of the present age and deserving to walk side by side with current civilization.
Let the respected Council work today and prepare for the work of tomorrow and the day after tomorrow!! The field of work is wide before it and the record
of history is open to document its deeds.
The Most Important Deficiencies of Our Schools
1- Their lack of competent teachers
2- Their lack of a general curriculum that includes all of them
3- Not allocating time for practical lessons
4- The absence of internal regulations
5- The lack of moral oversight by the Council, such as conducting inspections from time to time
6- The lack of confidence of the capable teacher in his vague future
7- The ignorance of a large portion of teachers even regarding their duties
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8- Loss of the spirit of affection and sincerity between managers and teachers, and between students and their teachers and superiors
except for the few that do not last
9- Loss of the spirit of physical education
10- Deficiency in teaching various languages in some schools
The school system and what it should include
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The system designers must study each of the following points and enact them into formal articles that must be observed
with full respect by all our schools.
And here are the points to be studied:
Part One
Administration
1- The principal and his duties
2- The assistant principal and his duties
3- The administrative body (which must be formed of the principal, his assistant, and three teachers who are among the most capable
of their colleagues) and its duties
Part Two
Teaching
4- The teachers' council, its meetings, and its duties
5- Teaching
6- Attendance
7- Holidays
8- Conditions for hiring teachers
9- Dispensing with teachers
10- Teaching record
11- Private lessons
Finance:
Salaries
Donations
Endowments etc.
Part Three
Discipline
12- Lateness
13- Absence
14- Breaks
15- The proctor teacher and his duties
16- The student monitor and his duties
17- School punishments
Part Four
Hygiene and Sports
18- Playing during breaks