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JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
Schools relief Committee
BAGHDAD
( Iraq )
The Jewish Lay Council
Schools Relief Committee
Baghdad (Iraq)
Baghdad, ⟦November 3rd⟧ 192⟦8⟧
The Manager
The Eastern Bank Ltd
Baghdad.
Dear Sir,
Kindly open a current account in your books under the
title of the "JEWISH LAY COUNCIL: Schools Relief Committee"
All drawings under this account shall be made jointly by
the President of the Lay Council and the President of the Relief
Committee.
Please note the specimen signatures given below of the
two Presidents now in office: Mr, Yehouda Zelouf President Lay
Council and Mr, M. Myers President Schools Relief Committee.
Yours Faithfully.
President. Secretary.
Signature : of the Lay Council's President:
" : of Schools Relief Committee's President.
The Jewish Lay Council
Schools Relief Committee
Baghdad (Iraq)
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
Schools relief Committee
BAGHDAD
( Iraq )
Baghdad, November 4, 1925.
Mr. Anwer Shaoul.
In Town.
Dear Sir,
The Schools Relief Committee requests that you kindly have some of your students from Taawn and Watani read, in various Synagogues, the appeal letter it has just launched to our Iraqi Coreligionists.
Thanking you for the service you are willing to render us, please accept our distinguished salutations
For the Committee.
The Secretary.
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
Schools relief Committee
BAGHDAD
(Iraq)
The Israeli Lay Council
Schools Relief Committee
Baghdad (Iraq)
Baghdad,:
192:
Letters Sent by Overland . |
M.S.S David | Manchester
S.&S Amber | Cairo.
E.M.Amber & Co. | "
J. J. Shohet | "
A. & J. Aghababa | "
Sion Bassri | "
J. Gourgey | London
J. S. Heskel | "
D. G. Levy | "
S.H.Michael | "
H. shahmoon | "
M. Daniel | Marsiel
C. Hanania | "
S. H. Heskel | Paris
H. Peress | "
A. Shamash | "
S. Hanania | "
M. Bekhor | Brexelles
J. Smooha | Alexandier
H. M. Daniel | Lausanne
Letters sent to via Bassreh |
D. E. Baher | Calcutta
E.R. Shahmoon | Shangai
E. M. Somekh | "
S. Somekh | "
A.J.Raymond | Bombay
E.V. Sassoon | "
A.Raymond | "
Mrs, F.S.D. Sassoon | "
Date On 5th November 1925.
The Secretary,
Rs 1/8
9 Rs.
Rs. 7/8
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
Schools relief Committee
BAGHDAD
(Iraq)
Jewish Lay Council
Schools Relief Committee
Baghdad (Iraq)
Baghdad,: 29/7
192:
LETTERS SENT TO:
Mr, | Phillipp Sassoon | London.
Sir, | Eleezer Kadoury | "
Mr, | Sassoon Michael | "
" | J.R. " | "
" | Fred Shohet | Manchester.
" | G. R. " | "
" | Jousef <del>Sassoon</del> Shaash | "
" | Moshi Shaik | "
" | Ezra Sassoon | "
Mess | A. Elias & sons | "
Mr, | Yehooda Heskel | "
Mess | Isaac Brothers Sons & Co. | "
" | Isaac & Haim H. Heskel | "
Mr, | E.S. David | "
Mess | David E.&.C.E. Somech | "
Mr, | Sam Shaashou | "
20
overland
29
anglo ⟦illegible⟧
15 ⟦illegible⟧
Op 8/7
Saleh Zelouy Paris
Sassoon Hamouda "
Henri Peris "
G. Gourji "
20 x 6 = 120
15
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JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
Schools relief Committee
BAGHDAD
(Iraq)
The Israelite Lay Council
Schools Relief Committee
Baghdad (Iraq)
Baghdad,: 11th November
192: 5.
LETTERS SENT TO KERMANSHAH.
Messrs, Josef & Haron M. Dellal.
Mr., Elyahou Josef Zilkah
" Menashi Heskel Mashael.
" Ibrahim " "
" Salman Hougi Mathalon
" Mire Menashi Nisan
" Ezra Shaoul Shashou
" Saleh Nisan
" Jouri Jacob Nounou
" Barouk " "
" Elyahou Touweg
" Rouben Mier Moualem
" Shaoul Abdelah Levy
" Gourji Shahrabani
" Jacob "
" Sassoon Moshi Dellal.
25 letts a 3 anas
Rps 4/11
Rs four & eleven anas.
LETTERS SENT TO HAMADAN.
LETTERS SENT TO HAMADAN.
Messrs Seluof Aboudi & Co.
Mr. Kedouri Mier Moualem
" Haron Moshi Jedda
" Efraiem Moshi Jedda
" Kedouri Josef Shamoun
" K Gourji Massri
" Kohen.
Mr. J. E. Judah Bombay
Mrs S. J. ⟦Komekh⟧. Shanghai
25
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13th November 5.
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del> Heskell H. Daniel, Esq.,
H A M A D A N.
Dear Mr. Heskell,
Attached we are sending you a letter of appeal
from the Schools Relief Committee. I am sure it is not necessary
for me to tell you about the great work that this object involves, or
to remind you of how near and dear are the Alliance Schools to every
resident past and present in Baghdad.
Enclosed is a list of Baghdad people now in your
centre, and I ask you on behalf of our Committee to visit them
personally, and see if you can induce them to assist us as generously
as they can in achieving our object.
Thanking you in advance and with all good wishes.
Yours faithfully,
⟦line⟧ PRESIDENT.
Haron. M. Dallal, Esq.,
K E R M A N S H A H.
Dear Mr. Haron,
Attached we are sending you a letter of appeal
from The Schools Relief Committee. I am sure it is not necessary for
me to tell you about the great work that this object involves, or to
remind you of how near and dear are the Alliance Schools to every
resident past and present in Baghdad.
Enclosed is a list of Baghdad people now in your
centre, and I ask you on behalf of our Committee to visit them person-
ally and see if you can induce them to assist us as generously as they
can in achieving our object.
Thanking you in advance and with all good wishes.
Yours faithfully,
⟦line⟧PRESIDENT.
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
Schools relief Committee
BAGHDAD
( Iraq )
Jewish Lay Council
Schools Relief Committee
Baghdad (Iraq)
- 2 -
Baghdad,: 25th November
192: 5.
complete success in our difficult task .
You are not unaware that the teaching at the 2 schools Nouriel and Haron
Saleh leaves much to be desired for lack of good teachers, our committee
has just voted a very significant sum to these 2 schools for the improve-
ment of the teaching staff and the rental of a building for the students
of the Nouriel school. These 2 Midrashim deserve every interest given that they
receive no ⟦other⟧ subsidy than the income from their Waqf, which are
unfortunately restricted because of the drop in rent.
Please accept Mr. Director with our repeated
thanks, our distinguished salutations.
The Secretary.
Jewish Lay Council
Jewish Lay Council
Israelite - Baghdad
BAGHDAD
Schools Relief Committee
Schools Relief Committee
November 24, 5.
To the Director of the Journal "Mousbah"
In Town.
Sir,
On behalf of the School Relief Committee, I have the hon-
or to address to you our most sincere thanks for the interest you
take in our work by publishing in your journal of the 5th inst-
ant No. 74 a copy of our appeal letter, so that the readers of
"Mousbah" may take note of it. It is, moreover, a humani-
tarian action that you perform by supporting our work. I am happy to
announce to you the excellent result obtained as a start, by the
subscription commission and this can only encourage us to pursue our goal.
Below is the list of donors with the amounts subscribed as well as the
intermediaries. We will send you as we go along the
list of new subscribers which we ask you to please publish
in your journal. I inform you, and not without regret, that the
Government has just given the order for the closure of the Nouriel School
because of its condition which threatens ruin and now several hundred
students would be on the street, if our committee did not have at its disposal
the necessary funds for the rental of a premises to receive these students
and continue to give them instruction, while waiting for the reconstruction
of the Nouriel building. ⟦line⟧ It is only our committee, which if it is
effectively supported will be able to carry out the reconstruction. Our eyes are
turned towards our generous coreligionists ⟦...⟧ and compatriots especially
those who live abroad and we can only hope for the
C O P Y .
November 25. 1925.
Mr, M. Dupare.
Secretary Anglo Jewish Association.
London.
Dear Sir,
My Committee wish me to express their thanks for
your letter Dated 12/10/25. We are glad to hear of the ac-
tion you are taking to assist in the matter in helping the
local Jewish Schools .
The Committee understands from your letter that
any money you collect for this purpose will be sent to
them direct by you with the list of donors.
We also understand that you do not wish us to
address any more potential donors outside Iraq, Is it your
intention to apply to our compatriots in India, China,
Persia etc?
We have already sent letters of appeal to France
India, Egypt, China Persia, Etc.
With Compliments.
Yours Faithfully.
Sd/⟦line⟧Secretary.
COPY.
⟦illegible⟧ 23, 1928.
1st December 5.
Mr. M. ⟦illegible⟧,
Secretary Anglo Jewish Association,
London.
Dear Sir,
⟦illegible⟧ wish me to express their thanks for
your letter dated 18/10/28. to hear of the su-
⟦illegible⟧ Jewish Schools ⟦illegible⟧ matter in helping the
The Committee ⟦illegible⟧ your letter that
any money you collect for this purpose will be sent to
them direct by you with the list of donors.
We also understand that you do not wish us to
make any potential donors outside Iraq. Is it your
intention to apply to our compatriots in India, China,
Persia etc?
We ⟦illegible⟧ to appeal to friends in
India, Egypt, China Persia, etc.
E. A. Wilson, Esquire,
The Mesopotamia Persia Corporation Ltd.,
B a g h d a d.
⟦line⟧
Dear Mr. Wilson,
On behalf of the Committee, I thank you for your
generous subscription to the Jewish Schools. It is very gratifying
to me personally to see the support that the British firms are giving
us, and this leads us on to further efforts.
I attach hereto the official receipt and once
again thanking you,
I am,
Yours sincerely,
⟦line⟧ PRESIDENT.
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
Schools relief Committee
BAGHDAD
(Iraq)
The Israelite Lay Council
Schools Relief Committee
Baghdad (Iraq)
Baghdad, ⟦1st. December⟧ 1925
To the Director of the Journal "Moussbah"
I n T o w n .
Mr. Director,
We have the honor to send you herewith
the continuation of the list of donors in favor of the Relief
Committee for schools as well as a letter (the original itself) addressed to
our Committee by one of our coreligionists for whom please keep
anonymity. The subscription commission <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> has not yet had
the opportunity to visit this generous compatriot before the latter had
the initiative to send us his donation, qualifying it as annual.
How happy we would be if other coreligionists
followed this fine example which can only encourage us.
Please accept, Mr. Director, with our thanks
in advance, our distinguished greetings.
The Secretary.
N.B.
Please return the donor's letter to us. You may if
you wish put in your article on this subject as the signature of
the said letter the initials: A.A.
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
Schools relief Committee
BAGHDAD
( Iraq )
The Israeli Lay Council
Schools Relief Committee
Baghdad (Iraq)
Baghdad, December 2, 1925
Mr. Ibrahim Elkabir
In town,
Sir and dear Coreligionist
On behalf of the School Relief Committee we
address our warmest thanks to you for your letter
of the 26th instant containing your donation of 60 Rs.
We are very touched by the sentiments you show us
and how happy we would be if other coreligionists
followed your fine example.
We have taken the liberty of publishing your
letter in the Mesbah newspaper while remaining
anonymous. Reiterating our thanks to you
we ask you to believe in our devoted sentiments,
The Secretary
The Jewish Lay Council
Schools Relief Committee
Baghdad (Iraq)
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
Schools relief Committee
BAGHDAD
(Iraq)
Baghdad,:
192:
Sir and dear coreligionist,
We have received your honored letter of ⟦...⟧ with the
amount of ⟦...⟧ your subscription in favor of the
schools relief committee.
We send you our warmest thanks for your
generosity and we hope that you will always take an interest
in the fate of our educational institutions on which the moral
and material recovery of our community depends.
We regret to inform you that the "Nouriel" school which
was in danger of collapsing, has just been closed by order of the Government and it is
thanks to our committee which has already been able to arrange the necessary funds for
the rental of a building, pending the reconstruction of the said
school which cannot be done without the effective support of our compatriots,
especially those living abroad who are in a position to evaluate
the importance of educational institutions.
Please accept dear Sir, with our repeated
thanks, our distinguished salutations.
The Secretary.
Sent to =
2/10 ⟦illegible⟧
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
Schools relief Committee
BAGHDAD
(Iraq)
The Israelite Lay Council
Schools Relief Committee
Baghdad (Iraq)
Baghdad, ⟦3rd⟧ December 192 5.
The Officer-in-Charge
Post & Telegraphs,
<del>B a g h d a d.</del>
Sir,
Kindly give orders to all concerned that any letters
ordinary or registered addressed to our Committee, are to be sent
to : -
Dr. Jos. Rosenfeld,
15/175 Ras Qurayah,
Yours faithfully,
⟦line⟧ PRESIDENT. ⟦illegible⟧ SECRETARY.
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
Schools relief Committee
BAGHDAD
(Iraq)
The Israelite Lay Council
Schools Relief Committee
Baghdad (Iraq)
Baghdad, December 8, 1925
To the Director of the Journal "Moussbah"
I n T o w n .
Mr. Director,
We have the honor to send you herewith
the continuation of the subscription list as well as the statutes that
govern our Committee, which we ask you to publish in your
next issue. You will also find a letter addressed from Mosul
to our Committee from a coreligionist whose altruistic sentiments
prompted him to write to us without the Committee having sent him
the appeal letter in particular. It was enough for this generous coreligionist
to read the said appeal letter in your honorable Journal to
send us his subscription. We hope that the number of your readers
is large, so that a great number of Baghdadi coreligionists
whose addresses we do not know may be aware of the action of our
Committee.
Please accept, Mr. Director, with our thanks,
the expression of our perfect consideration.
The Secretary.
P.S.
In response to your letter of the 4th instant, we would like
to have from you the list of subscribers who are not your
subscribers so that we may send them the costs abroad to
draw their attention to your newspaper if their name is marked
among the subscribers.
11th Decr. 5.
Messrs. The Eastern Bank Ltd.,
B a g h d a d.
Dear Sirs,
I shall be glad if you will send me per bearer a
Cheque book, containing 50 Cheques.
Yours faithfully,
⟦line⟧ PRESIDENT.
⟦illegible⟧ JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
⟦illegible⟧ Schools Relief Committee
BAGHDAD
(Iraq)
Israeli
Schools
Baghdad (Iraq)
Baghdad,: ⟦line⟧
192:
⟦illegible handwriting in blue and pencil⟧
Dear Sir,
We beg to acknowledge receipt of your favour dated.
enclosing ⟦line⟧ as subscription at the Schools Relief Committee.
We have to express our best thanks to you for your generous con-
tribution. Our Schools are now dependent on the support which this Committee
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 and we have the
firmest belief that thanks to such aids our Schools will not henceforward
lack the means which are necessary to ensure their progress and eventually
the material and moral regeneration of our Community. We trust that you will
ever interest yourself in their welfare and that you will always lend a
sympathetic ear to the calls which may be made by this Committee for their
benefit.
We are, dear, Sir,
Yours Faithfully.
⟦signature⟧
Secretary.
Jewish Lay Council
Schools Relief Committee
The ⟦illegible⟧ Council
Committee ⟦illegible⟧ Schools
Baghdad
⟦Large red 'X' mark across the body of the letter⟧
12
1945
10/7
11
To the Honorable President of the Lay Council
Greetings and respect,
We have received receipts No. 203, 204, and 205 and have issued a check for the amount of <del>12000</del> rupees <del>⟦only⟧</del> ⟦for the account⟧
towards the Alliance schools on account of the amount allocated for the Nuriel and Haron Saleh schools. We have also appointed a committee to study
the issue of school fees at the Rusafa <del>and Karkh</del> school so that it may serve as a basis for calculating fees in other schools.
After examining their report, we will inform you of this matter. We have delegated two members of the committee to attend the Council meeting, perhaps at the next appointment.
We request that regarding future meetings, you inform us five or six days before the day of the session in which the two members are intended to attend.
We also wish to inform you that our committee is particularly interested in building the Nuriel school and wishes to know the <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> amount
of the costs for that <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> and we also submit to your esteemed council the necessary maps as well.
Accordingly, we hope that you will approve the <del>allocation</del> of the fee for the engineer who will perform this, along with his appointment
as well. We regret to inform you that Munshi Effendi Eliyahu Rois, one of the members of this committee, has resigned for health reasons.
Therefore, we hope that you will appoint someone in his place <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> and notify this committee of his passing if you appoint someone the town deems a replacement for him
due to what we believe of his competence for that.
With highest respect,
⟦Signature⟧
Baghdad 15 August 945
To the respected Mr. Isaac Moallem Nissim
Mosul
Greetings and respect,
We have received your letter dated the 10th of this month and also the one thousand Dinars which
you donated to assist this school. We extend our deepest thanks to you for what your hand
has generously provided in valuable assistance, upon which our school now depends to continue
on the path of constant progress. We are hopeful that you will continue to pay attention
to the condition of our school and assist it in the future as well. With our utmost thanks, and may you remain well.
Sincerely,
Copy to Khedhouri Eliyahu Khazzam 29 March 946
⟦illegible⟧
Jewish Lay Council
Baghdad Schools
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
BAGHDAD
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
Schools relief Committee
BAGHDAD
(Iraq)
Jewish Lay Council
Schools Relief Committee
Baghdad (Iraq)
Baghdad, 192
Dear Sir,
We beg to acknowledge receipt of your favour dated.
enclosing ⟦to⟧ as subscription at the Schools Relief Committee.
We have to express our best thanks to you for your gen⟦e⟧rous contri-
bution. Our Schools are now dependant on the support which this Committee
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; <del>and</del> We have the
fer⟦m⟧est belief that thanks to such aids our Schools will not hen⟦c⟧eforward
lack the means which are necessary to ensure their progress and eventually
the material and moral ⟦advancement⟧ regeneration of our Community. We trust that ⟦you⟧ will
ever interest yourself in their welfare and that you will always lend a
sympathetic ear to the calls which may be made by this Committee for their
benefit.
Again thanking you
We are, dear, Sir,
Yours Faithfully.
Jewish Lay Council
Jewish Lay Council
Baghdad
BAGHDAD
Relief Committee
Schools
Schools Relief Committee
⟦A Rosenfeld⟧
Secretary.
15th.December, ⟦192⟧5.
The Manager
Eastern Bank Ltd.
B A G H D A D.
Dear Sir,
We are in receipt of a letter Dated.2.12.25. from Mr.Heskell,
chairman of your headquarters in London, informing us that he has advis-
ed you to pay to our account the sum of Rs.1000. as a ⟦a⟧ donation towards
the relief of the Jewish Schools. This generous donation is in reply to
our letter of appeal sent to Mr, Heskell personally and we shall be glad
to hear from you that you have credited our account accordingly.
Thanking you in anticipation
Yours Faithfully.
Secretary.
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
Schools relief Committee
BAGHDAD
(Iraq)
The Israelite Lay Council
Schools Relief Committee
Baghdad (Iraq)
Baghdad, December 21, 1925
Mr. D. Sassoon
Director of the Alliance Schools
In town
Mr. Director
The Schools Relief Committee
requests that you have a ⟦as complete as possible⟧ list drawn up bearing
the ⟦full⟧ names of the fathers of the students with ⟦their designations of their⟧ trades as
well as the names of their sons and daughters attending our 2
schools Albert Sassoon and Laura Kadoorie, while
indicating the ⟦respective⟧ school fees for the current year 1925-26.
Please accept, Mr. Director, our distinguished
salutations
The Secretary
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
Schools relief Committee
BAGHDAD
[ Iraq ]
The Israelite Lay Council
Schools Relief Committee
Baghdad (Iraq)
Baghdad, ⟦20 August⟧ 192⟦6⟧
To the Honorable President of the Lay Council
Greetings and respect
Following the closure of the Nouriel School by the government due to its dilapidated state, and based on the urgent
necessity to consider the matter of its reconstruction, this committee has decided to request your honorable council to hold a joint
session attended by delegates of this committee and the School Inspection Committee to consider this matter and make a decision on it.
To the President of the Consistory
The government having closed the Nouriel school because
of its dangerous state and given the urgency of attending to its
reconstruction, ⟦our⟧ Committee has decided to request you
to hold a joint meeting where the delegates of
this Committee and those of the School Inspection Committee would be present
to examine this question and make a decision.
Copy to the President of the School Inspection Committee
copy to the President of the Inspection Committee
to the schools
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
Schools Relief Committee
BAGHDAD
( Iraq )
Jewish Lay Council
Schools Relief Committee
Baghdad (Iraq)
⟦line⟧
Baghdad, 24 December 1925
Dear Sirs,
An extraordinary meeting of the
Committee will take place tonight, Thursday at 5 o'clock at the home
of Dr. Rosenfeld - Following the decision
taken in our last session I have requested the
4 members of the Inspection Committee whose names
are mentioned below to attend.
Please accept, Gentlemen, my sincere greetings.
The President:
Of the Inspection Committee:
Messrs. Saleh Cohen ⟦signature⟧
Gourgi Haim ⟦signature⟧
H. Totah M. Totah
Sion Misra ⟦signature⟧
Relief Committee:
Messrs. J. Elkabir. - ⟦signature⟧
K. Chanker
S. Faraj Haim. - ⟦signature⟧
Dr. J. Rosenfeld - ⟦signature⟧
Jewish Lay Council
Jewish Lay
Council Baghdad
BAGHDAD
Schools Relief Committee
Schools Relief Committee
Dear Sirs,
I regret that I
cannot be present. I have
a bit of a fever and
I am staying home today.
M. Myers