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ISRAELITE CONSISTORY
BAGHDAD
Spiritual Council of the Mosaic Community
Baghdad
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Number
224
Baghdad, February 24, 926
To the Honorable President of the School Relief Committee
After greetings, with reference to your letter dated the 18th of this month, it is not hidden from you that as a result of the discussion that
took place jointly between us and the members of your esteemed committee and the Mutual Committee to take the decision to build the Rifka
Nooriel School, an agreement was reached to secure the amount of money first so that the aforementioned construction could begin. As for
your request to entrust the construction matter to a joint committee of Council members and members of your committee, the Council has approved that
and has appointed from its side the knowledgeable one of its members, Mr. F. Ibrahim Gurji, to fulfill the required duty. Furthermore,
the map for this school, which is with the Council, was sent to you at the time with your man Meir Shamash. This,
and with highest respect, may you remain.
The Secretary
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KHEDOORY EZRA M. HORESH.
Telegraphic address.
HORESH.
Code used, Bentley's.
Hamadan, 21st February 1926
1926
Hamadan 21 February
To the honorable and distinguished members of the Israelite Spiritual Council, may they remain forever, Amen.
School Relief Committee - Baghdad
May God bless your times .. What is presented to you herewith is a transfer, the details of which are for Mr. Yaqub Lulu in
Baghdad, in the amount of 25 rupees, twenty-five rupees. Please reassure us of its arrival, and thank you. Please accept our best regards.
And stay well.
Khedoory Ezra
Horesh
ISRAELITE CONSISTORY
BAGHDAD
Lay Council of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Baghdad March 25, 926
Number
224
To the Honorable Chairman of the Schools Relief Committee
After greetings and in response to your letter dated the 24th, the Nuriel and Haron Saleh schools did not have allocations
from the community fund, but in order to maintain them, the Council began to support them from its fund, charged against their share of
the Nuriel Endowment. We requested the Director of the Alliance Schools some time ago to submit the annual budget for the two mentioned schools
so that we may see what measures must be taken to support them through the allocation method despite our fund's tightness; but with great regret,
the aforementioned budget was not received from the said director until a few days ago, so we paid him for that on the 22nd
five thousand rupees 5000/00 as a special measure before any other institution. What the said director means by his letter to you
is a request for you to pay him ⟦half⟧ the amount of rupees that was decided to be paid from your honorable committee's fund on the date of
November 15, 925; and he has already received 6000/00 rupees from you and 700/00 rupees remain for him. Therefore, we request that you pay
him seven hundred rupees 700/00, charged against the mentioned 6000/00 rupees decided to be paid gradually to the Nuriel
and Haron Saleh schools. With utmost respect, yours truly,
The Secretary
ISRAELITE CONSISTORY
BAGHDAD
Lay Council
Jewish Community
Baghdad
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"Literary Reform Committee"
Baghdad March 14, 1926
To the Honorable School Aid Committee
Greetings and respect. We, the members of the Literary Reform Library, have decided to perform the play "Le Cid"
or "Love and Revenge" by the French poet "Le Cid" "Corneille" along with a comedic act
"The Philosopher" by "Moliere" on the upcoming Easter holiday.
The actors have mastered the play and learned the roles and necessary cues for it. However, it is not possible
for the library board to perform this play if we do not find sufficient funds to help us
complete this project of ours. Since the goal of our library is the reform of literature, based on performing this play
to help the students of the Lura Yael school and also to help our library, the following conditions apply:
First - Payment of all expenses incurred by the aforementioned library board for the play. They are as follows: payment of
rent for a month in rupees and payment of the salary for the consulate language teacher for a month in rupees, totaling rupees.
Second - Payment to Hadouri Effendi Shahrbani rupees for assisting us in arranging the stage and all matters
related to the performance of the play. 100
Third - All expenses imposed by the library board must be paid, except for the expenses mentioned in the first
and second articles.
Fourth - The costumes purchased shall be the property of the library and are considered part of the general expenses.
Fifth - After general expenses, 80 percent shall go to the school and 20 percent to the library.
Sixth - If the play is performed a second time, the aforementioned Hadouri Effendi must be paid rupees for arranging the stage.
50
Seventh - For the actors and the rest of the library board, numbering 16, we give them free tickets, which is 1 for each person.
Eighth - Entry tickets must be stamped with the library's seal.
On behalf of the library board
The Director
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ISLAH LITERATURE LIBRARY
Literary Reform Library
Baghdad
BAGHDAD
City.:
School of:
Direction:
ALLIANCE ISRAELITE UNIVERSELLE
No.:
BAGHDAD, the: 17. March 1926
Relief Commission for Israelite Schools
Baghdad
Mr. President.
I have the honor to send you herewith a copy of a letter that
I sent today to the Consistory regarding the Aaron
Saleh and Nouriel schools.
As this letter is the fourth that I have sent and as the Consis-
tory has the habit of not responding or responding very late
to the communications made to it, I have taken the liberty of sending you
a copy of the last one, dated today, with a request to do on your
part what is necessary for the payment, before the holiday, of the balance of your
subsidy to the two aforementioned schools for this semester, ⟦namely Rs. 700.⟧
The Consistory has ceased all its advances to these two institutions
since the start of the school year. This means that the staff has not yet received
their salary for December 1925. This irregularity in the payment
of salaries is naturally not without causing great preju-
dice to the smooth running of the schools; for it is impossible to ask
the staff for devotion and accuracy if the Management itself
itself does not show great punctuality towards them in
the fulfillment of its duties. And the payment of salaries
is, undoubtedly, one of the strictest.
Be that as it may, I appeal to your kindness and to all
the interest you take in these two schools to pay us the balance
which remains outstanding with you from the amount of your subsidy to these
schools for this semester.
Your very devoted ⟦Hassof⟧
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ALLIANCE ISRAELITE UNIVERSELLE
A. D. Sassoon College
BAGHDAD
Baghdad, on: March 17, 1926
Direction:
Copy for the Relief
Commission
Israelite Consistory
Baghdad
Mr. President
I have the honor to confirm my letter
of 2/18/26 which remains unanswered.
I made it my duty to tell you therein
that the staff of the Aaron Saleh and
Nouriel schools has not yet received its salary
for January and requested you to tell the Relief
Commission to pay us Rs 700,
the balance of the amount fixed by it for its
semi-annual grant.
I ask you to tell me if you have
written to this Committee on this subject and the follow-up
it has given to your request.
Please accept, etc etc
Signed:
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ISRAELITE CONSISTORY
BAGHDAD
Spiritual Council of the Mosaic Community
Baghdad
Number
245
112 / 6
Baghdad on ⟦2⟧ April 946
To the Honorable President of the School Relief Committee
After greetings, the Council intends to hold a special session to discuss certain matters with two members
from your esteemed committee and two members from the School Supervision Committee. Therefore, please appoint
the two aforementioned members to attend at the Council room at ten o'clock in the evening on Tuesday, April 16, 946
or Sunday, the 21st of it, 946, and inform us in writing when they can attend on one of the two mentioned days
so that we may convene the Council and invite the other two members of the Supervision Committee. With highest respect, and may you remain
The Secretary
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Baghdad,: 7th April 1926.
Sheet No.: 2.
20. Dressed bricks to panes of doors and window openings in yellow bricks
4 Nos Doors at Rs.25/- each = 100-00
5 Nos Windows at Rs.20/- each = 100-00
21. Sawn bricks facing and pointing to ground floor Total=128.86sqm
at Rs.4/- per sqm = 515- 7
22. Wooden floor to ground classes = 120 sqm at Rs.6/- each= 720-00
23. Bricks paving to grounds floor verandah and court-yard
=238 sqm at Rs.3/- per sqm = 714-00
24. Allow for painting to all exposed woodwork and white-washing
to all rooms = 500-00
25. Allow the sum to cover the building in corrugated sheets
latrines lavatories with all cesspits etc = 400-00
26. Allow for water fittings = 150-00
27. Allow for petty repairs at the completion = 500-00
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Total = Rs. 21172-09
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Baghdad,: 27th April 1926.
E S T I M A T E .
FOR PROPOSED BUILDING OF RIVKA NOURIEL SCHOOL.
1. Dismantling existing building and prepairing for setting L.S. = 250-00
2. Excavation to foundation and back filling Total=322.22 ⟦illegible⟧ c/m
at Re.1/- per ⟦illegible⟧ c/m = 322- 4
3. Cement concrete for foundation Total=33.15 c/m
at Rs.30/- per c/m = 994- 8
4. Burnt bricks in lime mortar = 134 c/m at Rs.20/- per c/m = 2680-00
5. Burnt bricks in juss mortar from plenth upwards
Total = 432.020
Deduct for doors and
windows openings = 60.301
Nett = 371.719 = 371.71 c/m
at Rs.27/- per c/m = 1035-15
6. Reinforced concret roof to ground floor 10 c/m thick concrete
1-2-4 propotion reinforced with British Reinforced Concrete
No.7 Total = 285.33 ⟦illegible⟧ sqm at Rs.13/- per sqm = 3709- 5
7. Rolled Steel Beams under reinforced concrete floor
Total = 1.90 tons at Rs.250/- per ton = 475-00
8. Cast iron colums 20 c/m under 0.15 X 0.075 R.S.J. 6 nos
at Rs.105/- each = 630-00
9. Wooden posts over cast iron colums to 1st floor local type
in orimental head 6 nos at Rs.55/- each = 330-00
10. Wooden beams over posts 2 nos 0.225 c/m X 00.075, 22.5 m long
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del> = 76 c/m at Rs. 136 c/m = 103-10
11. Roofing to 1st floor in bullies 0.15 diam, mats 4" mud and I 1/2"
plaster including water ⟦illegible⟧ spontes Total = 298.80 sqm
at Rs.10/- per sqm = 2988-00
12. Much boarding to ceilling in 3/4" planks Total=221.76 sqm
at Rs.6/- per sqm = 1330-00
13. Casing to wooden beams over the posts 3/4" boarding
Total = 18.75m at Rs.6/- per m = 112- 8
14. Railing to verandah and roofs Total=50.00rm at Rs.4/- per m = 200-00
15. Staircase to roofs 1 No = 22 trades at Rs.5/- each = 110-00
16. Wood-work to doors in deal wood except entrance door in teak
including painting and all fittings complete Total = 39.80 sqm
at Rs.20/- per sqm = 796-00
17. Wood-work to windows Total = 9.48 sqm at Rs.20/- each = 189-10
18. Cement concrete slabs to steps .060 thick with round nosing
22 nos at Rs.5/- each = 110-00
19. Juss plastering in two coats Total=1107.00 sqm at Re1/- each = 1107-00
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Baghdad,: 7th April 1926.
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To:-: The Schools Relief Comittee
B A G H D A D.
Dear Sirs,
I beg to enclose you herewith an
estimate together with for proposed reconstruction of Rivka Nou-
riel School situated at Tawrat quarter Baghdad, the total amount
for all provision with accordance to the drawing is Rs.21172/9,
a credit could be allowed Rs.2500/- for the existing materials <del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
on site, this will bring down the estimate to Rs.18672/9, the
estimate includs all brickworks, woodworks and painting as
specified;
Trusting to hear from you on this subject.
I am Dear Sirs
Yours faithfully
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ALLIANCE ISRAELITE UNIVERSELLE
City: Baghdad
School for: Boys
Direction:
No.:
BAGHDAD, April 11, 1926
Relief Committee for Jewish
Schools
Baghdad
Mr. President
I have not had the opportunity to write to you, following the
Passover holiday, to acknowledge receipt of your check for Rs 700
as a subsidy for our popular schools and to thank you for it
in due time. I beg you to excuse me.
Thanks to your kindness we were able to pay before the holiday a
portion of the back salaries of our teachers at the Aaron Saleh
and Nouriel Schools. In this way these poor fathers of families were able to spend their
holiday without much hardship.
I want to hope that the Consistory will finally begin to study a
report that I submitted to it on the current and future situation of these
two schools to discuss the conclusion and definitively make a
decision. Today, with all the reforms introduced, we do not know
where we are going nor in what manner we will be able to balance the budget
of these two schools.
Be that as it may, your assistance in these difficult circumstances
has been precious to us and I cannot express my gratitude to you
enough.
Please accept, Mr. President, the expression of my devoted
sentiments.
⟦Alvorg⟧
Names of Donors | Amount
Ibrahim Hasr | 10/-
Haroun Kohan | 4/-
Salim Hazqeel | 3/-
Moshe Ishaq | 8/-
<del>Shahid Shammah</del> | <del>10/-</del>
Salim Khazzam | 8/-
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Names of Donors | Amount | Names of Donors
| ⟦illegible⟧ | Robin Soy
| ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧
| ⟦illegible⟧ | Abajo Zaron
| ⟦illegible⟧ | Albert Brothers
| ⟦illegible⟧ | Akram ⟦illegible⟧
| ⟦illegible⟧ | Robin Effendi ⟦illegible⟧
| ⟦illegible⟧ | Hikmat ⟦illegible⟧
| -/2/- | ⟦illegible⟧
| -/1/- | Salim Abdullah
| -/1/- | ⟦illegible⟧
| -/1/- | ⟦illegible⟧
| -/1/- | Nouri Salim
| -/1/- | ⟦illegible⟧
| -/1/- | ⟦illegible⟧
| -/1/- | ⟦illegible⟧
| -/1/- | Joseph Hajoo
| -/1/- | E. Menashi
| -/1/- | Saleh
JEWISH COUNCIL
Schools Relief Committee
BAGHDAD
[ Iraq ]
Jewish Lay Council
Schools Relief Committee
Baghdad (Iraq)
Baghdad, ⟦20 August⟧ 192⟦9⟧
To the honorable and virtuous Rubin Effendi Yusuf,
Greetings and respect,
Based on the appeal addressed by the Jewish Schools Relief Committee to the members
of the community, we present to you this register, hoping that you will exert your effort to participate with us
in performing this duty by recording here the names of the generous donors among the Jewish employees
in the (Telegraph and Post Department) along with the amount their generous souls provide, and by doing so you perform a deed that
brings great benefit to our schools. With our highest thanks and respect.
Secretary
Doctor
Rosenfeld
⟦H. Rosenfeld⟧
Jewish Lay Council
Schools Relief Committee
Jewish Lay Council Baghdad
BAGHDAD
Schools Relief Committee
No. | Names of Donors | Rupee | No. | Names of Donors | Rupee
1 | Salim Effendi Benjo | 11/- | | |
2 | Shua Effendi Munshi | -/8/- | | 8/8/- |
3 | Nissim Effendi Salman | 11/- | 11 | Sabihi Effendi | -/8/-
4 | Shaul Effendi Sassoon | 11/- | | |
5 | Rubin Effendi Saleh | 11/- | | 9/1/- |
6 | Daoud Effendi Obadiah | -/8/- | 12 | Florence Khedhouri | -/8/-
7 | Gurji Effendi Sion | -/8/- | 13 | Naim Effendi Bin Hayyim | -/8/-
8 | Saleh Effendi Ibrahim | -/8/- | 14 | Munshi Effendi | -/8/-
9 | Yusuf Effendi Shmuel | -/10/- | 15 | Ephraim Effendi Ibrahim | -/11/-
10 | Khedhouri Effendi Salem | 11/- | | |
11 | Yaqub Effendi Daoud | -/8/- | | 11/8 |
To
The Honorary Secretary,
Jewish Lay Council,
Schools Relief Committee
Baghdad
Dear Sir,
In acknowledging your
favour of the 20th February
1926, I beg to enclose herewith
the lists of donators for the Jewish
Schools and for which I have received
your receipts for the amounts shown
therein with thanks.
17/6
11/18
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Rh
28/14
Yours faithfully
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5/4/26
To the Honorable President of the Royal Relief Committee
Greetings and respect,
Since I began serving your honorable committee on October 15, 1925, in the capacity of
clerk and collector of donations for the committee, with a salary of fifty rupees,
and on the occasion of the reconstruction of the Nuriel School, I took upon myself the supervision of the workers
three times a day, as well as managing the accounts and expenses according to the ledgers in accordance with
proper procedures. As I believe my past and present services are in agreement with the work of
your honorable committee, may God support it. I assure you again that in the future you will see what pleases you
from my services even more than before. On this occasion, I beg of your honorable committee that
you kindly grant your humble servant an assistance of rupees in addition to my salary, and for that
you have my great thanks and a deed of charity, as I have two parents and I am obliged to help them. It is not hidden from you
that helping parents is an inevitable duty. I have firm hope that you will give me an answer
that gladdens the heart and pleases the soul, and for that you have from us great thanks and utmost respect.
Baghdad 10 ⟦...⟧ 1926 Clerk of the Royal Relief Committee
Your loyal servant
Yousef Daoud
Benjamin
ISRAELITE CONSISTORY
BAGHDAD
Lay Council of the Mosaic Community
Baghdad
Number ⟦251⟧
Baghdad on May 18, 926
To the Honorable Chairman of the School Relief Committee
After greetings, with reference to your letter dated the 14th of this month, the meeting day has been set for next Tuesday evening,
the 25th of this month, in the Council room at 10 o'clock Arabic time. With highest respect,
The Secretary
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Baghdad May 18, 1926
To the President of the School Relief Committee
Entry,
In response to your letter of the 14th current, we have the honor
to inform you that the meeting has been fixed for next Tuesday
the 25th current at the Consistory premises at 10 o'clock Turkish time (5h)
Please accept etc.
The secretary
Signed: Jimmy Jacob
J.J.
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Baghdad on - 1 February 1936
To the esteemed Dr. Joseph Rosenfeld, Respected
Secretary of the Jewish Lay Council
Baghdad
After greetings and respect.
Referring to your letter dated 8 January 1936
As per your request, we have exerted our effort to participate in this charitable work and
we list below the names of the honorable donors who participated in this work from the employees of the Ministry of Communications
and Works. As for the Railway Administration, we request you to contact one of the employees of that
administration to participate in this work, and we provide herewith the money of these donors, which is 12 Rupees. Please
send us a receipt for that, and remain in peace.
Number | Names of Donors | Rupee
1 | Ezra Effendi Abid Aspeer | 3
1 | Khedhouri Effendi Saleh Ishayq | 3
1 | B. Eliyahu Effendi | 2
1 | Khedhouri Effendi Saleh Murad | 2
1 | Shaul Effendi Yaqub | 2
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The Applicant
Ezra Abid
Aspeer
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mon ⟦illegible⟧ 6 R.
Kh.
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To,
The President, The Jewish Lay School
Relief Comittee of Schools
_B_A_G_H_D_A_D_.
Dear Sir,
Will you please advance me Rs. 500/-
on account of preparing plans and estimate ⟦supervision 130/-⟧ for Rivka Nouriel School.
Thanking you in anticipation
Yours faithfully
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E. E. S.
Shanbay ⟦14⟧ April 926
To the Honorable Secretary of the Israelite Physical Council, School Aid Committee for Refugees
Baghdad
May God bless your times. To inform your presence that my letter regarding your correspondence number 52 on the 8th of the current month, we found the Almighty God for your continued health
and everything you mentioned has become known. Regarding the arrangement of your association for collecting money from abroad to help the Israelite schools
we thanked your efforts in that and may God double your success and luck. As for us, it is no secret to your presence the state of the grandfather striving with the help of
the refugee in completing the school and the secrets of the physical students and we hope for your assistance in this assistance and there is no dispute and present our
abundant thanks to the presence of everyone and peace
Kia Rahma
⟦Neighborhood⟧
FORM NO. L 12.
E. D. SASSOON & CO., LIMITED.
MERCHANTS & BANKERS.
TELEGRAMS: ELIAS, BOMBAY.
TELEPHONE: 20511. (SIX LINES.)
P. O. BOX 108.
E. D. SASSOON BUILDING,
DOUGALL ROAD, BALLARD ESTATE,
BOMBAY, 24th June, 1926.
IN REPLY PLEASE QUOTE:- ME.
The Secretary.,
Jewish Lay Council.,
Baghdad.
Dear Sir,
With reference to your application dated the 10th instant
to Sir Victor Sassoon, Bart., I have been instructed to inform you
that Sir Victor greatly regrets he is unable to assist your charities
as his charitable trusts here have no surplus available for outside
charities.
Yours faithfully,
For & on behalf of
E. D. Sassoon & Co., Limited
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Sub-Manager.
EE/K.
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Baghdad,: 18th June 1926.
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Dear Dr Rosenfeld
I hereby draw your attention to the fact that the
work at Rivka Nouriel School is not being carried out with accordance to
my technical instructions to the people on it, they are doing different
than what I order them to do time by time,
I am requesting you <del>that</del> to
settle up cost of plans and estimate made I. C. 3% on the amount of
estimate viz Rs.22000/- makes Rs.660/- for which I have received an
advance of Rs.300/- balance due to me by your comitee is Rs.330/-.
I shall be much obliged if you
will settle that at your earliest convenient.
Yours Sincerely
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ALLIANCE ISRAELITE UNIVERSELLE
City.:
School of:
Management:
No.:
BAGHDAD, the: 5. 7. 192.6
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You say that this is a "gross" insult that I have inflicted
on your Committee.
Allow me, Mr. President, ⟦/ to⟧ always maintain this conviction
that the dignity of your committee is serious enough and placed high enough
to have been able to find an offense in this banal fact of not having
been officially called to accompany the High Commissioner in his
tours of our classes. As for the word "gross", I beg you to
retract it, as this word has no place in a courteous exchange of expla-
nations between people who respect each other and who are all attached, with
equal devotion, to the same work of communal interest.
I see no rudeness on my part, any more than an offense to your
colleagues on the Committee. Allow my sincerity to say that I see in
your letter expressions and a tone that are in no way appropriate
to the circumstances. <del>They</del> They could have been of a nature to undermine
the high esteem I hold for your Committee, if I did not wish
to consider above all your devoted activity and the eminent services
you have rendered to our schools.
Please accept, Mr. President, the expression of my
distinguished sentiments.
⟦Nasso.⟧
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ALLIANCE ISRAELITE UNIVERSELLE
City: Baghdad
School for: Boys
Direction:
No.:
BAGHDAD, July 5, 1926
Relief Committee for Jewish
Schools
Baghdad
Mr. President
I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your letter of
June 29th last.
The visit of H. Exc. The High Commissioner to our schools did not
involve any official ceremony and, in fact, no reception
was organized for this purpose. Sir Sassoon, whom I had seen beforehand,
had formally advised me against doing ⟦a⟧nything that would have
taken away from this visit its essentially educational character.
Messrs. Zlouf and Cohen had been invited before my interview with Sir
Sassoon and I am happy to see that your distinguished secretary,
Dr. Rosenfeld, was also among them in his dual capacity
as a member of the Central Committee and secretary of your Committee.
I am one of those who most highly appreciate the precious
collaboration of your Committee in our educational work and who
recognize its excellent results. I have never failed to
express my gratitude to you whenever the opportunity has
presented itself. And, you have had the opportunity to see that in our school
ceremonies, evenings, theatrical festivals or others, your Committee is the
first invited and that even among all our guests, it is reserved
a place of honor.
I therefore infinitely regret that you have taken as an offense
the fact that your Committee was not officially invited to attend
the visit of the High Commissioner.
S.A. COHEN
Ets OROSDI-BACK, BAGHDAD.
Baghdad, July 13, 1926
Dr. Jos. Rosenfeld
Baghdad.
Doctor,
In response to your esteemed request
to establish a subscription list in favor of the needy
schools of our community, I have deployed all that
is in my power to collect a fairly round sum
that might help you even a little in your works.
But, to my deep regret, I can tell you that given the
extreme hardship in which most of our employees find themselves,
I was only able to obtain the sum of 35/- Rupees which I
remit to you herewith as well as a list of the subscribers.
Wishing you full success for
the support of your humanitarian works, I beg you to
believe me, Doctor, your very devoted.
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