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IJA 3722

Correspondence between Administrative Council for Iraqi Jews and the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools

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These documents contain communications between the Administrative Council for Iraqi Jews and the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools. Included is correspondence about students’ acceptance to study abroad, rosters of students receiving awards, administrative memos concerning employment issues, receipts and financial information concerning school expenditures.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 3722
Item Number
10066
Date
Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages
Arabic, English
Keywords
Financial, Correspondence, School Material, Annotation, Frank Iny School, Shamash Secondary School, Handwritten, Teachers, Insurance, Receipts, Revenue Stamps, Typed, Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews, Ezra Menahem Daniel Sports-Ground Committee

AI English Translation, Pages 1-25

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Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 5452
Number :: M / 60 / 326
Date :: 14 / 6 / 1960
Subject ::
To the respected Mr. Abdullah Obeidia
Director of Frank Iny and Shamash Schools
Greetings
With reference to your letter numbered F / 164 / 60 dated 10 / 6 / 1960
We agree to authorize you the right to pay the summer vacation salaries to foreign and Iraqi teachers
whenever necessity requires.
Please accept our highest respect
The President
⟦signature⟧

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FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No. ⟦line⟧ Number F / 864
Date ⟦line⟧ Date 20 / 5 / 1959
Honorable Chairman of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Greetings.
Given the approach of the summer break and the need of some foreign and
Iraqi teachers for their summer break salaries, please kindly authorize me to
disburse the summer break salaries to them as needed. Please note that
the Schools Committee previously decided in its session held on 9 / 7 / 1958
the authority to disburse summer break salaries to teachers in the past.
Please accept our highest respect.
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We approve the request
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22 / 5 / 59
Abdullah Oweidia
The Director
A copy to - The Schools Committee for their kind review

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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
83531 } Telephone Number
5452
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Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 5452
Number :: M / 60 /
Date :: 29 / 6 / 1960
Subject :: ⟦line⟧
To -
Directorate of Frank Iny School
Reference to your letter numbered F / 60 / 168 and dated 17 / 6 / 1960,
The Administrative Committee approved in its session held on 17 / 6 / 960 the disbursement of an amount
of 62/750 Dinars to Dr. Ihsan Samra for the fees of vaccinating students with injections
for Typhoid, Diphtheria, Pertussis, and Tetanus, provided that this disbursement is from the budget allocation
of your school for the academic year 59 / 1960.
The President ⟦line⟧
A copy to -
Schools Committee - for information.

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Frank Iny School
FRANK INY SCHOOL
Intermediate and Primary
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Telephone No. 91693
No. 602/F/⟦line⟧
No. ⟦line⟧
Date 7/6/1960
Date ⟦line⟧
To the Honorable Chairman of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Baghdad
After greetings,
Please kindly approve the payment of an amount of 62/750 Dinars
to Dr. Ihsan Samra for the fees of vaccinating students with Typhoid, Diphtheria,
Whooping Cough, and Tetanus injections.
Noting that this expenditure will be within the current school budget
allocations for the 1959 / 1960 academic year.
Please accept our highest respect.
The Director
Copy to:
Schools Committee for your kind information.
Approved
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18/6/1960

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Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Number ::
Date :: 6/29/1960 ⟦m⟧
Telephone Number: 5452
Subject ::
To --
Management of Frank Iny School
Reference to your letter numbered F/166/60 and dated 6/17/1960
The committee approved in its session held on 6/17/1960 to spend an amount not exceeding -/70
Seventy Dinars as cost for digging a well and installing an electric motor, provided that this expenditure is
within the school's budget allocation for the academic year 59/60.
The President
A copy to --
Schools Committee -- for information.

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FRANK INY SCHOOL | FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY | INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad | Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693 | Telephone No. 91693
No. / No.: 60 / F
Date / Date: 17 / 10 / 1959
To the Honorable Chairman of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Baghdad
After greetings,
Please kindly grant preliminary approval to spend an amount not exceeding
70/- Dinars for the cost of drilling a well and installing an electric motor borrowed from
the Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium, in order to draw raw water to irrigate the
school gardens, considering that the raw water channels on the public street passing
towards the school are low relative to the level of the gardens. We will inform you
of the actual cost upon completion of the work, and the expenditure will be from the school's
appropriations for the current 1959 / 1960 academic year.
Please accept our highest respect.
The Director
⟦signature⟧
17 / 10 / 59
Copy to:
The Schools Committee for their information.

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Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 5452
Number: M / 601
Date: 1 / 7 / 1960
Subject:
To -
Frank Iny School Administration
With reference to your letter number F / 155 / 60 dated 26 / 5 / 960
The Administrative Committee approved at its meeting held on 27 / 6 / 60 to spend an amount
not exceeding - / 100 Dinars to purchase playground equipment for the kindergarten and preparatory classes, and also approved
spending an amount not exceeding - / 80 Dinars to purchase three filing cabinets, provided that
these two expenditures are within the school's budget appropriation for the 59 / 60 school year.
The President
A copy to -
Schools Committee

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FRANK INY SCHOOL
FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Telephone No. 91693
No: 60 / ⟦...⟧
Date: 26 / 5 / 1960
To the Honorable Chairman of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Greetings.
1- On the occasion of the end of the current school year, please be kind enough to approve
the disbursement of an amount not exceeding one hundred dinars to purchase toys for kindergarten and preparatory students
as in previous years, charged against the certified budget allocations for the school year
59 / 1960. We will inform you of the actual cost upon completion of the purchase.
2- Please approve the disbursement of no more than (80/-) eighty dinars to purchase
three iron cabinets to store the increasing files, noting that this will be from
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del> the allocated credit in the estimated budget for the current school year 59 / 960
Please accept our highest respect.
Abdullah Obadiah
Director
Approved to be disbursed within
the budget
⟦...⟧
27 / 5 / 960
Copy to - Schools Committee

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Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Number: 12 / 60
Telephone Number: 5452
Date: 1 / 7 / 1960
Subject: ⟦line⟧
To:-
Directorate of Frank Iny School
Reference to your letter numbered F/167/60 dated 17 / 6 / 1960
The committee reviewed in its meeting held on 17 / 6 / 1960 the expenses of the ceremony
for distributing the Naqqar awards, totaling 108/085 Dinars, provided that this expenditure is within
the school's budget allocation for the academic year 59 / 1960.
The Chairman
Copy to:-
Schools Committee.

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FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No.: F/ 60
Number: F/ 60
Date:
Date: 17 / 6 / 1960
To the Honorable Chairman of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Baghdad
Subject: Expenses for the Prize Distribution Ceremony for Summer 1960
We attach herewith a detailed list of the expenses for the Naqqar prize distribution ceremony for summer
1960, totaling 102/085 Dinars, requesting your kind approval
thereof, noting that the credit allocated for this purpose in the budget
of the current academic year 1959 / 1960 is 350/- Dinars.
Please accept our highest respect.
The Director
Copy to:
The Schools Committee for their kind information.
I request its ⟦recording⟧
17 / 6 / 1960
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FRANK INY SCHOOL             Frank Iny School
Intermediate & Primary             Intermediate and Primary
New Alwiyah - Baghdad             New Alwiyah - Baghdad
TELEPHONE No. 91693             Telephone: 91693
Number:
Date:
Detailed list of expenses for the prize distribution ceremony
⟦...⟧Summer Notice⟦...⟧
Details | Amount
Fils Dinar | Total
Fils Dinar
(1) Excellence Awards
⟦line⟧ |  |
Student Elias Yohannan | 8/000 |
" Farid Salman Gitayat | 8/000 | 16/000
(2) Distinction Awards
⟦line⟧ |  |
Student Elias Yohannan | 6/000 |
" Farid Salman Gitayat | 6/000 |
" Kamal Ezra Shakkouri | 5/500 |
Student Simha Barshan | 6/000 |
Student Emile Ezra Somikh | 5/150 | 28/650
(3) Honor Awards
⟦line⟧ |  |
Student Farid Salman Gitayat | 2/000 |
Student Simha Barshan | 2/000 |
Student Emile Ezra Somikh | 1/860 |
Student Rachel Victor Elia Shaul | 2/100 |
Student Gladys Joseph Ezra Daoud | 2/000 |
Student Moshi Dallal | 2/000 |
" Elias Kourji Zilkha | 2/250 |
Student Oliva Salim Sheena | 2/000 | 116/210
Other Expenses |  |
Fees for printing ceremony programs | 6/500 |
Painting the stage | 2/225 |
Cost of sweets | 6/400 |
Fees for 500 chairs | 15/000 |
Ice block | -/100 |
Gratuity for guards | -/500 |
Gratuity for cleaners for extra work | 10/500 | 41/225
102/085
One hundred and two Dinars and eighty-five Fils.
⟦line⟧

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Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 5452
Number: M /: 341 / 60
Date :: 29 / 7 / 1960
Subject ::
To "
Directorate of Frank Iny School
Reference to your letter numbered F / 211 / 60 dated 26 / 7 / 1960 and based on the decision of
the Administrative Committee taken on 10 / 7 / 960, the student Salman Heskel Balas is delegated
to England for higher studies in one of its colleges.
Please proceed with contacting one of the colleges you nominate for his admission, and please carry out
the necessary procedures for his delegation, noting that the study and travel expenses to and from
England shall be at the expense of the Administrative Committee.
Vice President
Signed
Copy to "
Presidency of the Schools Committee, reference to your letter dated 27 / 6 / 960
The student's guardian, please contact the Directorate of Frank Iny School to carry out the necessary
procedures and then attend the Presidency of the Community to obtain the guarantee for your son's delegation.
The Accountant - to take the necessary action.

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Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 5452
Number :: F / 211 / 60
Date :: 29 / 7 / 1960
Subject :: ⟦line⟧
To - Directorate of Frank Iny School
With reference to your letter numbered F/211/60 dated 26 / 7 / 1960 and based on the decision of the Administrative
Committee taken on 10 / 7 / 960, the student Sultan Heskel Balas is to be sent to England
for higher studies in one of its colleges.
Please proceed by contacting one of the colleges you nominate for his admission, and please carry out
the necessary procedures for his dispatch, noting that the expenses of study and travel to and from
England shall be at the expense of the Administrative Committee.
Vice President
⟦signature⟧
A copy to -
Presidency of the Schools Committee, with reference to your letter dated 27 / 6 / 960
The student's guardian, please contact the Directorate of Frank Iny School to carry out
the necessary procedures and then attend the Community Presidency to obtain the guarantee
for your son's dispatch.
The Accountant - to take the necessary action.

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Reference to the letter of ⟦illegible⟧ dated 26 / 7 / ⟦illegible⟧
And by this ⟦illegible⟧ Ministry of Education
Please request from ⟦illegible⟧
In one of the colleges
He wishes to begin contacting one of the colleges that ⟦illegible⟧
Also, please present the consular family documents for reference in hand
That the owner of the school center, the police, and the intelligence
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Copy to the School Presidency ⟦illegible⟧ on 24 / 7 / ⟦illegible⟧
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The Presidency of the Sect to take the letter to inform you
The request to take the necessary action

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Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 5452
Number: M / 342 / 60
Date: 29 / 7 / 1960
Subject:
To " -
Directorate of Frank Iny School
Reference to the handwritten decision of the Administrative Committee taken on 24 / 7 / 1960
We agree to assist the student Linda Yusuf Dangoor to study in one of the colleges in England
at her own expense, provided that the Administrative Committee assists her annually with the amount of one hundred
and fifty Dinars to be spent from the endowments of Heskel Menachem Daniel, and provided that this
study does not exceed four years.
Please facilitate her admission to one of the colleges and establish the necessary and required conditions
for granting this assistance.
Vice President
Signed
Copy to " -
Head of the Schools Committee, in reference to your letter dated 27 / 6 / 960
The student's guardian to contact the Directorate of Frank Iny School to perform the transactions
required and organize the guarantee.
Accountant - to act - accordingly.

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Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number: 5452
Number: ⟦10⟧ / M / 60
Date: 1960/7/29
Subject:
To -
Frank Iny School Directorate
Reference to the manual decision of the Administrative Committee taken on 1960/7/24
We agree to assist the student Linda Yusuf Doctor to study in one of the colleges in England
at her own expense, provided that the Administrative ⟦Committee⟧ assists her annually with an amount of
one hundred and fifty Dinars to be spent from the endowments of Ezekiel Shahim Daniel, and provided that the period of
study does not exceed four years.
Please facilitate her admission to one of the colleges and establish the necessary and requisite conditions
for granting this assistance.
Vice President
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A copy of it to -
Presidency of the Schools Committee, reference to your letter dated 1960/6/27
The student's guardian, to contact the Frank Iny School Directorate to carry out
the necessary transactions and organize the guarantee.
Accountant - to act - accordingly.

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June 11
Based on the annual resolution number of the Administrative Committee ⟦which⟧ decided
his signature on ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
in one of the colleges of England at his own expense, provided that ⟦...⟧
the Administrative Committee annually with a documented and certified copy from the presidency of ⟦...⟧
the university upon his obtaining the distinction, and provided that
the duration of study does not exceed four years
Please facilitate the matter of his admission to one of the colleges and establish
the necessary and required conditions for granting this scholarship
Vice President
Copy to the college presidency for schools based on the Ministry's instructions
6/27
1) The student's guardian to contact the Directorate of Lessons
for the purpose of completing the required transactions and organizing
the guarantee.
The clerk to act accordingly

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FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate & Primary
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No.: F .. 205 / 60 / 60
Date: 4 / 8 / 1960
To the Honorable Chairman of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Greetings.
With reference to your letter No. 342 dated 29 / 7 / 1960 regarding your approval to
assist the student Linda Yusuf Dangoor.
Please kindly grant the mentioned student an amount of one hundred dinars on account of the academic year
60 / 1961 after completing her passport, for the purpose of spending on her travel
to study outside Iraq, provided that the remainder of the financial aid amount, which is fifty
dinars, be paid after the end of the academic year (60 / 1961) and after submitting a certificate from the college
proving she passed the final examination.
Please accept our highest respect.
Approved
Abdullah Obadia
Director
Copy to -
Schools Committee

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Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 5452
No.: ⟦1/3⟧ / 60
Date: 4 / 9 / 1960
Subject ::
To -
Directorate of Frank Iny School
Reference to your letter numbered F / 225 / 60 dated 14 / 8 / 1960
We approve the disbursement of 100/- Dinars to Linda Yusuf Dangoor from the original fixed amount of
150/- Dinars.
Vice President

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Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Number: M/343/60
Date: 29/7/1960
Telephone Number: 5452
Subject: ⟦line⟧
To:
Directorate of Frank Iny School
With reference to your letter numbered F/211/60 dated 26/7/1960 regarding the success of student
Sabah Shafiq Adas in the preparatory studies for the current academic year, and based on
the decision of the Administrative Committee taken at its meeting held on 10/10/1959,
the student Sabah Shafiq Adas is to be dispatched to England for higher studies in one of its colleges.
Please proceed by contacting one of the colleges you designate for his admission and please perform
the necessary procedures for his dispatch, noting that the study and travel expenses (round trip)
shall be covered by the proceeds of the late Heskel Menachem.
Vice President
Signed
Copy to:
Head of the Schools Committee - for information
Guardian of the student - please contact the Directorate of Frank Iny School to perform the
necessary procedures, and thereafter attend the Head of the Community to take the guarantee for your son's dispatch.
Accountant - to take the necessary action.

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The Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 5452
Number: <del>60/211/F</del>
Date: 1960/7/29
Subject:
To -
Directorate of Frank Iny School
Reference to your letter No. F/60/211 dated 1960/7/26 regarding the success of student
Sabah Shafiq Adas in preparatory studies for the current academic year and based on
the decision of the Administrative Committee taken at its session held on 1959/10/30.
Student Sabah Shafiq Adas is to be sent to England for higher studies in one of its colleges.
Please initiate contact with one of the colleges you nominate for his admission, and please perform
the necessary and required procedures for his dispatch, noting that the study and travel expenses, round
trip, will be covered by the endowment yields of the late Heskel Menachem.
Vice President
⟦signature⟧
Copy to -
Presidency of the Schools Committee - for information
The student's guardian: please contact the Directorate of Frank Iny School to perform the
required procedures and then attend the Presidency of the Community to receive the guarantee for your son's dispatch.
The Accountant - to take the necessary action.