Baghdadi Jewish Community Correspondence from Schools, Citizenship Laws, Employee Information
View interactive document pageThese are different kinds of documents related to the Baghdadi Jewish Community, including letters from the Frank Iny School and the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews, and other correspondence. Items include: a letter from the dean of New York University congratulating parents in Baghdad on their son making the honor list; announcements regarding school curriculum; a request from the Frank Iny School for renovations; negotiations with engineering contractors; budgets for several Jewish community organizations; information about new laws regarding citizenship and property rights; new employee contracts; a birth certificate; an auction house ledger; meeting agendas; official newspapers (Al-Waqā’i‘ Al-‘Irāqiyah) announcing new laws, and records related to the disbursement of financial assistance to members of the Baghdadi Jewish community.
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews Telephone Number 5452 Number: 60 / ⟦1⟧ / ⟦M⟧ Date: 4 / 7 / 1960 Subject: Administrative Order Based on the decision of the Administrative Committee taken on 17 / 6 / 960, there is allocated to the needy Rosa Sabt a monthly allowance of six dinars instead of the weekly allowance which was one dinar per week, effective from 20 / 5 / 1960. The President ⟦Ata Allah⟧ A copy to: The Accountant - to act accordingly The aforementioned
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews Telephone Number 5452 Number: 1/M/60 Date: 4 / 7 / 1960 Subject: Administrative Order The committee approved in its session held on 1 / 7 / 960 to increase the monthly aid granted to the needy person Serge Deloy and make it 14/- dinars monthly instead of 10/- dinars, effective from 1 / 7 / 1960. President A copy to " Accountant - to act accordingly The aforementioned
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews Telephone No. 5452 No.: M / 601 Date: 11 / 7 / 1960 Subject: 472 Administrative Order Based on the leave granted to the accountant, Mr. Salim Abdullah Kabbay, for a period of three months to travel outside Iraq, the Administrative Committee decided in its meeting held on 1 / 7 / 1960 to appoint Mr. Isaac Nathan as accountant instead of him for the duration of his absence, provided that he is assisted by Messrs. Isaac Ezra Abdullah and Sassoon Ovadia according to the following principles: 1 - Mr. Isaac Nathan shall receive a monthly salary of fifty Dinars, and he is responsible for the accounts of the Administrative Committee and is not bound by official working hours. 2 - Mr. Isaac Ezra Abdullah shall maintain the petty cash accounts and distribute weekly and monthly salaries to the needy, and shall submit his accounts from time to time to the accountant. He shall receive monthly allowances for these labors amounting to fifteen Dinars. 3 - Mr. Sassoon Ovadia shall perform all the tasks assigned to him by the accountant and shall receive monthly allowances for these labors amounting to ten Dinars. President ⟦illegible⟧ A copy thereof to: The accountant Mr. Salim Abdullah Kabbay to conduct the handover process with accountant Isaac Nathan. Mr. Isaac Nathan The Accountant - to act accordingly Mr. Isaac Ezra Abdullah Mr. Sassoon Ovadia Personal File
- 2 - 6 - Small stamps in the name of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews, count (2), and a stamp in the name of the Presidency of the Community (1) and four stamps for the endowments of Hesqail and Ezra Menachem Daniel. 7 - A key ring containing the key to the iron safe, the key to the Presidency entrance, the key to the accountant's room, the key to the iron cabinet, and several keys for the desk drawers. 8 - Unpaid salaries for employees and staff are as follows: Salaries of the cemetery guard, Aziz, for the months from December 1959 until June 1960 at a rate of five Dinars monthly, as follows: 35.000 Dinars for the guard Aziz 14.000 " for Eliyahu Samouh for the months of May and June 1960 4.000 " for Ephraim Dawood for the month of June 1960 5.000 " for Al-Haj Muhi Al-Haj Dheeb for the month of June 1960 ⟦line⟧ 58.000 4.107 Salary for the guard of Daniel Market, Najm Al-Saleh, for the month of June 1960 62.107 Only sixty-two Dinars and one hundred and seven Fils and nothing else. 9 - Fixed and savings accounts are as follows: 195.000/- Dinars fixed deposit receipt for one year due on 16/5/1961 at the Eastern Bank 12.500/- " " " " " " " " 2/3/1961 " Pakistan Bank 15.000/- " " " " " " " " 17/8/1960 " Eastern Bank 5.000/- " savings account book at the Eastern Bank due on 17/8/1960 227.500/- Only two hundred and twenty-seven thousand and five hundred Dinars and nothing else. He also handed over the checkbooks related to the Hesqail and Ezra Daniel endowments as follows: 1 - Checkbook from <del>385701</del> 385751 to 385800, used up to number 385765 2 - " " " 170151 to 170200, used up to 170195 The Receiving Accountant The Outgoing Accountant Mr. Isaac Nathan Mr. Salim Abdullah Gabbay 8/7/1960
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews Telephone Number 5452 No: M / 248 / 60 Date: 28 / 8 / 1960 Subject: 422 The Honorable Mr. Sassoon Bashi, Agent of the Nuriel Endowments, Respectfully Greetings, Further to our letter No. 248 / 60 dated 28 / 8 / 1960 We have received check No. 293916 dated 29 August 960 drawn on the British Bank of the Middle East in the amount of -/2000 Dinars drawn from the allocations of the Frank Iny School Please accept our highest respects Vice President of the Administrative Committee ⟦signature⟧ ⟦illegible stamp⟧
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews Telephone Number 5452 Number: M / 601 Date: 28 / 8 / 1960 Subject: 6422 Honorable Mr. Sassoon Bashi, Agent of the Nuriel Endowments, Respected ⟦Sabah Levy⟧ After greetings, Please send an amount of 25.000 Dinars from the account of the Nuriel Endowments. Please accept our highest respects, Vice President of the Administrative Committee ⟦Sabah Levy⟧
The Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews Telephone Number 5452 Number :: M / ⟦illegible⟧ / 60 / ⟦illegible⟧ Date :: 3 / 9 / 1960 Subject :: 474 Administrative Order Based on the manual decision taken on 21 / 7 / 1960 to allocate a monthly salary to the slaughterer Saul Isaac Asher in the amount of five Dinars, effective from 15 / 7 / 960. On behalf of the President Copy to :- The Accountant to act accordingly The aforementioned Personal File
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews: Telephone number: 5452 Number: M / 60 / ⟦illegible⟧ Date: 2 / 9 / 1960 Subject: Administrative Order Based on the administrative decision taken on 21 / 7 / 1960 allocating a monthly salary to the slaughterer Shaul Isaac Asher in the amount of five dinars, effective from 15 / 7 / 960. On behalf of the President ⟦signature⟧ A copy of it to: - The accountant to act accordingly The aforementioned The personal file ⟦illegible stamp⟧
The Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews Telephone Number 5452 Number :: 1/M / 601 Date :: 9/6/1960 Subject :: 425 To - Iraq Electron and General Trading Company Limited Liability Greetings Further to the lease agreement regarding the building numbered 24, 26, and 28 / 177 Ras al-Qarya dated 5/1/1960, we inform you that the total rent amounting to eight hundred dinars is divided as follows :- Fils | Dinar 000 | 550 for the lower floor of the building 000 | 250 for the upper floor ⟦line⟧ 000 | 800 Total eight hundred dinars ⟦line⟧ Please be informed that the two mentioned floors are leased to you as a single unit. Please accept our highest respect Vice Chairman of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews ⟦signature⟧
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews Telephone Number 5452 No. :: M / 601 Date :: 16 / 10 / 1960 Subject :: 426 To the Honorable Mr. Heskel Sion Zilkha, Respectfully Greetings, We enclose herewith Check No. 621213 dated 16 / 10 / 1960 for the amount of 180/- Dinars (One hundred and eighty dinars) drawn on the Ottoman Bank to your order, which is the advance designated for the brothers in Basra for the months of August, September, and October of the year 1960. Please send the necessary receipt for this check. Please accept the assurances of our highest respect. Vice President of the Administrative Committee ⟦signature⟧
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews Telephone Number: 5452 Number: N.M. / 60 / ⟦...⟧ Date: 3 / 8 / 1960 Subject: To - The honorable Mr. Heskel Sion Zilkha, Respected Greetings, We enclose herewith check number 617955 dated 3 / 8 / 1960 for the amount of -/60 Dinars (sixty Dinars) drawn on the Ottoman Bank to your order, which is the allocated advance for the brothers in Basra for the month of July 1960. Please send the necessary receipt for this check. Please accept our highest respect. Vice President of the Administrative Committee ⟦signature⟧
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews Telephone Number: 5452 Number: M / 60 / ⟦illegible⟧ Date: 10 / 19 / 1960 Subject: 427 The honorable Mr. Sasson Bashi Respected Trustee Agent of the Nuriel Endowments After greetings, We have received check number 293920 B dated 10 / 18 / 1960 amounting to 500/- Dinars (five hundred Dinars only) on account for the school year of the Frank Iny School 1959 / 1960. Please accept our highest respect. Vice President of the Administrative Committee ⟦illegible⟧
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews Telephone Number 5452 Number: ⟦...⟧ Date: ⟦...⟧ Subject: Building for Rent ⟦line⟧ A new two-story building adjacent to the Baghdad Chamber of Commerce and overlooking the Tigris River Contains fifteen rooms with facilities, suitable to be an official department or office for companies or other institutions; it is also suitable to be a hotel. Enquire daily with the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad. Newspaper to publish it for three issues
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews Telephone Number 5452 Number :: Date :: Subject :: Building for Rent ⟦line⟧ A new two-story building adjacent to the Baghdad Chamber of Commerce and overlooking the Tigris River Contains fifteen rooms with facilities suitable to be a government office or a location for companies or other institutions, and it is also suitable to be a hotel. Contact daily the Presidency of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad. Newspaper for publication for three issues
I, Mohammed Saleh, pledge that I will remove the soil from the two properties, door numbers 148 and 150 / 113 Qanbar Ali within fifteen days, and that I will make the ground of the two properties level with the street including paving, and my labor fees are only one hundred Dinars. If I am late for work, I shall pay daily to the Presidency of the Mosaic Community two Dinars, and I have no right to receive the amount until after the completion of the work. Accordingly, I have signed on 22 / 3 / 1960. Mohammed Saleh ⟦illegible signature⟧ ⟦thumbprint⟧
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews Telephone Number 5452 Number :: ⟦illegible⟧ Date :: ⟦illegible⟧ Subject :: Long-term Lease ⟦line⟧ The Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews announces the leasing of property number 156 A / 222 doors Al-Koulat district (Sheikh Omar) by long-term lease for a period of fifteen years. Those who wish to submit their bids, building designs, and the amount of annual rent to the Presidency of the Community before or at twelve o'clock on Thursday, corresponding to 4 / 8 / 1960, accompanied by cash insurance in the amount of five hundred Dinars. The committee is not bound by the highest prices. Newspaper to publish it in three issues
Baghdad 17 / 7 / 1960 Honorable Secretary of the Jewish Community After greetings, Based on the order of His Excellency the Chairman of the Administrative Committee dated 12 / 7 / 1960 regarding the announcement of the Khan located in Al-Kolat, numbered ⟦456⟧ with long shops for a period of 15 years, please announce it in ⟦222⟧ the newspapers Finance Observer ⟦illegible⟧