AI en Translation, Pages 551-575
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Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Telephone: 85267
Number: 5402
Date: 20 / 4 / 1954
To the Presidency of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad.
Greetings,
With reference to your letter No. M/10/54 dated 2/29/1954,
Please be kindly informed that on this day, Tuesday,
corresponding to 20 / 4 / 1954, all the equipment borrowed by
the stadium from the committee of the Aqeel Menachem Daniel Vocational School for Girls
belonging to this school has been delivered in response to the request.
Attached herewith is the receipt for these items.
Please accept our highest respect.
Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium Committee
⟦illegible⟧
President
1- A copy to the Directorate of the Menachem Daniel Vocational School for Girls.
2- " " to the Administration of the Aqeel Menachem Daniel Vocational School for Girls.
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4 Date
Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Telephone: 85267
Baghdad on 20 / 4 / 1954
Based on the instructions of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, I have received
from the Menachem Daniel Vocational School for Girls the following items which the
Menachem Daniel Vocational School Committee had lent to the Ezra Menachem
Daniel Stadium and were returned today:
Number | Item | Number | Item
2 | Sewing machines | 2 | Small ironing boards
2 | Sewing machine | 1 | Orange piece of cloth for sewing
2 | Large wooden benches | 1 | Ironing table
3 | Small wooden benches | 1 | Chair
15 | Bench | 1 | Mirror (broken)
1 | Bicycle | 1 | Ironing board
1 | Saw | 1 | Bed and table for the cashier
Sari Qazaq
Baghdad 20 / 4 / 1954
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His Excellency the President of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, Respected
After greetings
Based on the closure of the Heskel Menahem Daniel Vocational School for Girls, I request to be relieved
from my position and to terminate the contract signed between me and the late Ezra Menahem Daniel, certified by
the Notary Public of South Baghdad under general number 5689, register 180, and sequence 171, dated
August 26, 1946. I acknowledge that I have received all my salaries and entitlements, and I have no
remaining rights or claims against the previous late contractor, Ezra Menahem Daniel, or whoever took his place in the trusteeship.
Please accept my highest respect.
Rosine Nissan
Rosine Nissan
27
The letter was signed in my presence
⟦signature⟧
27 / 4
Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community
Number 425
Date 27 / 4 / ⟦...⟧
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Committee
Heskel Menahem Daniel Vocational School for Girls
Baghdad on 25 / 2 / 1954
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42/28
166
To
The Presidency of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Subject / - Furniture of the Heskel Menahem Daniel Vocational School for Girls
Greetings,
With reference to your letter No. 76 / 54 dated 13 / 2 / 1954 addressed to our committee
regarding the handover process between Miss Rosine Nissan and the Ezra Menahem
Daniel Playground Committee. Please note the following -
1- The Playground Committee has no relation to the affairs of the Heskel Menahem Daniel School, as the latter has its own committee
appointed for this purpose.
2- Since the matter of handover is a formal administrative issue, and for special reasons,
our committee does not wish to involve itself in this matter. To facilitate the handover task, we suggest:
a - Appointing a committee for the purpose of inventory and handover from Mr. Matrouk in his capacity as assistant
to the trustee and secretary of the community.
b - The inventory and handover committee should follow one of two paths. (1) - Requesting the administration of the Menahem
Saleh Daniel School, whose principal is at the same time the acting principal of the Heskel Menahem Daniel School,
to provide the furniture inventory book organized during the era of the late former trustee Ezra Menahem
Daniel and approved by the members of the school committee at the time, and matching the contents of the register
referred to with what is actually present now of the furniture and taking necessary action in light of that.
(2) - In case it is not possible to obtain the mentioned register, we suggest seeking the assistance of Miss
Rosine Nissan and the servant Khoshaba, who has been employed in the mentioned school since the
former trustee was alive and who knows the items of that furniture in full, for the purpose of recording
what is actually present and taking the necessary action as your esteemed committee deems appropriate.
On this occasion, we clarify to your committee that Miss Rosine is nothing more than an employee in the
mentioned school and is not responsible for this furniture, and on this basis, it was not handed over to her at
the time. Accordingly, she does not have in her possession any furniture or tools to hand over to you.
On this occasion also, we hope your committee will take into consideration the following:
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For registration
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A - The letter from the Playground Committee sent to your committee regarding borrowing some of the school's equipment
mentioned for the purpose of being used by the female students in the playground. We hope to register them
to the Playground Committee in this manner.
B - Among the equipment of the Heskel Menachem Daniel School is a "Roneo" machine purchased by
the school committee during the lifetime of the previous trustee, and Mr. Saleh Shlomo took it
on loan, as we believe, to his administration and it is still with him; and this
action entails the responsibility of the school principal.
We request that the aforementioned person be asked to return the said machine.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible⟧
Chairman of the Committee
⟦illegible⟧
What was settled upon by the Foreign Relations Committee emanating from
the Lay Council of the Mosaic community in Baghdad - following its meeting
held on 1951/6/31 at the residence of His Excellency the Head of the Community and in his presence
and the presence of Messrs. Sassoon Khedhouri, Heskel Shemail, Shaul Cohen, Elias Robin, and Shaul Hayyim
- and naturally - the Chairman of the Committee.
The attendees deliberated on the current situation and searched for the best way to serve the interest of the community -
After discussion, the following was decided:
1- The committee requests the Inspection Body to continue its contacts with officials and everyone who could
alleviate the weight of the marked pressure and persecution. Especially since the authority might aim to implement its goals
in a concise manner shrouded in ambiguity, but the struggle of the authority will make things clear and established - 2
The committee shall take the following measures:
A - A section of the committee members - (1) - shall contact some senior officials and discuss the situation with them - B
with statements and official letters that would attract the sympathy of the competent departments, clarify facts, and remove
the misunderstanding that may have been a reason for taking harsh measures against the members of the community and requesting the removal
of injustice from them and facilitating their affairs, especially regarding the freedom of travel, work, and residence, and stating that
the ⟦...⟧ community may differ in opinion but they cannot under any circumstances be enemies of the country
that sheltered them and where they lived in peace and harmony with their brothers, the citizens of the same nation - (2)
The committee, in carrying out this responsibility, does not rely on the Emergency Law, but rather on humanitarian principles
and civil rights guaranteed by the Iraqi Constitution to all subjects of the state equally, and according to which
the state has no right to treat the members of a specific community as enemies of the country merely because of what stems from
a part of them in terms of individual actions for which only the perpetrator is held responsible, and the committee will exert its utmost
effort to convey the truth to international public opinion and international organizations to show the extent of what the community is exposed to
in terms of persecution and deprivation of the simplest legitimate human rights to a free and dignified life.
3- The work of the committee continues in cooperation and solidarity with the members of the esteemed Lay Council.
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Heskel Menahem Daniel Vocational School for Girls
27 / 2 / 1954
6
To
The Presidency of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, Respected
Greetings,
With reference to your inquiry directed within your letter numbered M / 83 / 54 and dated
26 / 2 / 1954.
1- We confirm that Ms. Rosine Nissan is the Head of Work at the Heskel Menahem Daniel
Vocational School for Girls, and it is not her duty to manage the aforementioned school, but rather she is responsible for teaching
the subject of sewing, both theoretically and practically. In view of her lack of responsibility for the school's furniture and tools,
they were not handed over to her by ⟦...⟧.
2- All of this is in support of what was stated in our letter dated 25 / 2 / 1954, which we hope
all its paragraphs will be taken into consideration and careful study by your committee, given the subject's connection
to the charitable activities performed by the endowment of the late Heskel Menahem Daniel.
Please accept our highest respect.
Chairman of the Committee
⟦signature⟧
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Heskel Menahem Daniel Vocational School for Girls
Baghdad on 25 / 2 / 1954
To
The Presidency of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Greetings,
With reference to the oral discussion that took place between your esteemed committee and the honorary secretary
of our committee, Mr. Abdullah ⟦Aboud⟧, on the evening of Sunday, 21 / 2 / 1954,
regarding the future of the Heskel Menahem Daniel Vocational School for Girls and the possibility
of changing it to (Heskel Menahem Daniel Vocational Institute).
In view of our committee's desire to work for what brings good to this institution and its endowments
in particular, and to the members of the community in general, and for the purpose of verifying the legality of this committee's decisions
on this subject, we deem it necessary first and foremost that your esteemed committee
approves internal bylaws for our committee so that work may proceed accordingly; and since our committee
had previously, at the start of its formation, submitted to the Lay Council a draft of internal bylaws
under our letter No. 3 / 52 dated 12 / 12 / 1953. Therefore, we request you to consider the
aforementioned draft bylaws and approve them if your esteemed committee finds them
suitable for that purpose, noting that the drafting of the said bylaws has taken into account the conditions of the endowment
of the late Heskel Menahem Daniel in letter and spirit. Those conditions which have received from our committee
thorough study. Please accept our highest respect.
Chairman of the Committee
To be attached to the records
91
2 / 3
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This contract was concluded between Mr. Ezra Menahem Daniel, hereinafter referred to as the First Party, and the student
Miss Rosine Sion Nissan, hereinafter referred to as the Second Party. It was agreed upon as follows:
1 - The First Party undertakes to send the Second Party for specialization in teaching cutting and sewing
for women's clothing and related matters in Paris (France) at the expense of the First Party.
2 - The First Party undertakes to pay and spend on the student: -
A - School fees for the student's studies along with examination fees.
B - Second-class travel expenses for a one-time round trip.
C - An annual allowance of twenty dinars only for the necessary expenses for the student's health care
and the necessary expenses for her treatment.
D - An annual allowance of twenty dinars only for clothing.
E - An annual allowance of twenty dinars only for books, school notebooks, and other
tools and supplies.
F - A monthly allowance of twenty-five dinars only for housing, food, transportation,
excursion expenses, pocket money, etc., of the necessary expenses for the student starting from
the date of her arrival in Paris at the beginning.
G - Travel expenses to return the student to Baghdad in the event that she is afflicted with a disease that completely prevents her
from completing her education after this has been confirmed in a satisfactory manner, and the First Party in this
case shall not recover the expenses spent on the student.
3 - The student undertakes to carry out what she was sent for with diligence and activity, and she must strive to follow
and achieve her lessons and behave in a satisfactory manner inside and outside the institution to which she was sent, whether
in the country she was sent to for study or elsewhere, and she must observe the regulations followed in the institution
with seriousness and honesty, exerting all her effort to perform the ⟦examinations⟧ examination well and to obtain
a specialization certificate from it regarding the art of teaching cutting and sewing for women's clothing and related
matters mentioned in the first article, provided that the period spent by the student to obtain the
mentioned certificate does not exceed three years, and this is considered sufficient for the certificate. The First Party alone has the right
to reduce the years of study if it is proven to him that the student has acquired and demonstrated her qualifications in teaching
in a satisfactory manner.
4 - The student has the right during the entire course of study, and for one time only if she fails, to repeat the year in which she failed
at the expense of the First Party. In this case, if she does not succeed in the result of the examination or does not obtain the certificate
mentioned in the third article, she shall be dismissed from the mission and the expenses spent on her shall be recovered from her as stated
in the contents of the paragraphs of the second article above.
5 - The First Party has the right to dismiss the student from the mission ⟦when⟧ the administration of the institution requires the student to withdraw due to
her misconduct or failure, and all expenses spent on her shall be recovered.
6 - The student undertakes to serve in the Heskel Menahem Daniel School for Industry and Crafts in Baghdad or any
other institution managed under the supervision of the Jewish Community in Baghdad agreed upon with the First Party
after her return from education for a period of five years if the duration of her study abroad was three
years, and if the study was two years, the service shall be four years. Her monthly salary shall be
as shown below, and her promotion shall be according to the regulations in force in the Iraqi Ministry of Education, except for
the deduction of pension contributions, including the pension salary or service gratuity.
<del>That her monthly salary be fifteen dinars in the case of her studying for three years and two years</del>
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A - Her monthly salary shall be thirteen dinars and five hundred fils if the duration of study is two years.
B - Her monthly salary shall be fifteen dinars if the duration of study is three years.
If the second party - the student - refuses or if she does not serve the stipulated period based on her resignation
or her dismissal for misconduct or intentional negligence in her duties during service, two hundred
and sixty-four dinars shall be recovered from her (if the duration of study abroad was three years) or two hundred and thirty
dinars if the duration of study abroad was two years) for each remaining year of service
indicated above in which the student did not serve, contrary to what is stipulated in this contract.
This agreement was drafted in Baghdad in one copy on the twenty-sixth day of the month of August
in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six AD.
The Second Party
Miss Rosine Sion Nissan
Signature | The First Party
Ezra Menachem Daniel
Signature
Daoud Haroun Nawi
From Jadid Hassan Pasha neighborhood. Private employee
Signature | Victor Daoud from Al-Tawrat neighborhood
Private employee
Signature
I certify that the two signatures signed at the bottom of this agreement are the signature of the first party, Mr. Ezra Menachem
Daniel, and the signature of the second party, the student Miss Rosine Sion Nissan, whose identity is known to me by the two witnesses
of identification ⟦mentioned⟧ by name above, and it was read to them, so they acknowledged its contents and signed it before me on August 26,
1946 Notary Public for South Baghdad
I certify that this is a copy of the agreement certified by me in this department on August 26, 1946, under general number
5689, register 180, and sequence 171, matching the originals, August 27, 1946
First Clerk
27 / 8 / 1946
5707
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Committee ⟦...⟧
Heskel Menachem Daniel Vocational School for Girls
Baghdad, November 24, 1953
To - The Presidency of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Greetings;
I had - based on the request of the Honorable President of your committee - attended your meeting held on Monday evening, corresponding to
12/21/1953; and we discussed the following, for which I provide detailed explanations;
First - Payment of the salaries of Miss Rosine Nissan.
A - Due to the absence of a copy of Miss Rosine Nissan's contract in the Community administration; that contract concluded
between the former trustee, the late Ezra Menachem Daniel, the trustee of the endowments of the late Heskel Menachem
Daniel as the first party, and the aforementioned as the second party; and based on your request, I submit herewith a copy of the contract
mentioned, which we borrowed from Miss Rosine Nissan.
B - On this occasion, I would like to draw the attention of the honorable committee to what was stated in the introduction of the sixth clause of
the mentioned contract; as it is clear from reviewing the text, that the endowment is obligated to employ the aforementioned in
the Heskel Menachem Daniel Vocational School for Girls, or any school whose administration belongs to the Jewish Community
in Baghdad; for the period specified therein; and since the aforementioned has studied for four years abroad
the secondary period mandatory for her service shall be five years - in implementation of the mentioned text - starting on
10/1/1950.
C - Since the aforementioned is ready for the "service" stipulated in the contract throughout the "legal period"
mandatory for her service. Therefore, the obligation of the endowment to pay the salaries due to her throughout the legal period
stipulated in the mentioned contract is a mandatory matter.
D - Given her urgent need for the mentioned salaries; as they are the primary source for the livelihood of her and her family in
these tight economic circumstances. Delaying the payment is a matter that directly leads to the disruption of her living affairs.
Second - The status of the Heskel Menachem Daniel School from a legal perspective.
A - The lack of students attending the Heskel Menachem Daniel School in the arrangement upon which this school was established,
which is teaching the art of sewing using the (Mannequin) method, led to the suspension of studies therein
and the non-renewal of its license.
B - And since, as we previously mentioned, Miss Rosine is ready for service and to teach the subject contracted for, which is teaching
using the (Mannequin) method, and in view of the impossibility of benefiting from her service for force majeure reasons beyond
her control and the control of the endowment; and since it is difficult to benefit from her services in another school;
due to the lack of students wishing to learn this type of sewing - two results follow from that:-
1 - That the endowment, in its capacity as the obligor - is obligated to pay the salary of the aforementioned throughout the legal period contracted for,
i.e., until 9/30/1955 - as long as she - being the second party in the contract - is ready for the work
contracted for, even if - for force majeure reasons - she is not being utilized.
- To be continued - 2 -
⟦signature⟧
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Committee
Heskiel Menahem Daniel Vocational School for Girls
2- And since the first result entails - keeping the aforementioned endowment employee, an endowment employee for the remaining period without any
benefit from her, along with the hardship she endures by staying; it is more beneficial for the endowment - and the welfare of the endowment is among the public
rights - to terminate the service of the aforementioned person with her consent in a fair termination in which the interest of the endowment and her interest are realized
simultaneously, through an agreement on a fair settlement, and this is a matter that your esteemed committee is undoubtedly keen
to achieve.
Third - The borrowing of some sewing tools belonging to the Heskiel Menahem Daniel Vocational School for Girls by the Ezra Menahem Daniel Playground.
A - In view of the loss of the Playground Committee's letter issued to your esteemed committee regarding the playground administration's receipt of some
sewing tools belonging to the Heskiel Menahem Daniel School, pursuant to a written authorization issued by the Playground Committee to
Miss Rosine regarding the necessity of moving the mentioned tools from the school building to the playground building, I therefore attach herewith a copy
of the missing letter.
B - In view of your belief in the existence of a principal for the Heskiel Menahem Daniel School, I clarify to your esteemed committee:-
1- That the mentioned school is closed due to the non-renewal of its license, and it has no legal existence.
2- I have no knowledge of the continuation of the acting principal of this school in her position after the closure of the school at the beginning of the current
1953 / 1954 academic year.
3- I believe it is not the plan or intention of those responsible for the community administration to pay salaries for occupying phantom positions
that do not exist.
And since Miss Rosine - according to the contract - is the only one with a direct relationship to the closed school,
it is reasonable for the Playground Committee to contact her, on the basis that the position of acting principal of the school does not exist
due to the closure of the school.
C - In view of the great services rendered by Miss Qanawati to all members of the community, and in view of my belief that Miss
Qanawati knows for certain that the furniture and tools under discussion were not disposed of in a manner that harms the interest of the endowment;
and in view of my firm belief that she did not draft and sign the letter of her own accord.
Therefore, I suffice with this amount of clarification and commentary until your esteemed committee becomes aware of the mentioned facts.
Please accept the assurances of my highest respect.
Youssef Masri
Chairman of the Committee of Heskiel Menahem Daniel
Vocational School for Girls (Resigned)
⟦signature⟧
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HESKEL M. DANIEL VOCATIONAL SCHOOL
For Girls.
To the honorable Miss, the Deputy Principal of Heskel Menahem Daniel School, respected
Greetings and respect,
In view of the approaching date for the opening of schools and the necessity of preparing the required curricula,
I kindly ask you to inform me of what you have decided in this regard so that I may
prepare what is necessary.
Please accept my highest respect.
Head of Operations
Rosine Nissan
7 / 9 / 1952
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Masfil Menahem Daniel Vocational School for Girls
No. 412
Baghdad 8/9/1952
Subject: School Budget.
2207
6/9/1952
To His Excellency, the Director of Education for the Baghdad Province, Respected.
Greetings and respect.
In accordance with the provisions of paragraph "b" of Article Three of the Private and Foreign Schools Regulation
No. 18 of 1952, communicated to us by your letter No. 18268 dated 11/8/1952,
And in view of the transfer of the trusteeship of this school to the Lay Council of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad after the death of the late Ezra Menahem Daniel.
I hope you will be so kind as to grant me a longer period than the period specified in your letter regarding the organization of
the budget of this school for the 1952/1953 academic year, pending a decision from
the Lay Council regarding how this school will be managed and organized for the year 1952/1953.
Please accept my respect
⟦Mary Zion⟧
Acting Administrator.
A copy of it
To the President of the Community and Acting President of the Lay Council - for information.
The Clerk
To the Secretary and Staff
T. ⟦illegible⟧
6/9/1952
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Menahem S. Daniel's School
44/115 Taht-el-Takia
TELEPHONE 7465
Menahem Salih Daniel School
44 / 115 Taht al-Takiya
Telephone Number 7465
Baghdad Baghdad on 3 / 5 / 1954
Number 420
The Administrative Committee
The Jewish Community
Number 122
Date 12 / 5 / 1954
His Excellency the President of the Administrative Committee
of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, Respected
After offering respect;
Your letter numbered 114 / 54 and dated 28 / 4 / 1954
Regarding the benches in the garden courtyards mentioned in your above-referenced letter, we would like to
inform you that we do not have benches in storage as you mentioned, but there are (16) benches, of which
(2) are unfit for use and (14) are placed in the school garden, and they are among the furniture items in dispute
regarding their ownership between you and the heirs of the late Ezra Daniel.
With further respect to your Excellency;
Acting School Principal
Samuel Menahem Daniel
A copy to -
The Honorable Agent of the Heirs of the late Ezra Daniel
For the Council and Administration
5 / 5
⟦illegible signature⟧
His Excellency the President
For the Council and Administration
5 / 5
Ezra Menahem
1- The Menahem Salih Daniel School belongs to this community, and since the
guardianship of the Menahem Salih Daniel School belonged to the Council during the era of the late Menahem
Daniel, the management of this school is the property of the Jewish Community ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ 12 / 5 / 54
President of the Administrative Committee
⟦illegible signature⟧
12 / 5
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Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 5452
Number :: ⟦908⟧ / 54
Date :: ⟦16⟧ / 6 / 54
Subject Summary: Advancing an amount of 300/000 Dinars
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To -
The Honorable Chairman of the Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium Committee
Greetings,
With reference to your letter No. 545 dated 6/14/54, the Administrative Committee
approved in its session held on 6/14/54 to advance the stadium 300/000 Dinars
(Three hundred Dinars) on the account of the 53 - 54 budget.
Please accept our highest respect.
Chairman of the Administrative Committee
A copy to -
Assistant of the Ezra Menachem Daniel Endowments, please issue a check for the mentioned amount in the name of
Mr. Abdullah Ovadia.
Sham Dani Stadium
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Stadium Committee
To the Chairman of the Committee ⟦Respectable⟧
The Chairman of the Ministry of Education Stadium Committee in his letter
Respectable
Number ⟦114⟧/⟦...⟧ dated ⟦...⟧/⟦...⟧/⟦...⟧
Since the Committee agreed in its meeting held
on 24 / 2 / 52 to advance
the stadium 700 Dinars eight hundred Dinars on
the account of the 1952 - 1953 budget
With much thanks and respect
Chairman of the Finance Committee
Copy: To the Accountant of Endowments Building Administration
Please issue a check for the mentioned amount
as soon as possible
⟦...⟧ written
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Committee
Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Telephone: 85267
Number: 5 - 54
Date: 18/7/1954
To the Presidency of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Greetings,
Subject: Advance of an amount of (800) eight hundred Dinars
Please grant us an advance of (800) eight hundred Dinars
on the account of the stadium budget for the year 1953 / 1954, and thus
the total amount advanced becomes (⟦1500⟧) one thousand five hundred
Dinars.
Please accept our highest respect.
Abdullah Shubeir
Secretary of the Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium Committee
Accountant
I have reviewed the allocations and the figures above and the profits
in the previous budget are not currently realized
and advancing them the amount constitutes an advance from the community funds
provided it is repaid from the profits of that year in due course.
22/7/1954
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Committee of Heskel Menachem Daniel
Vocational School for Girls
Number: -
Date: 5 / 2 / 1954
To the respected Principal of Menachem Daniel Primary School
Greetings.
With reference to your letter No. 353 dated 27 / 1 / 1954 regarding
telephone, water, electricity, and servant fees for the Heskel Menachem Daniel Vocational
School for Girls for the academic year 1952-1953.
We have referred your above-mentioned letter to the Presidency of the Administrative Committee
of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, requesting a decision on this in light of previous
correspondence on this subject. Please accept our highest respect.
Committee of Heskel Menachem
Daniel Vocational School for Girls
⟦illegible⟧
President
A copy to /
Presidency of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community
Baghdad.
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Committee of the
Heskel Menahem Daniel Vocational School
for Girls - Baghdad
Date - 16 / 2 / 1954
Subject / - Regarding the Heskel Menahem Daniel School -
To
The Presidency of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, Respected
After greetings
Please note the following: -
1 - We attach herewith the letter received by us from the Principal of the Menahem Salih Daniel School numbered
353 and dated 27 / 1 / 1954.
In view of the presence of the Heskel Menahem Daniel Vocational School and the Menahem Salih
Daniel School in one building and the resulting sharing of our school with the
other school in the use of the telephone, electricity, and water, and benefiting from the services of the servants, an
agreement was made at the time between our committee and the administration of the mentioned school stipulating our commitment to pay
one hundred dinars annually in exchange for the mentioned services; and we have at the time included the mentioned
amount in the budget submitted to the Lay Council, as we indicated in our letter dated
13 / 7 / 1953 addressed to the mentioned Council that the mentioned amount has become
due for payment to the administration of the mentioned school.
Therefore, we hope in this case that you would kindly write to the administration of the Menahem Salih
Daniel School confirming the entitlement of the mentioned amount from the Heskel Menahem Daniel Waqf.
2 - We attach herewith the letter received from Miss Mary Qanawati, Acting Principal of the Heskel Menahem
Daniel Vocational School for Girls, numbered 418 and dated 7 / 2 / 1954 regarding
her request for the payment of her lump-sum fees for her undertaking the management of the school in an acting capacity and her bearing
the responsibility towards the Ministry of Education.
And since the appointment of the aforementioned as Acting Principal was made directly by
the Lay Council without setting a salary. And since the previous trustee - the late
Ezra Menahem Daniel - used to pay her sixty dinars for that task as
lump-sum fees <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> and because we believe that the Lay Council intended to proceed
on this basis, we suggest paying lump-sum fees to Miss Qanawati <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> for her undertaking
the task of management for the academic year 52 - 953 at this rate, noting that
her undertaking that task was necessary in terms of the Ministry of Education's requirement for the presence of a responsible
principal for the school. Please accept our respect.
Chairman of the Committee
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Menahem S. Daniel's School
44/115 Taht-el-Takia
TELEPHONE 7465
Menahem Saleh Daniel School
44 / 115 Taht al-Takiya
Telephone Number 7465
Baghdad Baghdad on 27 / 1 / 1954
Number 252
To the Honorable Chairman of the Committee of the Heskel Menahem Daniel Vocational School for Girls
Subject / Telephone, electricity, water, and servants' fees
After greetings,
Further to the above, I had sent to you on 4 / 12 / 1952 a copy of a letter addressed to the
Trustee of the Endowments of the late Menahem Saleh Daniel regarding your payment to him of the first installment of the expenses for telephone, electricity,
water, and servants, amounting to twenty-five dinars out of a total of one hundred dinars annually estimated for your school.
And since your committee had at the time approved the arrangements referred to in the letter of the Honorable Trustee,
and no installment of the aforementioned installments has been paid to us so far, I have come to you with this letter of mine, requesting you to kindly take
the necessary steps to pay the aforementioned amount of one hundred dinars for your school's share of the water, electricity, telephone,
and servants' expenses for the academic year 1952 - 1953.
Please accept my highest respect and remain,
School Principal
⟦Mary Qanawati⟧
A copy of it to: -
The Honorable Trustee of the Menahem Saleh Daniel Endowments - for information.
⟦illegible⟧
Page 572
Heskel Menachem Daniel Vocational School for Girls
Number 418
Date 7 / 2 / 1954
To the Honorable Chairman of the Committee of the Heskel Menachem Daniel Vocational School for Girls
Respectfully,
Greetings, and despite the passing of a full academic year since my appointment
as Acting Principal of this school, and despite my repeated requests for the payment of salaries
due to me for its management, your committee has not paid any installment of
the monthly installments that I am entitled to be paid for the past academic year
(952 / 953).
Therefore, I am submitting this letter of mine, hoping for a speedy decision regarding their payment
to me on the basis of the agreed-upon level in accordance with what is practiced in
the established cadre system for such a grade by the Ministry of Education
the venerable.
I hope that approval will be granted to disburse my salaries as quickly as possible
for the mentioned academic year. Please accept my sincere thanks in advance
and stay well;
Sincerely,
Miss Mary Qanawati
⟦Mary Qanawati⟧
Acting Principal of the Heskel Menachem Daniel Vocational School
for Girls
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Baghdad Court of First Instance
Number 2 - N
Date 11 / 5 / 1954
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Your letter numbered M / 103 / 954 and dated 7 / 4 / 1954
Since more than a month has passed since the date you were notified of a copy of the petition submitted by
the lawyer Mr. Muhammad Tawfiq al-Ani, the representative of the Ministry of Social Affairs, without you carrying out the repairs and renovations
required, and despite the expiration of the grace period you requested in your above letter. Therefore, this court has decided that you must complete
the work within (48) hours, and if your response is not received, this court will authorize the Ministry of Social Affairs
to commence the work.
⟦illegible⟧
First Judge
Abdul Hamid Kubba
⟦illegible⟧
A copy of it to:-
Lawyer Tawfiq al-Ani.
⟦illegible⟧
Judge of Personal Matters
⟦illegible⟧
Number 8/3
Date 7/10/1950
To the Honorable President and members of the Community Affairs Management Committee
Respected ones,
We inform you that Mr. Sassoon Khedhouri, President of the Community
pursuant to Royal Decree No. 433 of 1949, has submitted
his resignation from the presidency of the community, and his resignation was accepted pursuant to
Royal Decree No. 631 of 1950 published in the Official Gazette
No. (2853) of 1950.
Accordingly, and since the presidency of the community has become vacant,
the esteemed Council decided in its session held on this day
to elect the Spiritual Body to act in place of the community presidency in accordance
with the law.
Please be informed and take the necessary action and inform us
of the name of the person who will represent you in the community presidency body.
With appreciation,
Sincerely,
President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of the President and members of the Community Affairs Management Committee
Respected ones,
⟦illegible⟧
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HESKEL M. DANIEL VOCATIONAL SCHOOL
For Girls.
Heskel Menachem Daniel School
Baghdad, November 1, 1952
No. 412
Presidency of the Jewish Community
No. ⟦...⟧ 2262
Date: 11/10/1952
To His Excellency the Vice President of the Jewish Community, the Respected
Greetings and respect.
Further to my letter No. 410 regarding the organization of the budget and management of this school for the
academic year 1952/1953, I attach herewith the letter of Miss Rosine Benyan, Head of
Works at this school, for your review.
On this occasion, I request to be held accountable for the academic year 1952/1953
pursuant to your assignment to me to carry out the management duties as your deputy, and with reference to your letter
No. T 2021/54 dated 5/14/1952.
Please accept my respect.
Sincerely,
Marie Kanawati
Acting Manager
Side
To the Secretary now ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
11/1/52
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The Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 5452
Number: ⟦707⟧
Date: 16 / 5 / 1954
Subject Summary: Advance
Honorable Chairman of the Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium Committee
Greetings,
With reference to your letter No. 54/4 dated 6 / 5 / 1954, the Administrative
Committee, in its session held on 10 / 5 / 1954, approved the granting of an advance to the stadium
of 300/000 Dinars (three hundred Dinars) charged to the stadium budget for the 1953 - 1954
academic year.
Please accept our highest respect.
Chairman of the Administrative Committee
A copy to:
Secretary of the Community Presidency - for information.
Assistant Trustee of the late Ezra Menahem Daniel Endowments to issue a check for the amount of 300/000
Dinars to the order of Mr. Yusuf Masri, Chairman of the Stadium Committee, from the revenues of the late
Ezra Menahem Daniel Endowment and deliver it to him after obtaining a receipt.
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