AI English Translation, Pages 101-125
Number ⟦illegible⟧
Baghdad on January 15, 936
c a v 2
The Honorable and Distinguished
Lawyer Salman Effendi Gabbay, Respectfully
Saleh Effendi Dhabi Hayim, Respectfully
Sion Effendi Hayhi, Respectfully
After greetings and respect
Based on the recommendation of the esteemed General Council in its meeting held
on December 15, 935, our Council decided in its meeting held on December 22, 935
to form a committee of your honors to audit the origin of the debts owed by the community to the endowments and the Nuriel School and the schools of
the Midrash and other debts if found, and to kindly state whether it is correct to collect them from the revenues
of the properties;
⟦illegible signature⟧
President of the Lay Council
To
The General Council
2854
8 October 1935
The Honorable and Distinguished
Saleh Effendi bin Hammo
Salman Effendi Shamina
Yassin Effendi Cohen
After greetings and respect
Based on the accountant's completion of settling the accounts for the year 34 / 935 ending
on 30 September 935, I request that you kindly set the earliest possible time to audit the accounts and inform
the accountant of the aforementioned time.
On behalf of ⟦illegible⟧
The President
The Lay Council
A copy of it to the Teacher Accountant.
Subject: Formation of a committee to educate the youth of the religion which
on the schools
The Honorable Presidency of the Lay Council
Baghdad
Greetings and respect, thereafter
With reference to your letter numbered 2976 and dated ⟦1/7/⟧ 947
My time at present is very tight, therefore
I am very sorry to inform you that I cannot participate in the subject mentioned
in your letter, and I hope you accept my apology. With many thanks and gratitude.
Sincerely,
⟦signature⟧
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad
Number 2817
Date 7 / 7 / 47
File Number
Approved. Attach this letter
with the letter numbered 2976 referred to
above and return it to me.
⟦signature⟧
8/7/947
Issues referred to the Lay Council by the General Council
Session Date | Subject
4/22/945 | 1 - Instructing the Lay Council to appoint a permanent auditor to supervise the accounts of the community's institutions
| 2 - Referring the issue of establishing an association to help poor girls with marriage to the Lay Council for study and to submit its findings to the General Council
5/6/945 | 3 - Referring the issue of merging the Hebra Qadisha Association with the Jewish Cemeteries Association, unifying the efforts of both associations, and organizing burial matters to the Lay Council to study the subject and inform the General Council of the result
| 4 - Recommending the Lay Council to form a special committee to monitor the synagogues and their contents and to hold those responsible for them accountable
| 5 - Referring the issue of preaching and guidance in synagogues and other communal institutions to the Lay Council to carry out two operations:
| First - Urging schools to deliver lectures and moral and social guidance in schools and other gatherings
| Second - Urging the Spiritual Council to deliver a series of lectures or religious sermons aimed at educating the public
| 6 - Recommending the formation of a committee to monitor the community's real estate, its renovation, and its utilization
7/1/945 | 7 - Referring the report of the committee delegated to study the reforms needed by the hospitals to the Lay Council for study, to conduct a full investigation into the items contained therein, and to submit a report to the General Council at the earliest opportunity
7/8/945 | 8 - Referring the report of the committee delegated to study the reforms needed by the schools to the Lay Council for study and to provide an opinion, then returning it to the General Council to be read along with the opinion
| 9 - Referring the report of the committee delegated to study the principles of bookkeeping for the community's institutions to the Lay Council, implementing what it deems appropriate, and submitting a report regarding it to the General Council
| 10 - Mr. Ibrahim Al-Kabir's proposal regarding Yusuf Al-Kabir's report:
| 1 - Creating a special committee by the community leadership to look into the reforms needed by the community now and in the future
| 2 - Creating a special secretariat for the aforementioned committee to assist the committee in carrying out its work
| 3 - Inviting members of the General Council who wish to do so to submit their proposals regarding reforms they believe can be implemented to the committee's secretariat
| 4 - The committee's proposals regarding reforms that can be implemented shall be submitted individually whenever the committee sees a possibility for that
For filing
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25 / 8 / 947
General Council
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F 8 / 947
Honorable Gentlemen,
Daoud Shaoul Hawisti
Daoud Youssef Haim Saleh
Shimon Sion Sofer
After greetings and respect,
I am pleased to inform you that the esteemed General Council has
elected you as a committee to audit the accounts of the Lay Council for the fiscal year
ending March 31, 1947, in its extraordinary meeting held on
August 11, 1947.
I kindly ask you to audit the aforementioned accounts to submit the report
that you will prepare in your designated time to the esteemed General Council. Please accept
my respect.
Head of the Community
Copy to - His Excellency the President of the Lay Council
The Accountant for review
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
IN BAGHDAD
BAGHDAD
TELEPHONE No. 5452
TELEPHONE No. 5452
⟦Department Copy⟧
Number ::
Date :: 8 / 2 / 950
Subject Summary ::
To the Vice President
Based on the Council's request, I have tried to study the plans followed by the Lay Council in determining
pension salaries for rabbis and community employees, but I have not found a decided plan in this regard.
1 - I noticed that in the year 1929, the Lay Council formed a committee to establish a special system
for the retirement of community employees; a draft of this system was prepared, but it was not decided upon at the time.
2 - The Schools Committee has followed a plan of granting a gratuity to employees whose services have ended
equivalent to half a month's (nominal) salary for each year of service, provided that this gratuity does not exceed
one hundred dinars as a maximum limit.
3 - I record below the names of employees for whom pension salaries have been allocated for them or their families, with the
last nominal salary and previous service for each of them, and the date the pension salary was granted:-
Name of Retired Employee | Last Position | Last Nominal Salary (Dinar / Fils) | Service Period (Year) | Decided Pension Salary (Dinar / Fils) | Date of Pension Allocation
1 Yusuf Levy | Clerk of the Community Presidency | 22 / 000 | 24 | 10 / 000
1 / 250 | 1/11/945
2 Rabbi Raphael Hakim | President of the Spiritual Council | 26 / 440 | 45 | 15 / 000
1 / 250 | 1/4/947
3 Rabbi Sassoon Ibrahim | Member of the Spiritual Council | 24 / 440 | 22 | 10 / 000
1 / 250 | 1/4/948
4 Isaac Meir Hayim Salem | Clerk and Servant of the Spiritual Council | 4 / 000 | 24 | 2 / 000
1 / 250 | 8/2/948
5 Ezra Mordechai | Shochet | 7 / 000 | 25 | 1 / 750
1 / 250 | 1/4/948
Please accept my respects
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Secretary
T / 508 / 50
1 / 8 / 1950
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Department Copy
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The Honorable Mr. Hayyim Eliyahu Tawfiq, Respected
After greetings,
On the occasion of the first session of the Israeli General Council in Baghdad after the death of
your late father of blessed memory, the Council decided in its session held on July 30, 950 to record
its deep regret for the heavy loss suffered by the community with the loss of one of the members of this Council
who was active, for the commendable qualities your late father possessed and his certain concern for the interests
of the community and for the great services he provided during the difficult circumstances the community went through while
he held the presidency of the Lay Council for nearly thirteen years.
The Council shares with your honorable family the deep sorrow for the death of the deceased and offers condolences to your
honorable person, asking the Almighty to grant the deceased a place in His spacious paradise and to grant you great reward and protect you
with His care along with the rest of your family members to be the best successors to the best predecessor.
Please accept our highest respect;
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
For filing
General Council
⟦illegible stamp⟧
88 / 1
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Baghdad on 8 / 2 / 951
His Excellency the President of the respected Lay Council
Baghdad
After greetings and respect
We would like to inform you that we previously sent you a letter dated 19 / 1 / 51
on the occasion of the travel of the member Rabbi Daoud Shaul, where we pointed out to you that you had appointed him as a "member"
in the Israeli Spiritual Council according to your letter numbered T / 1492 / 50 and dated 1 / 8 / 1950
and not receiving any salary on this occasion, while it has been decided by your council to grant a salary to
one of the members only without looking into my case and without sending me a reply to the letter referred to
above.
And on the occasion of the travel of the member Rabbi Yaqub Basson, I would like to request from your presence to look
into the matter of my appointment instead of him and to establish my rights as a member without discrimination, and I am confident that
my request will receive from you further thanks and respect
Rabbi Eliyahu Ibrahim
Eliyahu Avraham
Hakham
15 / 2
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad
W / 225 / 51
11 / 2 / 1951
Answer number ⟦line⟧
File
His Excellency the President of the Lay Council of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, the Respected
After offering the duties of respect
It is known to your Excellency that I have been elected as a member of the Spiritual Council of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
For the current term, the 1950 - 1954 term, and the followed procedures dictate that a salary be allocated
To the elected member of the aforementioned council; however, circumstances required that the salary allocation be postponed until
One of the previous members who were receiving a salary for council membership travels
According to the verbal agreement that took place between the newly elected members and the President of
The aforementioned Spiritual Council, and vacancies have occurred due to the travel of Rabbi Daoud Shaul
And Rabbi Yaqoub Ezra Musaffi. I request your Excellency to look into this matter and assign me
The salary I deserve for membership in the referred council, noting that I have not received since my election
As a member of the Spiritual Council, which was on 2/7/1950, until now any salary or allowances
From the community fund in exchange for my membership in the Spiritual Council
Furthermore, as your esteemed council has assigned a salary to one of the newly elected members, whereas in my case
This has not been looked into until now, knowing that I work as a member of the Community Court in addition to my work
As a member of the Spiritual Council, and this makes the right of priority in assigning the allocated salary
To the membership of the Spiritual Council as is the custom until now
I request your Excellency to look into this matter and act accordingly. To your Excellency much
Thanks and respect
Sincerely
Rabbi Saleh Yusuf Hayyim
Member of the Jewish Community Court in Baghdad
⟦signature⟧
21 / 2 / 1951
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad:
Number: 5 / 222 / 9
Date: 11 / 2 / 1951
File Number:
2
Correct
⟦illegible⟧
To
The Presidency of the Israeli Lay Council in Baghdad
Extremely Urgent
Greetings,
Since a portion of the Jews of Baghdad did not renounce their Iraqi citizenship and chose to remain, and since those in charge of religious
matters (including Kiddushin, divorce, circumcision, Shechita, and collection of marriage fees ⟦...⟧ etc.) have all renounced their Iraqi
citizenship and the time for their departure from Iraq has arrived, matters which will inevitably lead to the neglect of the religious affairs mentioned above.
I have met with His Eminence the Chief Rabbi, Rabbi Salman Hogi, and discussed the matter with him. He stated that no one among
the officials has approached him regarding these issues. (Even though I believe it is the duty of the Chief Rabbi and his colleagues to immediately initiate
the training of a sufficient number of persons to prepare them to carry out these religious matters mentioned above.)
Since these religious matters are very necessary (noting that the lack of a sufficient number of slaughterers will inevitably lead
to the cessation of Gabelle fee collection), I suggest and see it as appropriate and necessary that this issue receives your immediate attention,
by holding a joint session between your esteemed council and the rabbis to discuss these urgent matters.
With great respect to your Excellency,
⟦illegible signature⟧
Presented to the ⟦...⟧ body
⟦illegible stamp⟧
File
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Baghdad on 7 / 2 / 1951
His Excellency the President of the Lay Council, the Respected
Presented to your Excellency
I, the petitioner Ibrahim Hayyim Abih, Rabbi Muqbil Ezra, Father of the House
of Religion previously. I used to receive from the community a pension in the amount of
500 per month. And now my name has appeared on the travel lists
and I am required to pay house rent in the amount of 10 Dinars. This, and I petition from
your Excellency for assistance as much as possible
The Petitioner
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
10 / 2 / 1951
Administration of the Lay Council
M / 254 / 51
27 / 4 / 1951
To be presented to the Council
⟦illegible⟧
8 / 2 / 1951
To the Honorable President of the Lay Council
Based on the ⟦travel⟧ of the family of the late Deacon Zubaida, we must ⟦inform you⟧
of the necessity to cut the pension salary starting from 2/1/1951, noting that the rest of the members
will be leaving soon, and thank you.
Accountant
⟦illegible⟧
Naeem Zubaida
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad
Number 664/57 M
Date 2/11/1951
Referred to the accountant to cut the salary starting from 2/1/1951
Vice President
2/11/51
⟦illegible⟧
His Excellency the President of the Lay Council
After greetings
Regarding Mr. Yusuf Nasim, the liquidator of Shomat in Al-Jazeera, due to his travel outside
the country, I request to inform you of this so that you may take the necessary measures.
With much gratitude and respect to you
Yusuf Nasim, Liquidator
Yusuf Nasim
⟦signature⟧
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad
Number 5 / 299 / 51
Date 27 / 2 / 1951
File Number
The salary of the aforementioned is 2.250 Dinars monthly ⟦...⟧ 7.000 Dinars wages 5.500 annual allowance
<del>To be presented to the Lay Council at its next meeting</del>
And he has received his salary for the month of February 1951
Accountant
27 / 2 / 51
Approved by the Lay Council
Vice President of the Community
27 / 2 / 1951
The financial order shall be issued to cut
his salary starting from 1 / 3 / 1951
27 / 2 / 51
Date 4 / 2 / 1951
His Excellency the President of the Lay Council, the respected
Baghdad
We inform you that Yusuf Hayim son of Hakham Yaqub Husni
has ceased attendance at the slaughterhouse as of 1 / 2 / 51
due to his travel outside Iraq.
With our utmost respect to your Excellency.
⟦signature⟧
Head of the Slaughterhouse
3
25 /
Incoming
Dear Vice President
The ⟦allocated⟧ salary to him is 12.250 Dinars
of which 7.000 Dinars are wages and 5.250 Dinars are cost of living allowance
Administration of the Lay Council:
Number: 51 / 257 / 2
Date: 5 / 2 / 1951
File Number:
Accountant
5 / 2 / 51
Payment of salary is to be suspended according to what is stated above by decision No. 51 / 249 / 2
Issued on 5 / 2 / 51 until a statement of ⟦his salary status⟧
effective from 1 / 2 / 1951
Vice President
5 / 2 / 51
V
Administration of the Lay Council for Jews in Baghdad
Number G / 289 / 51
Date 15 / 2 / 1951
File Number ⟦line⟧
Baghdad on 12 / 2 / 1951
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His Excellency the President of the Lay Council, the Respected
What is presented to your Excellency
I request your kind approval to grant me an ordinary leave for a period of
two months starting from 15 / 2 / 1951 P.M. to 14 / 4 / 1951
A.M. and to consider me resigned as of the date of the end of my
leave period, as per your orders.
Please accept my highest thanks and respect
Your loyal servant
Naji Obeido
⟦signature⟧
12 / 2 / 1951
(On my behalf)
Dear Accountant
Please inform me of the amount of his monthly salary
⟦signature⟧
14/2/1951
The monthly salary of the aforementioned is eight dinars only and nothing else
Accountant
14 / 2 / 1951
His resignation is accepted as of 16 / 4 / 1951 P.M.
after he enjoys the leave granted to him ⟦amounting to two months⟧ and due to the urgent
need, the salary for the leave granted to him shall be paid in advance.
⟦signature⟧
15/2/1951
Four and a half dinars only were paid to him
⟦signature⟧
15 / 2 / 1951
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad
Number C / 640 / 51
Date 22 - 2 - 51
File Number
Baghdad 16 / 2 / 1951
9
His Excellency the President of the Lay Council, Respected
Greetings and respect
I am Fouad Eliyahu Jwayla (Clerk of Papers) in the Presidency of the Community, in view of my upcoming travel outside Iraq
I request the acceptance of my resignation as of the end of February 1951, with the order to pay my salary until that date.
I would also like to remind you that the typist, Mr. Ibrahim Latif Lawi, is familiar with all
my work and is fully prepared to take it over, noting that my monthly salary is 13.250 Dinars with high cost of living
allowances, and the salary of the aforementioned person is the same as my salary.
With highest thanks and respect to your Excellency;
Sincerely,
Fouad Eliyahu Jwayla
⟦illegible⟧
Honorable Vice President
The monthly salary of the aforementioned person is 8.000 Dinars nominal
and 5.250 Dinars high cost of living allowance, totaling
13.250 Dinars
⟦illegible⟧
To S
16/2/1951
The salary is to be paid until the end of the month and the Council's
decision in this regard shall be taken into account
⟦illegible⟧
16/2/1951
Paid on 19 / 2 / 51
⟦illegible⟧
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad
G / 643 / 51
Date 11 / 2 / 51
File Number ⟦line⟧
Baghdad
11/2/51
11
His Excellency the President of the Lay Council, Respected
After greetings and respect
I, Sabiha Yusuf, a teacher at ⟦Hayim Shani Saleh⟧ School for Girls, submit
this resignation from my position on the occasion of my travel outside Iraq. I request you kindly
accept it, and to your kindness much thanks and respect.
Sabiha Yusuf
11/2/51
Please refer to His Excellency the Vice President
With the request to approve the payment of the salary for the month of February 1951
In the amount of 8/500 eight, noting that she is on a school holiday
ending on 14/2/1951
⟦signature⟧
2/11
The salary for the month of February 1951 shall be paid
And the Council's approval of the acceptance of the
resignation and the payment of the salary shall be taken into consideration
⟦signature⟧
11/2/1951
Payment of the amount
Accountant
12/2/951
Ezra Menahem Daniel
12 Al-Mustansir Street
3/4
Telephone Number { 3044
6367
Baghdad on December 10, 1950
Administration of the ⟦illegible⟧ Council, Baghdad
Number 50 / 606 / 5
Date 12 / 12 / 50
File Number
12
His Excellency the President of the Lay Council of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, the Respected
Greetings and respect,
We refer you to your letter No. 167 dated 7/26/1948 addressed to the Presidency of the Committee
of Jewish Schools - a copy of which was sent to us - which includes a copy of the resolution taken at your twenty-third session
held on July 21, 1948, regarding the "Ezra Menahem Daniel Playground."
It is understood from the aforementioned resolution that your Council's opinion at the time settled on the necessity of bringing in a specialist
in physical education to manage the aforementioned playground, and you also explained how to secure its expenses in order to ensure the intended purpose
of establishing this playground. We request that you inform us of what has been done regarding the appointment of that specialist, especially since the playground building
has been completed, except for some fixed wooden furniture which is being worked on for completion as soon as possible.
Furthermore, the fourth condition of the endowment deed stipulated the following: - "The trustee must entrust the matter
of running the playground administration or any other institution established on the endowed plots to a committee under his supervision."
We hope that your Council will choose the committee it nominates and enact its regulations in implementation of the donor's condition.
Please accept our respect,,
Sports
⟦illegible⟧
The Donor
Ezra Menahem Daniel
Ezra Menahem
Daniel
⟦illegible⟧
Jewish Schools Committee
BAGHDAD
Jewish Schools Committee
in Baghdad
Number: M / 13 / 575
Date: 13 / 12 / 1950
Administration of the Lay Council in Baghdad
Number 8 / 613 / 50
Date 29 / 12 / 50
File Number
⟦red mark⟧
Honorable President of the Lay Council
Greetings,
Your letter numbered T / 1654 / 50 dated 13 / 12 / 1950
This committee discussed in its session held on 14 / 12 / 1950 your letter
referred to above and decided to provide the following observation:-
1 - This committee has been in constant contact with the relevant authorities abroad regarding the recruitment of
a specialist in physical education since 1948 until the present time, and it had the honor of informing
His Excellency Senator Ezra Menachem Daniel of all the correspondence that took place in this regard firsthand, and
it used to receive his guidance and consult with him from time to time throughout the mentioned period, but it has not been
possible to find the required person until now. Therefore, in this situation, we have no choice but to employ
one of the physical education teachers in our schools for this position, and we have nominated for this the most capable physical education teacher in
our schools, who has previously attended several sports courses in Iraq and practiced teaching sports for a period of six
years in our schools.
2 - We have estimated the expenses of the stadium on this basis at seven hundred and fifty Dinars for this year,
and it is estimated that what we will receive from subscription revenues in some games will be two hundred Dinars annually, so there remains
five hundred and fifty Dinars. Our schools cannot contribute more than three hundred Dinars of it, and that is
on the basis of the estimated budgets that we submitted to your esteemed council. Therefore, if these
budgets are approved by your council, we will need at least another two hundred and
fifty Dinars to manage the stadium's affairs for this year.
However, if it is possible to find a specialist in physical education from abroad, the
stadium expenses will rise from 750 Dinars annually to 2000 Dinars annually, which prompted us to draw
your attention to that for the purpose of taking the necessary measures to secure these expenses.
- To be continued -
Jewish Schools Committee
BAGHDAD
Jewish Schools Committee
Baghdad
Number: 575 / 6 / 42
Date: 21 / 10 / 942
⟦illegible⟧
Number 8 / 912
Date 5 / 11 / 942
To the Honorable President of the Administrative Body
Subject: Resignation
Based on your letter numbered 5031 on October 21, 1942, regarding the resignation of
the teacher ⟦illegible⟧ at the Alliance School for Girls, we would like to state the following: -
1- The aforementioned teacher submitted her resignation on June 13, 1942, i.e., two weeks before the end of the school year
and without mentioning the reasons necessitating her resignation. The committee agreed to accept her resignation effective July 1,
1942. Since her resignation was before the end of the school year, she was deprived of the summer vacation salary according to Article
Seven of the employment contract. However, the committee saw fit to grant her a bonus equivalent to one month's salary in appreciation of her previous
services, and the Administrative Body approved this according to its letter numbered 4802 on July 14, 1942.
2- The aforementioned teacher returned and requested to be reinstated to service at the Alliance School for Girls at the beginning of the current
school year. The committee agreed to reinstate her to service effective October 1, 1942, with a monthly salary of eight dinars,
provided that her previous service is considered continuous for promotion and retirement purposes. The Administrative Body approved this according to its letter
numbered 5031 on October 21, 1942.
3- The aforementioned teacher submitted her resignation a second time on October 18, 1942, i.e., eighteen days after starting
service. Since her resignation this time was for health reasons, the committee agreed to accept her resignation
effective from the date of its submission, and the Administrative Body approved this according to its aforementioned letter numbered 5031.
4- The committee has decided to pay the aforementioned teacher's salary for the days she worked in October 1942,
amounting to eighteen days only. As for her request to pay the summer vacation salary, it has already been decided upon according to
paragraph (1) above.
This is what was necessary to state, with appreciation.
Secretary of the Jewish Schools Committee
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Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad
D/695/51
8/5/951
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Baghdad 4/5/51
His Excellency the President of the Respected Israeli Lay Council
After greetings,
Your esteemed council had assigned to us, after the death of our late father Rabbi Raphael ⟦Hakim⟧, a pension
amounting to 15.000 Dinars and a quarter for cost-of-living allowances. After the death of our mother on 4/4/51,
your esteemed council decided to reduce the pension to 7.500 including the cost-of-living allowances. But we
were surprised at the end of the month of March ⟦1951⟧ by not receiving this pension, so we waited until the end of April
and we did not receive it either. Since we have no source of livelihood other than this salary, especially since the law
of freezing assets has greatly affected our brother so that he is no longer able to help us, we request you to kindly
look into our matter and assist us so that we can manage our livelihood and housing.
Please accept our highest respect.
Salima Rabbi Raphael
Salima Rabbi Raphael
Sabiha Rabbi Raphael
To be filed (the petitioner's share is an aid of 750 fils as ⟦...⟧)
29/5/51
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
The Lay Council of the Jewish Community
BAGHDAD
in Baghdad
TELEPHONE NO. 531
Telephone Number 531
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Number ::
Date ::
Subject Summary ::
Baghdad 28th March 1944
Officer Commanding,
Paiforce,
Baghdad.
Sir.
The Jewish Community of Baghdad has had the honour during the last three years to arrange a Communual Seder on the night of Passover to all British Soldiers of Jewish Persuasion. This year we have been approached by Lt. C. Kulinisky 18 Pal. Field, Survey Maps Depot, reporting that it has been decided to hold this gathering at the Garrison Cinema on the night of Friday April 7th. We therefore enclose herewith a cheque on the Ottoman Bank Baghdad in your order for the sum of £100/. (onehundred) for favour of delivery to the person responsible for this gathering as a contribution from our Community towards the celebration of the Feast.
We would be much obliged if you would kindly arrange to send us a formal receipt.
With our respects and best regards.
⟦signature⟧
President.
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Miscellaneous ⟦line⟧ General
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
PERSIA IRAQ COMMAND.
1178/1/AG4(a).
⟦6⟧ April, 1944.
⟦British Royal Coat of Arms⟧
The President,
The Jewish Lay Council,
Baghdad.
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Dear Sir,
I am in receipt of your letter of 28th March enclosing
a cheque for £100 towards a Communal Seder on the night of
Passover for British Soldiers of Jewish Persuasion.
Will you please convey to all your members my sincere
thanks for this very generous gift.
⟦Yours very truly⟧
⟦...⟧ Graham ⟦Brigadier⟧
⟦...⟧ Lieut.General.
G.O.C. -in- C.
Subject:- PASSOVER FESTIVAL.
18.Pal.Fd.Survey Map Depot,R.E.
PAIFORCE.
⟦line⟧
14 April '44
To:-
Jewish Lay Council,
BAGHDAD.
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1. Receipt of I.D. 100 (one-hundred) is hereby
acknowledged with thanks.
2. I am asked by those soldiers who had the
pleasure of attending the Passover Festival to express
their thanks for your generous help which is greatly
appreciated.
⟦signature⟧ (C.KULINSKI) Lt.,R.E.
O.C. 18.Pal.Fd.Survey Map Depot,R.E.
CK/HLM
⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧