AI English Translation, Pages 601-625
12/12/1957
His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri, President of the Community, Respected
After greetings,
We, the undersigned, confirm that the late Ibrahim Eliyahu Yehuda passed away in Baghdad on 1/28/1953
And left upon his death his wife Habiba Hakham Moshi and his adult sons Menashe, Salman, and Naeem, and his adult daughters Farha
and Naeema. Then his son Salman passed away without offspring and left upon his death his mother Habiba Hakham Moshi and his brothers and sisters
Menashe, Naeem, Farha, and Naeema. Then Habiba daughter of Hakham Moshi passed away and left upon her death her sons Menashe and Naeem and her daughters Farha
and Naeema. Accordingly, we have signed.
Please accept our highest respect.
Ishaq Ragheb Abdullah
⟦signature⟧
Heskel Hakham Benjamin
⟦signature⟧
The late Ibrahim Eliyahu Yehuda passed away in Baghdad on 1/28/1953
The late Salman Ibrahim Eliyahu Yehuda passed away in Baghdad on 3/28/1957
⟦illegible⟧
12/22
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
The Republic of Iraq
General Secretariat
For the Monitoring and Management of the Property of Jews
Whose Iraqi Citizenship Has Been Revoked
Secretariat of Immovable Property
Property Verification Division
Number:
Date: 10 / 8 / 1965
To /
Presidency of the Israelite Community in Baghdad
Subject / Sequence 291, 281, 2775, 2856, 2875, 2895
2996, 301 Jami' Ata
We confirm our letter No. 11211 dated 14 / 9 / 1964
Please provide us with a copy of the legal inheritance distribution for the deceased Ibrahim Eliyahu Yehuda after visiting the Court of
Personal Matters in Baghdad.
Secretary General
⟦signature⟧
7/22
A copy to /
Personal Matters Court - Baghdad - Please issue the inheritance distribution for the deceased Ibrahim Eliyahu Yehuda
and accept the follow-up of lawyer Talal George for this purpose.
Lawyer Talal George - Abu Khater Building - Al-Jumhuriya Street - Al-Sinak - for information and follow-up.
Secretariat of Rights and Commercial Matters.
Secretariat of Immovable Property - Property Verification.
Muqbil 26 / 8 / 65
General Secretariat
for the Supervision and Management of the Property of Jews
Whose Iraqi Citizenship Has Been Revoked
Republic of Iraq
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Secretariat: Immovable Property
Division: Title Settlement
Number:
Date: 9/ /1964
To -
Directorate of Travel and Nationality - Revocation Office
Subject / Inquiry about the nationalities of Jews
Please inform us whether it has been confirmed to you that the persons mentioned below have retained their Iraqi nationality
in accordance with the provisions of Law No. 161 of 1963, and please inform us.
Acting Secretary General
1- Haroun Youssef Shamoun Bashi
2- Habib Daoud Ezra Eliyahu Turiel
3- Jahla daughter of Daoud Ezra Eliyahu Turiel
4- Yaqub Daoud Ezra Eliyahu Turiel
5- Sassoon Heskel Saleh Ezra Eliyahu Turiel
6- Hanna daughter of Heskel Saleh Ezra Eliyahu Turiel
7- Rifqa Heskel Saleh Ezra Eliyahu Turiel
8- Masouda daughter of Roubin
9- Naeema daughter of Shaul Daoud Ezra Eliyahu Turiel
10- Najia daughter of Shaul Daoud Ezra Eliyahu Turiel
11- Maatouqa daughter of Shaul Daoud Ezra Eliyahu Turiel
12- Nashi Saleh Duhi Roubin Yehuda
13- Lulu Moallem Heskel
14- Farha Heskel Aboudia
15- Shir Daoud Ezra Eliyahu Turiel
16- Nashi Heskel Saleh Ezra Eliyahu Turiel
A copy to -
Secretariat of Rights and Commercial Property
Secretariat of Immovable Property - Title Settlement
Lawyer Talal George - Abu Khater Building - Al-Jumhuriya Street -
Al-Sinak - for follow-up and to provide us with the specific Sharia inheritance distribution
of the deceased Ibrahim Eliyahu Yehuda to determine the names of
his heirs and verify their nationality, please.
Presidency of the Jewish Community - for information and with reference to your letter 3485 on
1/19/1955 addressed to the Directorate of Travel and Nationality - please
provide us with a copy of the Sharia inheritance distribution for the aforementioned deceased
Ibrahim Eliyahu Yehuda if you have it.
Ibrahim / 9/14
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 5452
Number: 65 /
Date: 24 / 1 / 1965
Subject:
⟦21⟧
To -
The Honorable Mayor of the Capital
Greetings,
The tenant of shop number 154 C / 113, Qanbar Ali neighborhood, Mr. Muhammad Yara, approached us requesting to provide
your honorable municipality with the amount of the annual rent for the aforementioned shop, and accordingly we provide the following information: -
1 - The rent for the mentioned shop for the period from 1 / 4 / 1963 until 14 / 7 / 1963 was based on
123/250 Dinars annually.
2 - Starting from July 14, 1963, and after applying a 15% reduction as a completion of the previous reduction,
the annual rent became, as of July 14, 1963, 105/- Dinars annually.
3 - This rate is still in effect regarding the latest contract renewal.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Chairman of the Administrative Committee
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 83531 President
80452 Secretary
Number T/ ⟦...⟧ / 65
Date 1/1 / 1965
Subject /
60
To -
The Honorable Lord Mayor of the Capital
Greetings,
Based on the request of the Baghdad City Water Supply Directorate, please provide us with a copy of
the construction plans for the building belonging to this Presidency, door numbers 148 and 150 / 113 Qanbar
Ali, kept at your honorable Secretariat under building permits No. 6332 dated 30 / 1 / 60 and 6282
dated 6 / 8 / 60 and 3602 dated 28 / 1 / 61.
Please accept our highest respect.
Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
Acting President of the Community
⟦...⟧
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { President 83531
Secretary 80452
Number T /: 644 / 64
Date: 7 / 4 / 1964
Subject / ⟦line⟧
19
The Honorable Mayor of the Capital
After greetings
We have requested the Water Supply Authority to open a watercourse in the Mosaic Cemetery located in
Waziriyah, District (4), Plot 2/5.
Please provide us with a map of the area with the streets marked so that the Authority can fulfill the request.
Enclosed is a map of the cemetery along with a copy of the letter from the Water Supply Authority.
Please accept our highest respect
Sassoon
Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
Acting President of the Community
Form No. M.A.M. (2) B
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Directorate
Baghdad General Water Supply Service
Switchboard with 8 lines 89761
Number 5968/5/8
Telegraphic Address: Baghdad Water
Date 9 / 3 / 1964
Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri, President of the Jewish Community
Presidency of the Jewish Community
District (4) Plot 2/5 Al-Waziriyah
With reference to the opening application submitted by you numbered 15736
and dated 30 / 1 / 964, please take the initiative to visit the department and bring
a map of the area from the Baghdad Municipality with the submitted streets marked on it
so that we may consider your application.
For the Director General
and Chairman of the Board of Directors
Shukr Dankawi
Ra
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Number T /: <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> / 63
Date: 3 / 11 / 1963
Telephone Number: 83531 / 5452
Subject: Hayim Shalom Al-Saraf.
To -
Mr. Nazem Hayim Shalom Al-Saraf
Below is a copy of the letter from the General Secretariat for the Supervision and Administration of the Property of Jews Deprived of Iraqi Nationality
Number 14882 dated 27 / 10 / 1963 regarding the heirs of your late father.
Please contact the aforementioned Secretariat and provide the required information on the subject.
Nazem
Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
President of the Community
A copy to -
The Secretary General, with reference to your letter mentioned above - for your kind information.
Mr. Lawyer Yaqub Abdul Aziz.
⟦line⟧ Copy of the Letter ⟦line⟧
Very Urgent
To - Lawyer Mr. Yaqub Abdul Aziz
Subject - Hayim Shalom Al-Saraf
We confirm for the fifth time our letter No. 17855 on 13 / 8 / 1956.
And we request you to inform us if you have any information regarding the heirs of the deceased mentioned
above, and to pay attention to the matter so as not to force us to confirm once again.
Secretary General
Republic of Iraq
General Secretariat for the Supervision and Management of the Property of Jews Deprived of Iraqi Citizenship:
Secretariat: Rights and Commercial Matters
Division: Companies
Number: ⟦illegible⟧
Date: ⟦illegible⟧
Very Urgent
To -
Lawyer Mr. Yaqub Abdul Aziz
Subject - Hayim Shalom Al-Sarraf
We confirm for the fifth time our letter No. 17850 dated 8/13/1956.
And we request that you inform us if you have any information regarding the heirs of the deceased mentioned
above, and to pay attention to the matter so as not to force us to confirm once again.
Secretary General
Copy to -
Presidency of the Jewish Community - for the same purpose please
Mr. Hussein Al-Zubaidi - for follow-up
Secretariat of Rights and Companies Division - / for follow-up.
Hashim 10/26
10/27
27/10
⟦illegible⟧
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 83531 President
5452 Secretary
Number T/: 59 / ⟦illegible⟧
Date: 8 / 1 / 1959
Subject:
His Excellency the Respected Mayor of the Capital
Greetings,
Further to the letter of the Presidency of the Administrative Committee No. M/213 dated 2 / 7 / 1959
Regarding your deduction of an amount of 636/525 Dinars for the paving of property 1/5, we wish to inform you
that the Presidency of the Community had previously paid the paving fees for the property. As the respected Municipality
has paved it again and requested this Presidency to pay the value of the paving again, this is contrary
to the law, as the Court of Cassation of Iraq has issued a decision regarding your lack of entitlement to the value of re-paving,
and that the property owner must pay the paving fee only once. Since we have paid this
fee at the time, please order the return of the deducted amount.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
Acting President of the Community
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 83531 President
5452 Secretary
Number T /: 65 /
Subject:
Date: 11/ /1960
His Excellency the Respected Mayor of the Capital
After greetings
Please order our permit to build a fence on the property numbered 14/106 doors, Qanbar Ali neighborhood,
belonging to this Presidency.
Please accept our highest respect
Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
Acting President of the Community
Republic of Iraq
50 Fils
Revenue Stamp
Presidency of ⟦the Community⟧
Baghdad
Republic of Iraq
Amanat Al-Asima (Capital Secretariat)
Second Technical Authority
(Renovations Form)
Republic of Iraq
50 Fils
Revenue Stamp
732
19 / 11 / ⟦62⟧
Name of the permit applicant:
District:
House number:
Architect name:
Grade:
Number:
Architect signature:
Purpose for which it will be built:
Technical officer's report
and how fees are calculated
Renovation and permit are supported within the instructions
⟦Signature⟧
19 / 11
Technical Observer | Assistant Engineer | Second Division Engineer
First Division Engineer
To audit the plan please ⟦and the survey⟧ ⟦inspection⟧ ⟦kindly⟧
⟦Signature⟧
19 / 11
Second Division Engineer
Paving and guarding fees collection confirmed
Accounts Manager
Republic of Iraq
Amanat Al-Asima (Capital Secretariat)
Number
Date
The fee has been collected in the amount of: ⟦line⟧
⟦Observer⟧
Please collect the necessary fees
To submit ⟦...⟧ the ⟦mentioned⟧ fees
⟦Signature⟧
20 / 11
Permits Observer
Ministry of Planning
Central Statistical Organization
1 - Governorate ⟦line⟧ District ⟦line⟧ Sub-district ⟦line⟧
4 - Location of the land on which the building will be constructed
City or Town ⟦line⟧ Neighborhood or Street ⟦line⟧ Number ⟦line⟧
5 - Name and surname of the permit applicant ⟦line⟧
6 - Name of the architect submitted by the property owner ⟦line⟧
7 - Indicate in field A - below the total area of the plot including the building area, and indicate in field (B) the building area
only.
A - Plot area ⟦line⟧ square meters
B - Building area ⟦line⟧ square meters
8 - Indicate in the following fields the type of building and its components:-
If the building is a residential house only, indicate the following:-
1 - The number of rooms is ⟦line⟧ 2 - And the number of floors is ⟦line⟧ [Residential house] A -
3 - Is the house for personal use ⟦line⟧ 4 - Or for rent ⟦line⟧
5 - Or for another purpose ⟦line⟧
If the building is a residential house and shops, indicate the following:-
1 - The number of rooms ⟦line⟧ 2 - And the number of floors ⟦line⟧ [Residential house]
3 - And the number of shops ⟦line⟧ 4 - Is the house for personal use ⟦line⟧ [with shops] B -
5 - Or for rent ⟦line⟧ 6 - Or for another purpose ⟦line⟧
If the building is a building containing shops and apartments, indicate the following:-
1 - The total number of rooms is ⟦line⟧ 2 - And the total number of apartments ⟦line⟧ [Building with]
3 - And the number of floors is ⟦line⟧ 4 - And the number of shops is ⟦line⟧ [apartments and shops] C -
If the building consists of shops only, their number is ⟦line⟧ [Shops only] D -
If the building is of a type not mentioned above, its descriptions and number of components are as follows:- ⟦line⟧ [Other types] E -
If the permit is for the purpose of renovation, put an (X) at the end of this sentence. [Renovations] F -
9 - The estimated cost of construction is ⟦line⟧ Dinars
10 - The estimated cost of renovations is ⟦line⟧ Dinars
I acknowledge that the information listed above matches the information I included in the building permit application
Signature
The permit has been approved for the aforementioned person under number ⟦line⟧ and dated ⟦line⟧
Mayor of the Capital or Head of the Municipality
Signature
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Number T /: 60 / ⟦line⟧
Date: 8 / 5 / 1960
Telephone Number: 83531 } 5452
5 / 15
Subject: Properties and endowed exploitations under the trusteeship
and management of the Jewish communal bodies in the provinces of
the eternal Iraqi Republic ⟦line⟧.
His Excellency the Leader of the Country, Staff Major General Abd al-Karim Qasim, the Respected
Prime Minister, the Honorable
Greetings and Respect
The Ministry of Justice had issued the instructions published in the Iraqi Gazette No. 4104
issued on February 25, 1958, regarding the functions of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community, and according to
Article Three of the referred instructions, the management of estates and endowed exploitations
for charitable purposes located in all provinces became among the duties of our administrative committee, in view of the dissolution of the
physical councils and communal bodies that were managing them ⟦line⟧.
In view of the fact that the mentioned charitable endowments located in the Iraqi provinces — except Baghdad — are
under the management of the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets since the date of the dissolution of the communal bodies that were trustees over them,
we have approached the Ministry of Justice for the purpose of putting the legal text into effect and instructing the competent authorities to hand over
the physical and communal bodies that were managing them ⟦line⟧.
In view of the fact that the mentioned charitable endowments located in the Iraqi provinces — except Baghdad — are
under the management of the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets since the date of the dissolution of the communal bodies organized therein,
we have approached the Ministry of Justice for the purpose of putting the legal text into effect and instructing the competent authorities to hand over
the aforementioned charitable endowments to the administrative committee of our community along with their net revenues. And despite
the passage of a long period, the aforementioned legal article has not been put into effect.
His Excellency the Leader:
The Jewish charitable endowments located throughout the eternal Iraqi Republic are conditioned to have
their yields spent on charitable and religious entities such as temples, preparation, shrouding, cemeteries, treating the sick, and aiding
the poor and needy, and on schools, scientific institutes, and other entities that are still existing and require
spending on them, and most of those entities are religious and indispensable for the members of the Jewish community
who still reside in some Iraqi provinces such as Basra. Indeed, the group in Basra has become in
a deplorable state, which forced the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews to allocate a monthly financial aid for them
to manage their affairs. The mentioned religious entities such as temples, cemeteries, and others have remained without spending on them since
the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets took control of the endowments dedicated to them.
Our administrative committee, deriving its opinion from the explicit legal texts — the texts of the Ministry of Justice instructions referred
to — according to the explanatory reasons for the mentioned instructions necessitated by the urgent need for spending
on the Jewish charitable entities in the provinces, believes that the mentioned instructions were comprehensive for all
Jewish charitable endowments that were in the custody of the dissolved Jewish physical councils, and that their management has become
among its functions.
To be continued ⟦line⟧ H
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number } 83531
5452
Number T / ⟦line⟧ /
Date ⟦line⟧ /
Subject : ⟦line⟧
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I have been forced to turn to your Excellency, requesting the favor of instructing the competent authorities to implement Article
three of the legal instructions issued by the Ministry of Justice and to hand over the Mosaic charitable endowments located
in the provinces to the Administrative Committee of our community to manage them and spend their yields on the charitable and religious entities
for which they were endowed.
Please accept my highest appreciation and respect
Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
Acting President of the Mosaic Community
⟦illegible⟧
A copy of it to :-
Ministry of Justice - for your kind information.
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
No. T/: 60 /
Date: 8 / 5 / 1960
Telephone No.: 83531 / 5452
Subject: Roofed properties and exploited endowments under the guardianship
and management of the Mosaic sectarian bodies throughout
the eternal Iraqi Republic.
His Excellency the Leader of the Country, Staff Major General Abd al-Karim Qasim, the Respected
Prime Minister, the Honorable
Greetings and respect
The Ministry of Justice had issued the instructions published in the Iraqi Gazette No. 4104
issued on February 25, 1958, regarding the functions of the Administrative Committee of the Mosaic Community, and pursuant to
Article Three of the aforementioned instructions, the management of Mosaic estates and exploited endowments
for charitable purposes located in all provinces became part of the duties of our Administrative Committee, given the dissolution of the
communal councils and sectarian bodies that were managing them.
In view of the fact that the aforementioned charitable endowments located in the Iraqi provinces - except Baghdad - are
under the management of the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets since the date of the dissolution of the sectarian bodies previously in charge of them,
we have approached the Ministry of Justice for the purpose of putting the legal text into effect and instructing the competent authorities to hand over
the aforementioned charitable endowments to the Administrative Committee of our community along with their net revenues. Despite
the passage of a long period, the aforementioned legal article has not yet been put into effect.
His Excellency the Leader:
The Mosaic charitable endowments located throughout the eternal Iraqi Republic are conditioned upon spending
their yields on charitable and religious entities such as temples, preparation and shrouding, cemeteries, treating the sick, and aiding
the poor and needy, and on schools, scientific institutes, and other entities that are still existing and require
expenditure on them. Most of these entities are religious and cannot be dispensed with for the members of the Mosaic community
who still reside in some Iraqi provinces such as Basra. Indeed, the Basra group has become in
a deplorable state, which forced the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews to allocate a monthly financial aid for them
to manage their affairs. The aforementioned religious entities, such as temples, cemeteries, and others, have remained without expenditure since
the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets took control of the endowments dedicated to them.
Our Administrative Committee, deriving its opinion from the explicit legal texts - the texts of the Ministry of Justice instructions referred
to - according to the explanatory reasons for the mentioned instructions which were necessitated by the urgent need for expenditure
on the Mosaic charitable entities in the provinces, believes that the mentioned instructions were comprehensive for all
Mosaic charitable endowments that were in the custody of the dissolved Mosaic communal councils, and that their management has become
one of its functions.
To be continued
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
No. T /:
Date: / /
Telephone No. { 83531
5452
Subject ::
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I have been forced to turn to your Excellency, requesting you to kindly instruct the competent authorities to implement Article
three of the legal instructions issued by the Ministry of Justice and to hand over the Mosaic charitable endowments located
in the provinces to the Administrative Committee of our community to manage them and spend their yields on the charitable and religious entities
for which they were endowed.
Please accept my highest appreciation and respect
Rabbi Sassoon Khidhouri
Acting President of the Mosaic Community
A copy to :-
Ministry of Justice - for your kind information.
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Number T/: ⟦illegible⟧
Date: 1960/11/28
Telephone Number: 83531 / 5452
Subject: Roofed properties and exploited endowments of the Mosaic Community.
His Excellency the Respected Minister of Justice
After greetings
We have previously submitted a request in our letter No. T/286/60 dated 1960/5/8
to His Excellency the Leader of the Country and Prime Minister, and a copy of it to your Excellency regarding the roofed properties and exploited endowments of the Mosaic
Community located outside the city of Baghdad and the necessity of their management by the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
according to your ministry's instructions published in the Iraqi Gazette under No. 4104 and dated 1960/2/25, and since
we have not received any notice regarding the subject until now, and as the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews is still spending the necessary
amounts to manage the affairs of the community members living outside Baghdad. Therefore, please inform us about the fate of our request
and the necessity of including all the community's endowments in Iraq for management by the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
in application of your ministry's instructions referred to above.
Please accept our highest respect
Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
Acting Head of the Community
⟦illegible⟧
The Ministry of Justice wrote ⟦illegible⟧
regarding the subject in our letter No. ⟦illegible⟧ on 1960/8/7
Dated 14 / 12 / 60
Telephone Number { 83531 / 5452
Date 11/28/1960
Subject: Roofed properties and exploited endowments of the Mosaic community.
His Excellency the Honorable Minister of Justice
After greetings,
We have previously submitted a request in our letter No. T/60/286 dated 5/8/960
to His Excellency the Leader of the Country and Prime Minister, with a copy to Your Excellency, regarding the roofed properties and exploited endowments of the Mosaic
community located outside the city of Baghdad and the necessity of their management by the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
according to your ministry's instructions published in the Iraqi Gazette under No. 4104 and dated 2/25/960, and since
we have not yet received any notification regarding the subject, and as the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews is still spending the necessary
amounts to facilitate the affairs of the community members living outside Baghdad. Therefore, please inform us of the fate of our request
and the necessity of including all the community's endowments in Iraq for management by the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
in application of your ministry's instructions referred to above.
Please accept our highest respect.
Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
Acting Head of the Community
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 83531
5452
Number T /: 60 /
Date: 28 / 11 / 1960
Subject: Roofed properties and exploited assets endowed to the Mosaic Community.
His Excellency the Honorable Minister of Justice
After greetings,
We have previously submitted a request in our letter No. T / 286 / 60 dated 8 / 5 / 960
to His Excellency the Leader of the Country and Prime Minister, and a copy of it to your Excellency regarding the roofed properties and exploited assets endowed to the community
Mosaic located outside the city of Baghdad and the necessity of their management by the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
according to your ministry's instructions published in the Iraqi Gazette under number 4104 and dated 25 / 2 / 960 and since
we have not received any notification regarding the subject until now, and as the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews is still spending the amounts
necessary to facilitate the affairs of the community members living outside Baghdad. Therefore, please inform us about the fate of our request
and the necessity of including all the community's endowments in Iraq for their management by the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
in application of your ministry's instructions referred to above.
Please accept our highest respect
Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
Acting Head of the Community
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Number T / 61 /
Date 12 / 4 / 1961
Telephone Number } 83531
5452
12 / 4
Subject ::
His Excellency the Honorable Minister of Interior
Greetings
It is not hidden from your Excellency that the travel of Iraqi citizens to the Lebanese Republic does not require them to obtain
an entry visa to the aforementioned country, except for Iraqi Jews, who must obtain an entry visa.
The aforementioned exceptional restriction was imposed at the time on Iraqi Jews in line with the exceptional restrictions that were imposed
on Iraqi Jews during the defunct era, those restrictions and exceptions which the esteemed Revolutionary Government abolished
as it equalized Jews and the rest of Iraqi citizens in all rights and duties, and even enacted the laws
and regulations necessary to achieve equality.
The principle of equality and non-discrimination among all Iraqi citizens of different religions is one of the principles upon which
the revolution was based and which the national government, headed by the Leader, Major General Abd al-Karim Qasim, legislated.
Since the necessity for Iraqi Jews to obtain an entry visa to Lebanon was imposed at the time by
the Lebanese government in line with the abolished restrictions and exceptions. Therefore, we ask your Excellency to kindly approach
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to request the cancellation of the aforementioned restriction on Iraqi Jews.
With much gratitude and respect to your Excellency
On behalf of
Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
Acting President of the Community
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 83531
5453
Number T / <del>788</del> / 61
Date 20 / 4 / 1961
Subject: Jewish Endowment Roofed Properties and Exploited Assets in Basra.
His Excellency the Secretary-General for the Supervision and Administration of the Property of Jews Deprived of
Iraqi Nationality, Respected
Greetings and Respect,
The Ministry of Justice had issued instructions published in the Iraqi Gazette, Issue No. 4104
dated 25 / 2 / 1958, whereby Article Three entrusted the administration of estates, roofed properties, and exploited assets
of the Jewish community endowed for charitable purposes located in all provinces to the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad, in view of the dissolution of the communal bodies that were managing them. Since the aforementioned endowments
—except for those located in Baghdad—are under the administration of the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets since the date of the dissolution of the
communal bodies referred to, this Presidency is following up with the competent authorities for the purpose of putting the legal text into
execution, and this matter is still under consideration and study by the competent authorities.
A significant number of Jews reside in the city of Basra, whose specific religious matters require continued spending
on them, as they have temples and a cemetery with associated matters of preparation and shrouding, and they are in need of slaughterers for sheep
and poultry according to Jewish law, which has resulted in them being deprived of Kosher meat for a long time.
Likewise, they are in need of religious teachers and those who perform religious rituals specific to the temples and other
religious matters that are suspended due to the impossibility of spending on them.
All these religious and charitable aspects require spending on them from the revenues of the charitable endowments
belonging to the Jewish community in Basra. In view of the administration of the Jewish charitable endowments belonging to the Jewish
community in Basra by the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets, and the fact that the competent authorities have not finished the matter of
handing them over to the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad for administration according to the provisions of the instructions referred to above,
this Presidency, based on urgent necessity and the requests of the Jews in Basra, has undertaken spending on a temporary basis and as
a loan to cover the necessary religious aspects that cannot be suspended, namely the matters of the cemetery, preparation,
and shrouding, considering what it spends as a debt upon the aforementioned endowments, while other religious aspects remained suspended
due to the impossibility of covering their expenses.
Since the revenues of the Jewish community endowments in Baghdad are unable to cover the expenses of the charitable entities
endowed to them, how can it, in this situation, secure the religious aspects specific to the Jews in Basra?
And since the matter of handing over the endowments to our Presidency has not yet been concluded, we have been forced to address Your Excellency,
requesting approval to spend an amount of -/250 Dinars monthly from the revenues of the Jewish endowments located in
Basra ⟦illegible⟧
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 83531
5452
Number T /:
Date:
Subject ::
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The city of Basra to spend it on religious and charitable entities specific to the Mosaics residing there, provided that
the spending is carried out to the Presidency of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad.
In view of the importance of the subject and its connection to religious and charitable matters that require continued spending on them, we hope that
our request will receive your ⟦line⟧ acceptance.
With your highest ⟦line⟧ respect
Alwan
Rabbi Sassoon Khedh⟦line⟧ouri
Acting Head of the Community
A copy of it to -
His Excellency the Governor of Basra Province - for kind information.
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 83531
5452
Number T/: <del>88</del> / 61
Date: 20 / 4 / 1961
Subject: Jewish Endowment Roofed Properties and Exploited Assets in Basra.
His Excellency the Secretary-General for the Supervision and Administration of the Property of Jews Deprived of
Iraqi Nationality, Respected
Greetings and Respect,
The Ministry of Justice had issued the instructions published in the Iraqi Gazette, Issue No. 4104
dated 25 / 2 / 1958, whereby Article Three entrusted the administration of estates, roofed properties, and exploited assets
of the Jewish community endowed for charitable purposes located in all provinces to the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad, in view of the dissolution of the communal bodies that were managing them. Since the aforementioned endowments
—except for those located in Baghdad—have been under the administration of the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets since the date of the dissolution of the
communal bodies mentioned, this Presidency is following up with the competent authorities for the purpose of putting the legal text into
execution, and this matter is still under discussion and study by the competent authorities.
A significant number of Jews reside in the city of Basra, whose specific religious matters require continuous spending
on them, as they have temples and a cemetery along with related matters of preparation and shrouding, and they are in need of slaughterers for sheep
and poultry according to Jewish law, which has resulted in them being deprived of Kosher meat for a long time.
Likewise, they are in need of religious teachers and those who perform religious rituals specific to the temples and other
religious matters that are suspended due to the impossibility of spending on them.
All these religious and charitable aspects require spending on them from the revenues of the charitable endowments
belonging to the Jewish community in Basra. In view of the administration of the Jewish charitable endowments belonging to the Jewish
community in Basra by the General Secretariat for Frozen Assets, and the fact that the competent authorities have not finished the matter of
handing them over to the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad to manage them according to the provisions of the instructions referred to above,
this Presidency, based on urgent necessity and the requests of the Jews in Basra, has temporarily spent, on
a loan basis, what covers the necessary religious aspects that cannot be suspended, which are the matters of the cemetery, preparation,
and shrouding, considering what it spends as a debt on the aforementioned endowments, while other religious aspects remained suspended
due to the impossibility of paying their expenses ⟦line⟧ .
And since the revenues of the Jewish community endowments in Baghdad are unable to cover the expenses of the charitable entities
endowed to them, how can it, in this situation, secure the religious aspects specific to the Jews in Basra?
Since the matter of handing over the endowments to our Presidency has not yet concluded, we have been forced to address Your Excellency,
hoping for approval to spend an amount of - / 250 Dinars per month from the revenues of the Jewish endowments located in
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Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number: 83531 / 5452
Number T /:
Date:
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the city of Basra to be spent on religious and charitable matters specific to the Mosaics residing there, provided that
the spending is carried out through the Presidency of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad.
In view of the importance of the subject and its connection to religious and charitable matters that require continued spending, we hope that
our request will receive your Excellency's acceptance ⟦line⟧ .
With highest respect to your Excellency
Rabbi Sassoon Khadduri
Acting Head of the Community
A copy to -
His Excellency the Governor of Basra Province - for your kind information.