AI English Translation, Pages 1-25
Internal Regulations of the Committee of Israeli Hospitals in Baghdad
1- The committee that manages the affairs of Meir Elias Hospital, Rima Khedouri Eye Hospital, Dar Al-Shifa
Pharmacy, and any health facilities for the Israeli community in Baghdad that may be established in the future shall be called
(The Committee of Israeli Hospitals in Baghdad)
2- The committee consists of seven members appointed by the Lay Council ⟦...⟧ and meets following its appointment
to hold the first session, and the session is chaired by the eldest member.
3- In the first session, the committee proceeds to elect a president, a vice-president, and a secretary, and the result is reported to
the Lay Council, provided that the term of this appointment ends whenever half of the committee is renewed according to Article
Article (10) of these regulations, and provided that the outgoing president, vice-president, and secretary may be
reappointed.
4- The committee is represented by its president, who has the right to sign all contracts and papers except for checks and opening
credits in banks, which must be signed by the president and the secretary according to Article (33)
of these regulations, and provided that the authority to sign some correspondence related to
the implementation of the committee's decisions may be granted to the secretary as determined by the committee from time to time.
5- The committee's discussions and decisions are recorded by the secretary or whoever is delegated for that purpose in a special register
and presented to the committee at the next meeting for approval and signature by the president and the members
who attended that session.
6- A quorum for the committee consists of four members, and if a quorum is reached, the majority is three votes, and if
more than the quorum is present, decisions are taken by a majority of votes, and if equal, the side with the
president prevails. Furthermore, if a quorum is not reached in a session, the following session may be held if
three members attend, provided that decisions in that session are taken by consensus, and it is required in
this case that no decision be taken on any subject that was not recorded in the agenda of the previous session
in which a quorum was not reached.
7- The committee holds its meetings ⟦...⟧ once every two weeks at least, and it may establish the rules it
deems appropriate for organizing its meetings and work and how to distribute tasks among its members.
8- If a member is absent from attending five consecutive sessions without any legitimate excuse,
he is considered resigned, and he is notified of this by the committee, and a copy of it is sent to the Lay Council for information
and to appoint a member to fill the vacancy, provided that the provisions of Article (10) of these regulations
apply to the member appointed in this manner.
9- Resignations of members are submitted to the Lay Council with a copy to the committee, and if
the said Council accepts the resignation, it appoints another member based on the committee's nomination to fill the vacancy,
and Article (10) of these regulations applies to the new member.
10- Three members withdraw by lot after three years from the date of implementation of these regulations, and the
other four step down after six years from the said date. The committee shall nominate, at least one month before the end
of the membership term, the names of others to be appointed in their place, provided that the
withdrawing member may be reappointed for one or more times, and this method applies during successive years.
Composition of the Committee
Term of Appointment
Authority of the President
Recording of Decisions
Quorum
Meetings
Absence
Resignation
Appointment of Committee Members
Every 3 years
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Duties of the Chairman
12 - If the Chairman of the Committee is unable to perform any of the powers and duties assigned to him under
this regulation for any reason, the Vice-Chairman shall act on his behalf.
Subcommittees
13 - The Committee may appoint subcommittees from among its members or others to perform special tasks, and if the appointment
of such committees is for the purpose of collecting donations and subscriptions, the Community Council shall be informed thereof.
Responsibility of the Committee
to the Committee
13 - The Committee shall be responsible to the Community Council for the management of all the work of the health institutions from
the technical, financial, and administrative aspects, and it may establish the necessary regulations to ensure that.
Emergency Cases
14 - In emergency and urgent cases where the Committee cannot be convened to take decisions regarding them, the
Secretary, after obtaining the approval of the Chairman, has the right to take any measures that are within the authority of the Committee
under this regulation to ensure the proper management of the institution, provided that the Committee is convened as soon as possible
to present the matter to it and take its decision in this regard.
Authority of the Member
to Inquire
15 - Each member of the Committee has the right to inquire about any matter from any of the employees of the institutions
individually, and in this case, the member has the right to present to the Committee any proposal or
observation he deems necessary or appropriate in this regard.
Setting Fees
16 - The Committee shall set the fees collected in its health institutions of all kinds, such as fees for accommodation, surgeries,
treatment, analysis, etc. And determining the returns and the share of doctors from examinations and surgeries,
and increasing or decreasing them from time to time as it deems required by the interest, provided that the
Committee has the right in some special and individual cases to grant some allowances and discounts as it deems appropriate
and justified, and it may also delegate this authority to one or more of its members.
Health
Employees
17 - The Committee has the right to appoint and employ staff, including nurses, and to set their salaries, increase or
decrease them, dismiss them, and establish regulations for all disciplinary matters concerning them. As for doctors and the administrative manager or
employees under special contracts for more than one year, the Committee must inform the Council upon
their appointment, promotion, and dismissal for approval.
Budget Organization
18 - The Committee organizes its annual budget and submits it to the Community Council before the start of the fiscal year
by at least two months, and it is obliged to submit a comprehensive report from the administrative and financial aspects
upon settlement of the accounts of the closed fiscal year.
Auditing Accounts
19 - The Committee's accounts are audited annually by an accountant or accountants appointed by the Community Council based
on the Committee's proposal, and the report is submitted to the Community Council for information.
Donated
Amounts
20 - All amounts collected by the Committee or donated by benefactors for a specific or non-specific purpose must
be entered as revenue in the accounts. As for the authority to dispose of these amounts, it shall be as follows:-
(a) - If the amount was granted to be spent on a specific purpose (such as constructing a special building or part of a building
or purchasing equipment or tools, etc.), the Committee may carry out this work directly and has the right
to spend up to fifteen percent in addition to the donated amount if the
mentioned addition is available within the allocations present in the relevant article of its budget.
However, if the Committee is unable to cover the mentioned addition in the said manner, and if it becomes clear
to it before starting the work that the cost of the mentioned work will exceed fifteen percent of
the donated amount, then in both cases, the approval of the Community Council must be obtained.
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Likewise, if it appears to the committee after starting work that its cost will exceed fifteen
percent or the allocations available in its budget, contrary to what it had ⟦expected⟧ at
the beginning, the approval of the Council must be obtained as soon as this becomes clear to it.
(b) - If the amounts collected from donations are for unspecified purposes, the approval of the Lay Council
must be obtained on how to dispose of this, if it has not already been specified within the budget.
Revenues
21 - The sources of hospital revenues at the time of establishing this system are:
a - Income from immovable property endowed to it.
b - What benefactors grant from Zakat, donations, gifts, and others.
c - What is obtained from the proceeds of special parties and others.
d - What the Lay Council allocates from the amounts.
e - Revenues of the Kethut.
f - Revenues of the health institutions themselves managed by the committee from fees for accommodation, operations,
treatment, etc.
g - Miscellaneous.
22 - Properties are registered in the Land Registry Department ⟦etc.⟧ in the name of the health institutions of the Jewish community <del>and it is written</del>
Properties are registered in the register of any of them in the name of a specific person or persons, and the committee has the right to dispose of the immovable
funds, provided that this disposal is not contrary to the terms of the endowments.
Expenditure
23 - The reserve funds determined by the committee are placed in one of the banks in the name of the Jewish Hospitals Committee
in Baghdad, and withdrawals are made with the signature of the President and the Secretary in addition to the Hospitals
Committee.
24 - This system shall be implemented from the date of its ratification by the Lay Council.
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Amendments proposed by the member Mr. Meer Basri
regarding the draft regulations of the Jewish Hospitals Committee
Jewish
Article 1 - A committee shall be formed to manage the affairs of the Meir Elias Hospital, the Rima Khedouri Eye Hospital, the
Dar al-Shifa Pharmacy, and any health facilities that may be established in the future for the Jewish community in Baghdad, under the
supervision of the Lay Council. This committee shall be called the Jewish Hospitals Committee in Baghdad.
Article 2 - The committee shall consist of seven members appointed by the Lay Council, half of whom shall be reappointed
every two years. For the first time, the half shall be considered three, and for the second time four, and so on. The renewal of
half of the members shall take place following the election of the Lay Council every two years, provided that the formation of the committee for the purpose
of this regulation shall be considered the appointment made on December 20, 1945, and that the three persons to be
replaced at the end of 1947 shall be determined by a ballot conducted by the Lay Council. Withdrawing members may be reappointed
once or more. Following the election of the Lay Council, the committee must inform the new Council
of the withdrawing members and nominate double their number for the Council to choose whom it sees fit from among them or others to fill
the vacant memberships.
Article 3 - The committee shall meet following its appointment or the renewal of half of its members under the chairmanship of the eldest member
and proceed to elect a president, a vice-president, and a secretary, and the result of the election shall be submitted to the Lay Council. The
term of this election shall end with the renewal of half of the committee members every two years. There is no objection to re-electing the president,
vice-president, and secretary more than once. The vice-presidency and the secretariat may be combined in one person.
Article 4 - The committee shall be represented by its president, who shall have the right to sign all correspondence, contracts, and papers,
except for bonds, checks, and the opening of credits in banks, which must be co-signed by
the secretary in accordance with Article 23 of this regulation. The secretary may be granted the authority to sign correspondence
as decided by the committee from time to time.
Article 6 - A quorum shall consist of four members, and decisions shall be taken by a majority of the votes of those present, provided that
the president has the casting vote (?) in the event of a tie.
Article 7 - The committee shall meet at least once a week, and if a quorum is not reached, the meeting shall be postponed until
the following week. The committee may establish the rules it deems appropriate ⟦for⟧ organizing its meetings and business
and distributing its work among the members.
Article 8 - If a member is absent for three consecutive sessions without a legitimate excuse, he shall be considered resigned and shall be notified
of this, with the Lay Council being informed accordingly.
Article 9 - Resignations of members shall be submitted to the Lay Council with a copy to the committee, and the Council
may accept or reject them.
Article 10 - The Lay Council shall fill vacancies that occur in the committee in the cases mentioned in
Articles 8 and 9 and other cases, based on the committee's nomination of double the number of vacancies, provided that
the Council is free to appoint the nominees or others. The new member shall complete the remaining term of the ⟦member⟧
whose place he took.
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Article Sixteen - Provided that the wages shall be subject to the approval of the Lay Council
Article Seventeen - ⟦line⟧ The doctors, the administrative director, and the employees with special contracts
whose nominal salaries exceed 15 Dinars per month shall be subject in their appointment, promotion, and reduction
of their grades to the approval of the Lay Council.
Article Eighteen - The phrase (and it is obligated to submit a comprehensive report etc. ⟦line⟧) is deleted
Article Nineteen - The phrase (based on the proposal of the committee) is deleted
Article Twenty - The phrase (and informing the Lay Council immediately of that) is added
Article Twenty-Two - It shall be registered (in the name of the Presidency of the Jewish Community)
Article Twenty-Four - The committee shall submit a comprehensive annual report to the Lay Council covering
the progress of work, administration, and accounts, supported by sufficient statistics
Article Twenty-Five - Any member of the Lay Council who wishes may attend the committee's meetings
without having the right to participate in voting, and the committee may invite those whose consultation it desires to
attend its meetings without them having a vote in making decisions
Article Twenty-Six. This regulation shall be implemented from the date of its approval by the Lay Council.
Internal Regulations Bylaws
of the Committee of Jewish Hospitals in Baghdad
Article 1 - A committee shall be formed to manage the affairs of Meir Elias Hospital, Rima Khedouri Hospital
for the Mentally Ill, Dar al-Shifa Pharmacy, and any health facilities for the Jewish community
in Baghdad that may be established in the future. This shall be under the supervision of the Lay Council, and this committee shall be called
the Committee of Jewish Hospitals in Baghdad.
Article 2 - The committee consists of five members appointed by the Lay Council. The appointment of
half of them is determined every two years. The first half is considered three members, and the second time two, and so on.
Half of the members are renewed following the election of the Lay Council every two years, provided
that the formation of the committee for the purpose of this regulation is considered the appointment that takes place immediately upon the implementation of this
regulation. Then, the three members to be replaced at the end of 1947 shall be determined
by lot conducted by the Lay Council. Outgoing members may be reappointed one or more
times. Following the election of the Lay Council, the committee must inform the new Council of the
withdrawing members and nominate double their number for the Council to choose from among them or others to fill
the vacant positions.
Article 3 - The committee meets following its appointment or the renewal of half of its members under the chairmanship of the
eldest member to begin the election of a President, a Vice President, and a Secretary. The result of the election is announced to
the Lay Council. The term of this election ends with the renewal of half of the committee members at the end of
1946 and every two years thereafter. There is no objection to re-electing the President, Vice President, and Secretary
more than once. The Vice Presidency and the Secretariat may be held simultaneously.
Article 4 - The committee is represented by its President, who has the right to sign all correspondence, instruments,
and papers, except for bonds, checks, and the opening of credits in banks, in which the Secretary must participate
in signing according to Article 23 of these regulations. The Secretary may be granted the authority
to sign correspondence as determined by the committee from time to time.
Article 5 - The committee's minutes and resolutions are recorded in a special register by the Secretary
or whoever is assigned to do so, and presented to the committee at the next meeting for approval and signature
by the President and the members who attended that session.
Article 6 - A quorum consists of three members, provided that the President or his deputy is present.
Decisions are taken by a majority of the votes of those present, provided that this majority is not less than three.
Article 7 - The committee meets once a week as far as possible. If a quorum is not reached,
the meeting is postponed until the following week. The committee may establish the rules it deems appropriate for organizing
its meetings and works, and distributes its tasks among the members
Article Eight - If a member is absent for three consecutive sessions without an excuse, ⟦he shall be considered⟧
resigned, and he shall be notified of this, with the Physical Council being informed of it.
Article Nine - Resignations of members are submitted to the Physical Council for consideration, with a copy
thereof to the committee for information.
Article Ten - The Physical Council fills the vacancies that occur in the committee in the cases
stipulated in Articles 7 and 9 and other cases based on the committee's nomination of double the number of
vacancies, provided that the Council is free to appoint the nominees or others, and the new member completes
the remaining term of the member he replaced.
Article Eleven - If the Chairman of the Committee is unable to perform any of the powers and duties
assigned to him under this system for any reason, the Vice-Chairman shall act on his behalf.
Article Twelve - The committee may appoint subcommittees from its members or others to perform tasks
special, and if the appointment of these subcommittees is for the purpose of collecting donations and subscriptions, the Council shall be informed
Physical Council of that.
Article Thirteen - The committee shall be responsible to the Physical Council for the management of all works of
health institutions from the technical, administrative, and financial aspects, and it may establish the necessary regulations
to ensure that.
Article Fourteen - In urgent emergency cases where the committee cannot be convened to take
decisions regarding them, the Director, after obtaining the approval of the Chairman, has the right to take any measures that are within the
authority of the committee under this system to ensure the proper functioning of the institution's management, provided that the
committee convenes as soon as possible to present the matter to it and take its decision in this regard.
Article Fifteen - Each member of the committee has the right to inquire about any matter from the employees of
the institutions individually, and the member also has the right to present to the committee any proposal or study
he deems useful in this regard.
Article Sixteen - The committee must determine the fees collected from its health institutions
of all kinds, such as accommodation fees, examinations, treatments, analyses, etc., and determine the revenues of the unit
of doctors from examinations and operations and their distribution or reduction from time to time as
interest requires, provided that the committee has the right in some special and individual cases to exempt
contributions or reduce them as it deems appropriate, and it may also delegate this authority to one
person or more of its members, and the schedule of fees, the percentage of contributions, and the doctors' share shall be formulated to
the Physical Council.
Any committee
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Article Seventeen - The Committee has the right to appoint and employ male and female employees and staff, and to set their salaries,
increase or decrease them, dismiss them, and establish regulations for managing their disciplinary matters upon their appointment.
Doctors, the administrative director, staff under special contracts, and employees whose nominal salaries exceed
15 Dinars per month shall be subject, in their appointment, promotion, salary reduction, and termination of services,
to the approval of the Corporeal Council.
Article Eighteen - The Committee shall organize its annual budget and submit it to the Corporeal Council at least
two months before the start of the fiscal year.
Article Nineteen - The Committee's annual accounts shall be audited by its accountant or accountants appointed by
the Corporeal Council, and the report shall be submitted to the Corporeal Council for approval.
Article Twenty - All amounts collected by the Committee or donated by benefactors for a specific or
non-specific purpose must be entered as revenue in the accounts, and the Corporeal Council must be informed immediately. As for
the authority to dispose of these amounts, it shall be as follows:
a - If the amount was granted to be spent on a specific purpose, such as constructing a special building, renovating a building,
or purchasing equipment or tools, etc., the Committee may carry out this work directly and has the right
to spend up to fifteen percent in addition to the donated amount if the
aforementioned addition is available within the allocations present in the approved budget of
its budget. However, if the Committee is unable to arrange the mentioned addition
in the stated manner, and it becomes clear to it before starting the work that the cost of the mentioned work
will exceed fifteen percent of the donated amount, then in both cases,
the approval of the Corporeal Council must be obtained in advance. Likewise, if the Committee realizes after
starting the work that its cost will exceed fifteen percent or the allocations
present in its budget, contrary to what it had initially expected, it must obtain
the Council's approval as soon as this becomes clear to it.
b - If the amounts are collected from donations for a non-specific purpose, the approval of the Corporeal
Council must be obtained on how to dispose of them, provided that this has not been previously determined within
the budget.
Article Twenty-One - The sources of hospital revenues at the time of establishing this regulation are:
a - Revenue from endowed immovable property.
b - What benefactors bestow from Zakat, donations, Sabaya, and others.
c - Proceeds from special parties and others.
d - Amounts allocated by the Corporeal Council.
e - Grave revenues.
f - Revenues of the health institutions themselves managed by the Committee from treatment fees, data,
medication, etc.
g - Miscellaneous.
Article Twenty-Two - Real estate shall be registered in the Land Registry Department in the name of the Presidency of the Jewish Community
and it is prohibited to register any of it in the name of a person or persons in a capacity, and the committee has the right to dispose of the funds
movable and immovable, provided that this disposal is not contrary to the terms of the endowments.
Article Twenty-Three - The reserve amounts collected by the committee shall be deposited in one of the banks
in the name of the Jewish Hospitals Committee in Baghdad, and withdrawals shall be made with the signature of the President and the Secretary on behalf
of the Hospitals Committee (Article Twenty-Four)
Article Twenty-Four - ⟦illegible⟧ (see below)
Article Twenty-Five - Any member of the Lay Council who wishes may attend the committee's meetings
without having the right to participate in voting, and the committee may invite whomever it wishes to consult to attend
its meetings without them having a vote in making decisions.
Article Twenty-Six - This regulation shall be implemented from the date of its ratification by the Lay Council
Article Twenty-Four - The committee shall submit a comprehensive annual report to the Lay Council covering
the progress of work, administration, and accounts, supported by sufficient statistics.
JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE | JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE
BAGHDAD | BAGHDAD
Established, 1884 | Established, 1884
Telephone { 3009 | Telephone { 3009
7480 | 7480
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital
Refouah Pharmacy.
Number:
No:
Date: 18 / 7 / 1945
Date:
His Excellency the Respected President of the Lay Council
After greetings,
Due to urgent necessity, our committee decided in its meeting held on 3 / 7 / 1945 to carry out
large-scale arrangements and repairs at the Rimah Khedouri Eye Hospital to conduct its work as required,
including moving the outpatient clinic locations as well as the bathroom rooms and paints for paying patients and
poor patients into two separate sections, and this of course will require equipping the hospital with many materials and items
and carrying out some necessary repairs, the value of which is estimated at (200) Dinars. Since the mentioned amount
was not included within the special expenses of the Rimah Khedouri Eye Hospital shown in the general budget
for this year, the committee decided in this session to inform your respected council in this regard for review
and approval.
With respect,
⟦signature⟧
President of the Jewish Hospitals Committee
Baghdad
JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE
Jewish Hospitals Committee
BAGHDAD
Baghdad
Established, 1884
Established in the year 1884
Telephone No. 1480
Telephone Number: 1480
⟦line⟧
Meir Elias Hospital: Meir Elias Hospital
Reemah Kadoorie Eye Hospital: Reemah Kadoorie Eye Hospital
Refouah Pharmacy.: Dar Al-Shifa Pharmacy
No.:
Number:
Date: 17 July 945
Date: 17 July 945
His Excellency the Respected President of the Lay Council
After greetings
Our committee has exerted continuous efforts for a long time to reopen the radiology department in the
Meir Elias Hospital, but due to the current war conditions, we were not able to complete this task at the time, however we
have finally succeeded in reaching an agreement with a company in London to supply us with the necessary tools and supplies to operate
the aforementioned department at the present time. The total price of the list of those required tools and supplies is approximately / 400
dinars. Since this amount was not included within this year's budget, our committee decided in its meeting
held on 3 / 7 / 945 to inform your esteemed council of the matter for your information.
⟦signature⟧
President of the Jewish Hospitals Committee
Baghdad
In ⟦...⟧ the pocket budget
Jewish Hospitals Committee
JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE
Baghdad
BAGHDAD
Established, 1884
Established, 1884
Telephone { 3009
7480
Telephone { 3009
7480
Meir Elias Hospital
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital
Refouah Pharmacy
Refouah Pharmacy.
No: ⟦line⟧
Date: ⟦line⟧ 7 / 8 / 945
To the Honorable President of the Lay Council
After greetings
We wish to state herewith that the stove that was used in Meir Elias Hospital until recent
days has become in a state where it is impossible to continue using it, as it often broke down
from working, and it also produced continuous smoke that disturbed the patients on one hand and caused complaints from the neighbors on
the other hand, to the extent that they were often forced to officially file a lawsuit with the Secretariat of the Capital. We
tried repeatedly to obtain a new stove, so we approached the Adas Company regarding the matter and recently obtained a stove that operates
by means of electricity and oil, and we installed it with the necessary arrangements for it until the expenses reached
about 120 Dinars. Since this amount was not included within the estimated expenses for this year,
our committee decided in its session held on 24 / 7 / 945 to inform your esteemed council of the situation for approval.
With respect;
⟦signature⟧
President of the Jewish Hospitals Committee
in Baghdad
The Israeli Lay Council
Baghdad
Number: ⟦illegible⟧
Date: 7 / 10 / 945
His Excellency the Chairman of the Hospitals Committee, Respected
Reference to your letters dated 17 and 18 July 945 and 7 August 945
Our Lay Council, in its session held on 4 / 10 / 945, decided the following: -
1) The Council prefers that the amount required to be spent for the purchase of tools and supplies for the Radiology Institute, which
you estimated at 400 Dinars, be included in the estimates for the new budget. On this occasion, we remind you
that the committee has not yet submitted this budget, which we previously requested from you in our letter No. 3492
dated 4 July 945, urging its submission, which will force the Council to submit
the budget without waiting for your reply.
2) The Council approved the expenditure of 200 Dinars to carry out the repairs referred to in your letter dated
18 July in the Rima Khedouri Eye Hospital, as well as the amount of 120 Dinars to purchase and install a stove in
Meir Elias Hospital, as requested in your letter dated 7 August 945.
This is provided that it is clear to your committee that our approval of these expenses depends on the existence of
surplus revenues in your budget equivalent to this expenditure, as the Council cannot bear any new
responsibility other than the allocations previously approved by the General Council for Hospitals.
Sincerely,
⟦illegible⟧
The President
7512
The Israeli Lay Council
Baghdad
Number: 2509
Date: 7 / 10 / 945
His Excellency the Chairman of the Schools Committee, Respected
His Excellency the Chairman of the Hospitals Committee, Respected
After greetings
The Council intends to adopt the first of April of each year as the start of the fiscal year instead of the first of October
as the first of April is more suitable for organizing budgets and closer to the rule established by law in
the specific article regarding the ratification of budgets. The Council wishes to know the opinion of your committee
before making a final decision on the matter. Hoping to receive your response as soon as possible.
⟦signature⟧
The President
JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE
BAGHDAD BAGHDAD
Established, 1884 Established in 1884
Telephone No. 1480 Telephone No.: 1480
—:o:— —:o:—
Meir Elias Hospital Meir Elias Hospital
Reemah Kadoorie Eye Hospital No. ⟦line⟧ No. Reemah Kadoorie Eye Hospital
Refouah Pharmacy. Date 22 / 10 / 945 Date Dar Al-Shifa Pharmacy
His Excellency the President of the Lay Council, Respected
After greetings and respect,
With reference to your letter numbered 3509 and dated 7 / 10 / 945,
The committee deliberated in its meeting held on 10 / 10 / 945 regarding what was stated in
your above-mentioned letter and favored the opinion of your esteemed council to adopt the first of April of each
year as the start of the fiscal year instead of the first of October, and it has no objection to
applying that.
With respect;
⟦signature⟧
The President
2515
26 October 945
Honorable Chairman and Members of the
Hospitals Committee
After greetings and respect,
The Council decided in its meeting held on October 25, 945, to invite you to
kindly attend the meeting that will be held at five o'clock on the evening of Thursday,
November 1, 945, to deliberate on some matters concerning hospitals.
With respect to you all;
⟦signature⟧
The President ⟦line⟧
Israeli Hospitals Committee
Baghdad
Number - 582
Date - 27 / 10 / 945
His Excellency, the President of the Honorable Lay Council
After greetings,
It is not hidden from Your Excellency that the rent for the National School was fixed a long time ago
at an amount of 250/- Dinars annually and has not increased until now. Our committee knows well that there are
no differences between the community's institutions in various aspects, but there is an independent budget for each of them
that must be taken into consideration, especially if the matter affects its revenues to a noticeable degree.
This nominal rent is very low for the mentioned building, which contains sixteen
rooms along with other school requirements, especially since this committee, as is not hidden from your council,
carried out significant expansions four years ago, in addition to the expansions and repairs it recently
conducted in the school, such that the expenses spent on those expansions in both periods reached
an amount of approximately 1800/- Dinars.
Our committee deliberated in its meeting held on the 22nd of this month regarding this matter and decided
to increase the mentioned rent to 500/- Dinars, taking into account the facts mentioned above,
even though it believes that the actual rent for the mentioned building at the present time, compared to the current rent
of the Nuriel School, is not less than 900/- Dinars.
Therefore, we hope that your honorable council will support us in this matter and approve raising the mentioned
rent to five hundred Dinars.
Please accept the highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
The President
Copy to - His Excellency the President of the Schools Committee for information.
His Excellency the President
For information, please
⟦signature⟧
11/19
The Israelite Lay Council
Baghdad
Number 2519
Date: 2 November 945
Subject - Copy of a Resolution
His Excellency the Chairman of the Israelite Hospitals Committee, Respected
We list below for you the first paragraph from the minutes of the Council meeting held on the first of November
1945 regarding your committee
"The meeting was attended, at the invitation of the Council, by Messrs. Munir Dangoor, Albert Shammash, and Salman Debi, members of
the Hospitals Committee, and a discussion took place with them regarding hospital affairs. The Council expressed
its desire to increase the members of the Hospitals Committee and make them seven members, similar to the
Schools Committee, and tasked the Hospitals Committee with selecting four other persons and nominating them so that
the Council may choose two members from among them for the committee, in addition to Mr. Naeem Sofer, who it was decided to add
to it. Then the Council explained to the committee that its current bylaws, established in 1929, have become
ineffective for the intended purpose and suggested amending them, and requested the committee to draft a new set of bylaws
and submit them to the Council for discussion and approval in order to put them into effect."
⟦signature⟧
The President
For discussion
2/11
For discussion
2/11/45
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23 November 45
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Rent of the National School
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His Excellency the Chairman of the Community Committee, Respected
With reference to your letter numbered 582 and dated 27 / 10 / 945
Our council has reviewed your above-mentioned letter in its session held on 22 / 11 / 945
And it was decided after deliberation that it is not possible to approve the increase in the rent of the National School, considering that
the Property Rental Law of the year 945 does not support this increase, and the Physical Council has previously
advanced the Hospitals Committee an amount of -/850 eight hundred and fifty dinars on the basis that the rent remains
at its current rate.
On their behalf
Committee
The President
Copy to - His Excellency the Chairman of the Schools Committee for information
His Excellency the President
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534 Rabbinate in Iraq
Baghdad
On 6 Dhu al-Qi'dah
Presence of ⟦illegible⟧ the respected Hakham Bashi
Urgent
Head of the village of ⟦illegible⟧
Regarding the case of the girl ⟦illegible⟧ daughter of Shimon the Butcher
Based on the desire of the respected Rabbinate and based on its request, the aforementioned girl
was brought at ⟦illegible⟧ o'clock
The aforementioned girl claimed that she had converted to Islam and that she had left her religion
Afterwards, Hakham Shimon and some groups from Shimon's community alleged when
⟦illegible⟧ the aforementioned girl that she had converted to Islam and that she had left her religion
Afterwards, and in the presence of the Hakham's wife, the aforementioned girl was asked
about her desire to remain in her religion or to remain in the religion of Islam
Afterwards, the aforementioned girl replied that she had converted to Islam and that she had left her religion
In ⟦illegible⟧ the aforementioned girl appeared before us ⟦illegible⟧
that she had left her religion and embraced the religion of Islam and that she had said
⟦illegible⟧ and this has been recorded in the records of the Rabbinate
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Baghdad
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6 December 945
Nomination of four members
His Excellency the Chairman of the Hospitals Committee, Respected
Baghdad
We confirm our letter No. 3519 dated 2 November 945 and request the acceleration of the nomination of four members
so that the Council may choose two from among them to be members of your committee.
Please accept our respects.
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The President
SKH / AM
His Excellency the President
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12/6
JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE
BAGHDAD
Established, 1884
Telephone 3009 7480
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital
Refouah Pharmacy
Jewish Hospitals Committee
in Baghdad
Established in the year 1884
Telephone number 3009 7480 Baghdad
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eye Hospital
Dar Al-Shifa Pharmacy
Council Administration ⟦illegible⟧ - Baghdad
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11 / 12 / 1945
NO. Number:
Date: 11 / 12 / 945
His Excellency the Respected President of the Lay Council
After greetings,
With reference to your confirmation numbered 3533 and dated 6 / 12 / 945
Our committee discussed in its session held on December 9, 945, the issue of nominating
four persons and presenting them to your esteemed council so that you may kindly choose two of them to be members
in our committee as stated in the decision of your council held on 1 / November 945 and communicated to us
in your letter numbered 3519 and dated 2 / 11 / 945. After deliberation, it was decided to nominate the individuals
whose names are listed below for this purpose.
Please accept our highest respect.
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President
Dr. Albert Hakim
Mr. Selim Sassoon Sheina
Mr. Eliyahu Daoud Shohet
Mr. Gurji Barmakh
Mr. President
For your kind review M 2
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Number
Date: December 24, 950
⟦The Lay Council⟧
⟦Baghdad⟧
Hospital Committee
Incoming Number
Date
Honorable Gentlemen
Major Ezekiel Shashoua
Dr. Albert Hakim
Salman Dabby
Selim Sassoon Sheena
Dr. Gurji Rabie
Meir Hakham Moshe Dangoor
Nissim Sofer
After greetings and respect
I am pleased to inform you that the Lay Council, in its meeting held on 12/20/50,
decided to reconstitute the Hospital Committee from your honors with great welcome and pleasure, for what it knows
in your persons of zeal and sacrifice for the good of the community.
Please accept my wishes for your permanent success along with my warm regards.
Sincerely
⟦Stamp: Yusuf ...⟧
President of the Lay Council
Baghdad
His Excellency the President
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12/24
⟦The Lay Council⟧
⟦Baghdad⟧
Number 7575
Date December 24, 1945
Hospitals Committee
Baghdad
Number
Date
Honorable Gentlemen
Khawaja Heskel Shemesh
Dr. Albert Hakim
Salman Debi
Selim Sassoon Sheina
Dr. Gurji Rabie
Mir Hakham Moshi Dangoor
Naim Sofer
After greetings and respect
I am honored to inform you that the Lay Council, in its meeting held on 12/20/45
decided to reconstitute the Hospitals Committee from your honors with great welcome and pleasure for what is embodied
in your persons of zeal and sacrifice for the good of the community.
Please accept my wishes for your continued success along with my warm regards.
Sincerely
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President of the Lay Council
Baghdad
Salim Sassoon Shina
Shop Telephone Number Baghdad 817
Residence Annex 59682349
Ras al-Qarya 15 / 36
Baghdad 26 December 1945
Iraq
Telegraphically
Ghazal - Baghdad
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad
Number 19
Date 27 / 12 / 1945
File Number ⟦illegible⟧
Honorable President of the Jewish Lay Council
After greetings and respect
We are honored by your letter number 585 dated the 24th of this month and I thank you for your trust in me
And despite not having enough time for this task, I have fulfilled the duty by accepting it
This, and I will perform, with the help of the Almighty, what you have entrusted me with to serve our community, and please accept
My highest respect, and may you remain well
Sincerely
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His Excellency the President
For your kind review, please
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