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Baghdad 16 February 938
I request you to look into this letter and study the issue carefully
To the honorable and distinguished member of the General Council
After greetings and respect
In the bulletin recently issued by the Lay Council, it was mentioned that the deficit of the hospitals is 2000 Dinars, and being in closer contact with this
matter than others, I saw it appropriate to clarify to the members of the General Council that this deficit is actually debts remaining on
the community fund from the last three years. No doubt you remember well that I have presented this issue repeatedly to the
venerable General Council, and the General Council requested the Lay Council to study the figures and submit the result for a decision, but no
positive action was taken by the Lay Council in this regard. Therefore, I attach with this letter a copy of the letter dated 27 / 1 / 937 which
the Hospitals Committee submitted to the Lay Council, containing all the details showing the origin of this deficit and how it was formed.
You will notice from the account mentioned in the attached letter that the amount claimed by the hospitals from the community fund
is 2485 Dinars, of which 1559 Dinars has been received so far in the form of a loan, and the remainder, which is 926 Dinars, is still a claim on
the community fund. If this amount is subtracted from the aforementioned two thousand Dinars, the remainder is approximately one thousand Dinars, of which 700 Dinars is a claim against the late
Sassoon the Great, who constructed two houses in the hospital, and the rest are claims against various people who carried out repairs in the hospital.
It is necessary to reiterate here that since the hospitals took over their management during the last four years, they have not taken from
the community fund any amount in excess of the allocations designated for them since ancient times. On the contrary, the above-mentioned claim
(which is part of the allocations) has accumulated on the community fund, in addition to previous debts it owed, until it was forced to borrow
with interest in order to manage its financial affairs.
The only increase that occurred in the allocations is an amount of 165 Dinars annually, added since the construction of the Rima Khedouri hospital building,
corresponding to the expansions that necessitated their introduction to the aforementioned hospital after its renovation.
It is appropriate, in my view, to present some of the works completed during the last four years as a result of the efforts I
exerted in this regard, with the support of benefactors from among the community members, and without resorting to the assistance of the community fund.
1 - The Rebecca Nourayel building, which currently serves as the headquarters for Banco di Roma and the floor above it, whose revenues are divided equally
between the hospitals and the Rebecca Nourayel school, now yields 1200 Dinars annually.
As a result of the renovation of this building, the hospitals have been deprived of their share of the revenues for two years and will remain deprived for
one more year, meaning until the construction costs are paid off; this is in addition to the amounts paid from its assets to settle these costs.
2 - During the last four years, large sums were spent on the endowed properties of the hospital.
3 - Renovating four large houses in the hospital for the residence of doctors, the nurse, and others, their annual rent is estimated at 800 Dinars.
4 - Building and expanding the hospital in a manner consistent with modern health conditions.
5 - Bringing in equipment and furniture on a large scale.
6 - Bringing in the necessary doctors and nurses.
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7 - Establishing a laboratory headquarters with its machines and tools.
8 - Introducing significant expansions in the hospital administration between the years 933 and 937 to be adequate for health requirements and suitable
for all patients.
Enclosed also is a table of statistics and information from the year 933 to the year 937 showing the amount of progress that has affected the hospitals
in both the administrative and technical aspects. Now, the internal hospital revenues in one year amount to about 8000 Dinars, and these revenues
are what helped increase the number of poor patients admitted to the hospital between the year 933 and the present time and in providing the causes of technical
progress for the hospital.
I have included this information because I see myself as responsible for the course of the hospitals during the last four years.
This is so that it may be known to you that the hospital deficit is nothing but debts upon the community fund, the delay in payment of which has caused confusion in the state
of the hospitals and a need from which it still suffers greatly until now. If this institution has not taken any amount from the community fund since
the first of October 1937, while it is claiming from the community fund an amount of about one thousand Dinars as explained above, and about one thousand Dinars also
from those who carried out repairs in the hospital, how can it proceed in a way that can produce the required benefit from its existence? And what is
the position of the person managing an institution in a critical situation like this? My firm hope is that every member of your esteemed council will look
at the hospital with an eye of equality with other community institutions, as I can say that the hospital is the primary institution
in the community. Respectfully yours.
⟦signature⟧ Munir Dangoor
Member of the General Council
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Copy of the Hospital Committee letter dated 27/1/937 to:
His Excellency, the respected President of the Lay Council
After greetings and respect,
Based on the decision of the esteemed General Council taken in its session held on December 22, 936, which states:
(Based on the request of member Mr. Meir Dangoor, it was decided to recommend that the Lay Council study the accounting figures of the Hospital Committee itself
or by appointing a committee on its behalf and submitting a report to the Council in the next session).
We present to your esteemed Council a copy of the shortfall in allocations that were not paid on time to the hospital according to previous custom, and the status of
the institutions from the year 1933 to the end of the year 1936.
Dinar | Fils
500 | ⟦line⟧ | Shortfall during the time of the Deputy Community President, Mr. Harun Shohet, who decided to reduce this amount from the allocations. He had given to all hospital institutions, namely Meir Elias Hospital, Dar al-Shifa Pharmacy, Remah Kadoorie Hospital, school clinics, and Isaac Al-Jarrah Clinic, 1425 Dinars annually, while the amount previously paid to the hospitals was 1925 Dinars. Meir Elias Hospital was able to manage its affairs at that time by leasing the endowments of Reqa Nuriel for several years and receiving the rent in advance, and these amounts were naturally deducted from subsequent years.
513 | ⟦line⟧ | In the 934 budget (which is the first budget organized for the community's institutions), the Lay Council decided to set the same allocations as the previous year for the hospitals. To balance income and expenditures, it exaggerated the estimation of income, which led to this deficit according to the account submitted at the time, which we repeatedly requested from both the Lay and General Councils.
846 | 77 | The deficit occurring at the end of the year 935 according to our letter to the Council dated 21/11/935.
307 | 403 | The purchase price of approximately 1650 square meters from the Capital Municipality to merge it into Meir Elias Hospital, upon which houses for the doctors were built.
033 | 94 | Expenditures on a portion of the completions for Remah Kadoorie Hospital according to the two lists submitted to the Council.
347 | 897 | The shortfall for the year 936 according to the detailed account submitted to the Council as per our letter dated October 28, 936.
533 | 2485 | The amount claimed by the hospital.
It is necessary to explain below the summary of the 1936 shortfall amount mentioned above, which is 897 Dinars and 347
Fils, as follows:
Dinar | Fils
600 | 344 | The Council approved the 936 budget with a deficit of 344/600 Dinars. It was mentioned against this amount in the budget approved by the General Council that it is likely to be covered by an increase in income, whereas the income actually decreased as detailed in the mentioned account, which shows a summary of the estimated income shortfall below.
600 | 344 | Carried forward
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Fils | Dinar
600 | 344 | Previous balance
500 | 167 | Deficit in the properties of Rivka Norael between the estimated and the collected, as a portion of the revenues was taken to repair the Khan Bakr cafe and others.
127 | 240 | Deficit in the revenues of the properties endowed to the hospital as a result of the repair of the National School, the house of the deceased Simha Hakham Moshe Shalat, the house of the deceased Rachel Eliezer Sheikh Sassoon, the Immigrants' Khan, and the machine well belonging to the hospital located on the river, and others.
⟦illegible⟧ | 263 | Deficit in the revenues of the Roentgen X-ray machine as a result of the damage that occurred to two machines in it, which forced us to replace them, and work was suspended in it for a period of two and a half months.
227 | 1015 | And this amount is against the summary of the deficit for the year 936 claimed above.
In addition to that, the committee has spent substantial amounts on repairing the properties endowed to the hospital since the year 934, including:
Repairing rooms in the Immigrants' Khan, which currently yield annual rental fees amounting to 90 Dinars; it also gave Sassoon Hakham
Heskiel Levy, the former director of the hospital, a pension for the past three years amounting to 270 Dinars; also, the trustee of the Rivka Norael endowments
has deducted from the revenues an amount of 60 Dinars as compensation for his efforts, in addition to the interest paid by the hospital for the borrowed amounts against
its claims to the Council. This and other amounts that the community fund is obligated to pay, we have not collected anything from them; likewise, we have not collected any amount
for all the repairs that took place in the Meir Elias Hospital, the surgical instruments, sterilization equipment, and all the hospital furniture, which cost substantial
amounts paid by benevolent individuals through the interest of the committee and no one else.
Please audit these figures and submit them immediately to the General Council, because the hospital during the past three years has
become in an extremely regrettable state, and debts have accumulated on it from every side, and the committee has no work left other than managing these miscellaneous requests.
Respectfully.
Vice President
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Statistics and information related to Jewish charitable hospitals in Baghdad
Notes | Total donations and surgical instruments donated by generous people | Total expenditures including instruments | Total income for all hospitals | Number of births at Meir Elias Hospital | Number of doctors at Meir Elias Hospital | Number of operations at Meir Elias Hospital | Number of beds in Meir Elias Hospital | Number of patients admitted to Meir Elias Hospital
From April 1933 until March 1934 | 3245 Dinars | 5232 Dinars | 4943 Dinars | 2 | 3 | 329 | 35 | 936 | 1933
From April 1934 until September 1934 half year | 1342 | 3702 | 3232 | 2 | 3 | 308 | 70 | 667 | 1934 half year only
From October 1934 until end of September 1935 | 2607 | 8488 | 7496 | 8 | 3 | 551 | 90 | 1565 | 1935
From October 1935 until end of September 1936 | 5904 | 10629 | 10218 | 9 | 5 | 512 | 90 | 2007 | 1936
From October 1936 until end of September 1937 | 1235 Dinars of which 1690.50 were spent on repairing the hospital's endowed properties 4405 | 11899 | 11340 | 10 | 5 | 537 | 100 | 2104 | 1937
Note: The budget of the aforementioned hospitals has doubled from previous years; in 1927, the total income was 4700 Dinars, while it now reaches more than 11 thousand Dinars.
Meir Elias Hospital: A charitable hospital containing departments for internal medicine, surgery, maternity, and pediatrics. It includes an institute for analysis and X-rays and two rooms where male, female, and child patients are admitted. In the hospital, there is a professor of internal medicine and an assistant female doctor, a female doctor specialized in gynecology and pediatrics, and a doctor specialized in cords and X-rays.
Rima Khedouri Eye Hospital: A charitable hospital for the poor. Consultations for women and men during one year (1935/36) reached (225035) visits, with a daily average of 7500 visits. 180 major operations and 594 minor operations were performed during the mentioned year. It has a specialist ophthalmologist and as many nurses as needed.
Dar al-Shifa Pharmacy: A pharmacy attached to a doctor and a dresser to treat patients for free and dispense prescriptions for them for free. It issued 44462 prescriptions during one year, and the doctor made 1600 free visits to the homes of poor patients during the mentioned year.
School Dispensaries: A dispensary was established in each school containing the necessary medicines to treat school students under the supervision of a specialized nurse. Students are examined periodically by the specialist doctor at Rima Khedouri Hospital.
Nursing Mothers' Relief Society: A charitable society managed by a committee of ladies whose goal is to aid poor mothers and their children. It built a maternity building at Meir Elias Hospital where poor mothers are admitted and provided with necessary food and aid. The building was constructed by a group of benevolent people.
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Baghdad 12 January 1938
Deficit in the Lay Council at the end of September 937
Dinar | Fils
Original amount according to the accounting book | 1151 | 851
Total errors that were not accepted for correction and are requested to be written off by the committee | 3052 | 731
Amount decided to be written off by the Lay Council | 1000 | "
Expenditure outside the budget required to be approved by the General Assembly | 4204 | 582
Amounts spent outside the budget | 560 | 668
Expenses for the month of September 1937 according to the decision of the Board of Directors
Community administration expenses | 35 | 167
Slaughterhouse administration expenses | 4 | 637
Spiritual courts administration expenses | 6 | 177
| 45 | 971
| 606 | 659
Deficit until the end of September 938 | 4811 | 241
Expenses
Total budget approved by the Lay Council | 17231 | 505
Salary of the schools committee clerk | 45 | "
Revenues deducted | 17276 | 505
Yield of Kanbuth revenues | 600 | "
Qabila revenues
Six months | 5656 | "
Six months | 5625 | "
| 11281 | "
Conditioned amount | 100 |
| 11181 | "
| 11781 | "
| 9495 | 505
| 10346 | 746
⟦signature⟧
Accountant
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Baghdad 1 October 937
His Excellency the President of the Respectable Lay Council
Statement of the financial status in the administration of the Lay Council as of 30 September 937
Debts owed by the fund | Fils | Dinar
Half of Al-Fadhiliya obligation | ⟦"⟧ | 10000
Payment of salaries and allowances for the month of September 937 | 466 | 941
Total of promissory notes for payment | ⟦"⟧ | 795
To Shaul Shamshua Endowment | 186 | 486
Royal Falcon claim | 876 | 11
| 528 | 12234
Deducting claims | |
Total of bonds | ⟦"⟧ | 9813
Total of claims in liabilities that are uncollectible | 731 | 2052
Total of claims against hospitals | 240 | 1559
Correct remaining out-of-budget spending for the year 36 / 937 | 688 | 560
Suspended Alliance Society claim included in notes for payment | ⟦"⟧ | 300
Rent value paid in advance on the next budget | ⟦"⟧ | 250
" " " " " " " | ⟦"⟧ | 80
" " " " " " " | ⟦"⟧ | 240
Redemption of mortgage for the account of the hospital endowment | ⟦"⟧ | 60
Expenses on the account of purchasing a house for Masouda Salman School | 875 | 49
On account of administrative spending deposited for the head of the community | ⟦"⟧ | 38
Advance for the principal of Menashi Saleh School | ⟦"⟧ | 35
To Saleh Azzouri | ⟦"⟧ | 15
Amounts deposited in departments as deposit | 997 | 13
Spent on the account of Torat Farha and Torat Shaker | 715 | 9
Shamash School | 112 | 5
Al-Bashiq Al-Shami | 319 | ⟦"⟧
| 677 | 11082
Only one thousand one hundred fifty-one dinars and eight hundred fifty-one fils
851 | 1151
⟦signature⟧
The Accountant
for the budget
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Baghdad, 24th February 1938.
Ottoman Bank,
BAGHDAD.
Dear Sirs,
In consideration of your accepting to discount
<del>In view of your discounting today</del> to the Jewish
Lay Council 3 bills on Moussa Jewad el Ahmed Wadi for ID.498/-
each maturing on 30th March, 15th April & 30th April respec-
tively, making a total of ID.1494/-, we the undersigned
K.M. Chouker, Moise Ittah & Meir Dangour, hereby undertake
jointly and severally to pay you par intervention the amount
of any of the above bills if unpaid at maturity plus interest
and expenses without your having recourse to any legal
formalities.
We also confirm that our guarantee for the above
amount remains valid at maturity and after until full payment
of the relative bills.
Yours faithfully,
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This portion remains with the customer:
THIS PORTION TO BE RETAINED BY THE CUSTOMER.:
Balance with the Ottoman Bank Baghdad:
Balance with the Ottoman Bank Baghdad Branch:
on: ⟦31 DEC 1937⟧
Credit I.D.: 218/556
Customer demand Iraqi Dinars:
On:
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715 715
718 718
755 755
500
215/8/14
718 564
500 008
500
008
370
73 840
13 720
157 004
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Sep 21
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 531
Honorable Gentlemen
Khedhouri Murad Shukur
Ezra Heskel Baher
Gurji Shalom Levi
Meir Itsa
Vice President and Members of the respected Lay Council
Greetings and respect. With reference to your resignation dated yesterday
I saw it as my duty to draw your attention to the seriousness of the crisis facing
the community at the present time, the details of which are not hidden from you. There is no doubt that your resignation
from the Lay Council under these circumstances will inevitably lead to dire consequences that may be
very difficult to remedy.
In view of what I know well of each of you regarding your zeal for the public
interest and sacrifice for the sake of serving the group, I see the ⟦rejection⟧ of your resignation as a fulfillment of the good of this
group for which you have long served. Respectfully yours.
⟦Sassoon Khedhouri⟧
President of the Community
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 531
Subject Summary ::
Number :: 4768
Date :: 16 February 938
E/H/C. 1st February, 38.
The honorable notables, President and members of the Respected Lay Council
⟦Dear M. Ittah,⟧
⟦I have sent you under separate cover a couple⟧
⟦of little books entitled ENGLISH FOR BEGINNERS. They⟧
Greetings and respect ⟦are the work of my friend Mr. J.S. Bentwich in Palestine,⟧
With reference to your resignation dated 16 February 938 ⟦and have been⟧ ⟦of experimental⟧
I saw it as my duty to draw your attention to the seriousness of the crisis the community is going through ⟦they are intended to⟧
at the present time, the details of which are not hidden from you, and there is no doubt that your resignation
in these circumstances inevitably leads to dire consequences that may be very difficult to remedy ⟦handbook for⟧
In view of what I know well in each of you regarding zeal for the benefit ⟦teachers, and I will send⟧
public interest and sacrifice for the sake of serving the group, I refuse your resignation under the influence of this
group for which you have always strived, and remain with respect; ⟦useful for work⟧
⟦in your school.⟧
I am,
Yours sincerely,
⟦signature⟧
President of the Community
⟦Monsieur Ittah,⟧
⟦P.O. Box 18,⟧
⟦BAGHDAD, Iraq.⟧
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Dear M. Ittah,
I have sent you under separate cover a couple
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are the work of my friend Mr. J.S. Bentwich in Palestine,
and have been based on a fair amount of experimental
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We are very shortly to publish a Handbook for
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Yours sincerely,
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Monsieur Ittah,
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BAGDAD, Iraq.
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British Embassy,
Bagdad.
31st January, 1938.
Sir,
I have to acknowledge, with thanks, your
kind communication of the 17th January (No. 3110)
containing copies, which we are glad to have, of
a letter and report sent to the Official Trustee
of Bengal in connexion with the Raphael Gubbay
bequest.
I am, Sir,
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Hugh ⟦Montgomery⟧
M. Ittah, Esq.,
Honorary Secretary,
Jewish Schools Committee,
BAGDAD.
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<del>Fils Dinar</del>
437 66
Only sixty-six Dinars and four hundred thirty-seven Fils
We have received from the Corporeal Council by the hand of Mr. Hezekiel Elia as written above
Only sixty-six Dinars and four hundred thirty-seven Fils and no more
And that is the value of the debris of Masouda Salman school, and for this reason this
receipt was given on 24 January 1928
Saleh ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
IRAQ POSTAGE & REVENUE
8 FILS
Iraq Postage and Revenue
8 Fils
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24 January
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 531
Subject Summary ::
Number :: 4692
Date :: 3 January 938
The Honorable Notables, President and Members of the Lay Council
Respected Sirs,
After greetings and respect,
We request you to honor the community administration at four o'clock in the afternoon next Sunday
January 9, 938, to discuss the organization of the subscription. There will be present at the meeting
the Spiritual Council along with the delegation of the General Council and the ten individuals whom the
venerable General Council designated to be tasked with that;
⟦line⟧
President of the Community
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Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
Shamash School
Secondary * Baghdad
Tel. No. / Telephone Number: 028
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Date / Date: 17th October.
Subject / Subject:
Dear Mr. Ittah,
Schuster and Reiss have asked me about
the repayment of their travelling expenses. When I engaged
them, I mentioned 25. I. D. as the sum given to me. Could
you please phone me up and confirm this tomorrow.
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of the sum forwarded by the A. J. A. for travelling
expenses. If you will send him a bill, he will return
the money. It seems that he did not realize that
there would be a surplus.
Kind regards to Mrs. Ittah
⟦Emile Marmorstein⟧
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Shamash Secondary School,
Baghdad.
June 20th 1937.
Report on the School Year 1936 - 1937.
As the school year approaches to an end, one can look back with cer-
tain feelings of saitsfaction. It has been rather uphill work and it is by
no means complete. It is far easier to destroy than to build up. Now,
discipline is improving by leaps and bounds and the standard of instruction
and knowledge seems to be steadily mounting up. Among the most urgent needs
of the school are an improved library, laboratory, and a sports ground.
Extra curricular activities, such as, painting, music, the drama, etc., are
to be encouraged and I hope that we are instilling a better spirit into the
boys of the school.
The balance-sheet shows a surplus of I.D.101 fils602. The fees fell
below the estimate mainly owing to a lack of proportion in their amounts.
I would propose that the following allowances be granted out of this surplus.
I see that it is usual to grant an allowance to an acting headmaster.
Tewfik Effendi Basry held that position for 3 months and I would propose
that he should be granted the ⟦usual⟧ allowance of I.D.3 per month.
I was faced with an emmergency caused by the resignation of Rashid
Effendi Hassan, at the beginning of May. As a result, a great deal of extra
work was performed by a number of masters, who volunteered to help me. I
wish to propose certain allowances, not as rewards for their extra work, but
as tokens of our recognition of their services to the school and the
community:- Naim Effendi Basry I.D.4.
Jacub Effendi Shohet " 2.
Ezra Effendi Twena " 2.
Yusif Effendi Daoud " 2.
Then I think that I.D.15 should be held in reserve for the holiday
courses in English, which we are arranging. With the balance, we might
allocate I.D.25 for the restocking of the laboratory, and I.D.20 to the
library. I feel sure that the A.J.A. would be willing to contribute to both
of these objects if we were to do our share.
As far as our estimate for the coming year is concerned, I am asking
for a grant of I.D.1075, which is I.D.32 less than we received from you last
year. Fees are being raised to produce an income of I.D.1250, and with your
help and support, we hope to reach this amount. I must ask you to approve
the following increases in salary. Dr Tucker: I have the greatest satis-
faction in advising you to grant Dr Tucker a salary of I.D.25 per month. Her
amazing activity and enthusiasm in teaching have resulted in astonishing
success and the hopes of our boys in Matriculation are bound up with her
teaching. You will realise that it was no easy task to prepare for Matricul-
ation, boys whose English was neglected for the past two years. This increas
is a piece of justice and gratitude.
Tewfik Effendi Basry. I have much pleasure in advising a salary of
I.D.18 per month. Mr Basry's services to the school do not need my praise.
He saved the school from destruction at a very difficult period in the
history of the school and he prepared the way for what we hope will be a
successful revival. He is a tower of strength to me in my duties.
Meir Effendi Haya. He is also recommended for a salary of I.D.18 per
month. He spent 3 years at Liverpool University and should really be
considered as a graduate. He is an able, industrious, and conscientious
teacher and deserves recognition of his services.
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Murad Effendi Michael is recommended for a salary of I.D. ⟦16⟧.250. I
gather that he is the best teacher of Arabic to be found in any secondary
school in 'Iraq. He is a distinguished literary figure and it is rather a
distinction for the school to retain his services. The importance of
competent Arabic teaching in a Jewish school does not need to be stressed
to you. As a result of the teaching of Murad Effendi, the arabic of our
boys compares very favourably with boys of other faiths. One of our boys
Yusif Yehudah Perez, who was awarded a prize for Arabic composition on the
recommendation of Murad Effendi, was so successful at the Central Secondary
School, that the Headmaster read his Arabic composition to all the teachers.
He should be encouraged.
Meir Effendi Zakarieh is a very able teacher and will soon be a graduate
of the Law School. Next year, he will teach mainly in secondary classes
and the community can ill afford to lose a teacher of his type. I advise
that he should be paid I.D. 12.
⟦illegible⟧usif Effendi Daoud holds a secondary school certificate. He has been
⟦illegible⟧ost successful in teaching English to beginners in elementary classes. He
⟦illegible⟧s always ready to volunteer for any extra work and is a very willing and
helpful worker. I consider him underpaid in view of his qualifications
and I propose that he should be paid I.D.7.500 per month.
I cannot conclude without paying a tribute to the Honorary Secretary of
the Schools Committee, Mr M. Ittan, whose collaboration and advice I esteem
very highly. I regard it as a very fortunate thing for the Jewish schools
that he watches over their destinies. It is a pleasure to work together
with him.
In conclusion, I would point out that the studies of the boys have been
hindered by disturbances and the general lack of harmony, which has prevail-
ed. One of the essentials for future progress is calm, steady work without
interruption. Another essential is your cooperation and interest. If we
can introduce sound discipline, fairness and equity and a spirit of
friendliness and mutual understanding, we can be sure that the rest will
follow of its own accord.
Emile Marmorstein.
Headmaster.
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36 Goldhurst Terrace
N.W.6
22/9/37
Dear Mr. Ittah,
Thank you very much for your letter which I received
yesterday. I am glad to hear that you are making every effort to
arrange the passport formalities and I am enclosing copies of the
certificates of Mr. Reis and Mr. Schuster.
I have been trying to get some letter of introduction
to the Reverend Semple. I will write to him as soon as possible and
give him a number of reasons why David should be admitted as a board
-er and I hope to see both David and his Headmaster in Haifa. I shall
write to Mr. Matalon concerning the date of my arrival.
Mr. Montefiore's father has been very ill so that he
has been very busy but I have an appointment with him for this
afternoon and I hope to hear something definite by the end of the we
week.
I shall be very pleased to get to Baghdad as soon as
possible. It is far too cold in this country.
With kind regards to Mrs. Ittah
yours sincerely
⟦Emile Hamouty⟧
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UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
Whereas Walter Reis of Northern Polytechnic has pursued a
course of study prescribed by this University and passed as an
internal student the special examination in Chemistry for the
degree of Bachelor of Science
Now therefore this is to certify that he has this day been
duly admitted by the Senate to the degree of
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
as an internal student in the University of London
Given under my hand <del>and-seal</del> this twenty fourth day of July, one
thousand nine hundred and thirty six
Edwin Deller
Principal Athlone
Chancellor
S.J.Worsley
Academic Registrar
COPY.
UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
Whereas Semi Schuster of King's College has pursued a course
of study prescibed by this University and has passed the requisite
examinations as an internal student
Now therefore this is to certify that he has this day been
duly admitted by the Senate to the degree of
BACHELOR OF ARTS
as an internal student in the University of London and that at the
final examination he obtained the following distinction
Third Class Honours in English
Given under my hand this twenty fourth day of July one
thousand nine hundred and thirty six
Edwin Deller
Principal
Athlone
Chancellor
S.J.Worsley
Academic Registrar
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36 Goldhurst Terrace
N.W. 6
8th September
Dear Mr. Ittah,
I have not written
to you before as I had very
little to report but, with the
beginning of September, people
are beginning to drift back
into London. I have not yet
been able to see Mr. Montefiore
yet but I have spoken to
other members of the Council
of the A.J.A. and things
seem quite promising.
I am very happy
be able to tell you that
I have engaged a very
good man to teach Science
Chemistry and Physics at the Shamash
School. He is a German, who has
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⟦been⟧ studying in England
for the last four years and
took his degree at London
University. He is a very able
man and gets on with boys
⟦extremely⟧ well. I consider
myself very fortunate to be
able to get him and Schuster.
Could you be kind enough
to give Mr. Darwish the
names of both of them:
(Shamash) Walter Reis B. Sc. (London)
47 Lordship Park
N. 16
London
(Alliance) Semi Schuster B. A. (London)
17 Cleve Road
N. W. 6
London
It would be a very good thing
if he could arrange their
passport affairs as soon as
possible. They both have German
passports.