Letters
Dear Mr. & Mrs. Dangoor,
How are you? I am very pleased to receive your e-mail about
the agreement for scholarship with Bar-Ilan University.
I am more pleased that you are going to do the same with
the Hebrew University. As a former Professor at Bar-Ilan
University from 1971-2003 and the way they have treated
lecturers and Students of Sephardic and especially of Iraqi
origin (I am saying that with full responsibility), that
such treatment didn't add any honor to the name of Bar-Ilan
University, especially not to its Arabic Department. In
order to have the best results of your generous scholarships,
I would like to suggest the followings:
1. To stipulate that your scholarships should be given
only to Student of Iraqi origin since they are the most
needed students for support. (All the Chairs and scholarships
given by Western donors are given only to western Profs.
& students)
2. The scholarships on the name of the Dangoors are to
be given to those students of Iraqi Origin who are working
for MA and PhD. mainly on Iraqi Jewish history (a1l periods,
especially the medieval and modern), as well as those who
are studying Natural sciences, as Medicine, Chemistry, physics,
etc.
3. The scholarship of 10,000 Shekel per year should be
given to a limited number of 10 to 20 students each year,
for MA & PhD. students of Iraqi origin for periods between
2-4 years until they receive their degrees.
4. It is of great importance that the scholarships be connected
with the research programs of the Babylonian Jewry Heritage
Center for Research and Museum. This Center and its Museum
is doing very important work in research and in preserving
the Iraqi Jewish Heritage in all periods and aspects.
5. In order to achieve the best results of the scholarships,
an Academic Committee must be formed. The duty of this Committee
should be to select the best student who deserve such a
scholarship. The members of such a committee should be consisting
of members of the Academic staff of Bar-Ilan University
and the Academic Council at the Babylonian Heritage Center
for Research and Museum which I chair. Many members of this
Council are also Professors at Bar-Ilan University, such
as Prof. Shaul Regev, Prof. Mosheh Gat, Dr. Lylian Dabbi-Goory,
Dr. Sigal Goorjy who are all of Jewish Iraqi Origin. Other
members of this Council who are not of Iraqi origin are
Dr. David Doron and Prof. Eliezer Bashan and they teach
at the Bar-Ilan University, should be members of this Committee.
6. The Committee should have the right to suggest the topics
of MA and PhD. thesis which the Babylonian Jewry Center
and Museum find them most suitable for research, and according
to the documents and bibliographies available in the library
of the Center and Bar-Ilan University and the demands of
modern research.
I will be very glad to help in this important project which,
as I can see, it has a revolutionary effect on the future
of the Jewish students from Iraq and on the Israeli society
as a whole. I would suggest that these recommendations should
be applied also on your agreement with the Hebrew University
which I find the most suitable for your purposes.
I am proud of your precious contribution to the future
of Israel and the Jewish people all over the World.
Wishing you all the best of health and success,
Yours always,
Prof. Shmuel Moreh
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