Narcisse Leven (15 October 18336 January 1915) was a lawyer by profession. He was one of the original founders of the

Alliance israélite universelle The Alliance Israélite Universelle (AIU; he, כל ישראל חברים; ) is a Paris-based international Jewish organization founded in 1860 with the purpose of safeguarding human rights for Jews around the world. It promotes the ideals of Jew ...

(AIU). He was its general secretary from 1863 to 1883, its vice-president from 1883 to 1898, and its president beginning in 1898. Narcisse,

Manitoba Manitoba ( ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada at the Centre of Canada, longitudinal centre of the country. It is Canada's Population of Canada by province and territory, fifth-most populous province, with a population o ...

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by to ...

was also named after Leven, who was then the president of the

Jewish Colonization Association The Jewish Colonisation Association (JCA or ICA, Yiddish ייִק"אַ), in America spelled Jewish Colonization Association, is an organisation created on September 11, 1891, by Baron Maurice de Hirsch. Its aim was to facilitate the mass emigratio ...

, by the residents of

Bender Hamlet Bender Hamlet, Manitoba was a Baron Maurice de Hirsch sponsored Jewish farm colony in the Rural Municipality of Armstrong, part of the Interlake region in the province of Manitoba. The centre of the settlement was located at Dominion Land Surve ...

, a Jewish farm colony located 2 km east of Narcisse.

External links

The AIU website

Entry in the Jewish Encyclopedia for Narcisse LevenEntry in the Universal Jewish Encyclopedia for Narcisse Leven
Politicians from Paris 19th-century French Jews 1833 births 1915 deaths Burials at Montmartre Cemetery Democratic Republican Alliance politicians Lycée Henri-IV alumni {{France-reli-bio-stub