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Alliance School, Tehran
Alliance school Tehran (Etehad school) was the first Alliance Israélite Universelle school built in Iran. Located in the capital Tehran and founded in 1898, it was the first western style school in Iran, and is still open today. Alliance organization had a great role in improving the situation of Iranian Jews, thus some Jews regarded its representatives as Messiah (Christ) or the Jews' promised saviour. History Alliance schools were established by "Alliance Israélite Universelle" an international Jewish organization founded in 1860 in Paris. In every city Alliance established either a school, a committee, a guild, or a library. At the beginning of twentieth century, in France, and other countries such as United States, Australia, Russia, Belgium, Italy, Egypt and Turkey there were a total of 126 Alliance committees. Naser al-Din Shah Qajar – one of the kings of Qajar dynasty - travelled to Europe in 1873. In this journey Adolphe Crémieux director of Alliance Israelite univ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alliance Israélite Universelle
The Alliance israélite universelle (AIU; ; ) 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 Jewish self-defense and self-sufficiency through education and professional development. The organization is noted for establishing French-language schools for Jewish children throughout the Mediterranean, Iran, and the former Ottoman Empire in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The motto of the organization is the Jewish rabbinic injunction (), translated into French as (). History In 1860, Alliance Israélite Universelle embarked on a " mission civilisatrice" to advance the Jews of the Middle East through French education and culture. It was founded by Jules Carvallo, , Narcisse Leven (secretary of Adolphe Crémieux), Élie-Aristide Astruc, and Eugène Manuel May 1860 in Paris, and opened its first school in Tétouan, Morocco in 1862. The original members of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
