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Alliance Israelite Universelle is an international Jewish organization, founded in Paris in 1860 by Adlophe Cremieux , as a response to the Damascus affair, with the goal to protect Jewish rights as citizens . The organization was created to combine the ideals of defense and education.1Thus it promotes self-sufficiency through education and professional development among Jews around the world.2
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Alliance Israélite Universelle (they) is a Paris -based international Jewish organization founded in 1860 by the French statesman Adolphe Crémieux to safeguard the human rights of Jews around the world.The organization promotes the ideals of Jewish self-defense and self-sufficiency through education and professional development .Adolphe Cremieux, founder of Alliance The motto of the organization is the Jewish rabbinic injunction Kol yisrael arevim zeh bazeh , translated into French as Tous les israélites sont solidaires les uns des autres ("All Jews bear responsibility for one another").In 1860, Alliance Israelite Universelle embarked on a "mission civilisatrice" to advance the Jews of the Middle East through French education and culture.It opened its first school in Tetouan , Morocco in 1862.In 1870, Charles Netter , a founding member of Alliance Israeli Universelle, received a tract of land from the Ottoman Empire as a gift and opened the Mikveh Israel agricultural school, the first of a network of Jewish schools in Palestine before the establishment of the State of Israel .By 1900, Alliance Israelite Universelle was operating 100 schools with a combined student population of 26,000.Its greatest efforts were concentrated in Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey.The Rise of Jewish Internationalism in Nineteenth-Century France, Lisa Moses Leff The Dispersion of Egyptian Jewry , Joel Beinin A History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict , Mark A.A History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict , Mark A.
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Symbol of Alliance Israelite Universelle, synagogue of Mikveh Yisrael Entrance to the seat of the Société d'histoire des Juifs de Tunisie and the Alliance israélite universelle in Paris . The Alliance israélite universelle ( ) is a Paris -based international Jewish organization founded in 1860 by the French statesman Adolphe Crémieux to safeguard the human rights of Jews around the world. The organization promotes the ideals of Jewish self-defense and self-sufficiency through education and professional development . The motto of the organization is the Jewish rabbinic injunction Kol yisrael arevim ze laze (כל ישראל ערבים זה לזה), translated into French as Tous les israélites sont solidaires les uns des autres ("All Jews bear responsibility for one another").
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Entrance to the seat of the Société d'histoire des Juifs de Tunisie and the Alliance israélite universelle in Paris . The Alliance israélite universelle ( ) is a Paris -based international Jewish organization founded in 1860 by the French statesman Adolphe Crémieux to safeguard the human rights of Jews around the world. The organization promotes the ideals of Jewish self-defense and self-sufficiency through education and professional development . It is noted for establishing French-language schools for Jewish children throughout the Mediterranean, Iran and the Ottoman Empire in the 19th and early 20th century. The motto of the organization is the Jewish rabbinic injunction Kol yisrael arevim ze laze ( ), translated into French as Tous les israélites sont solidaires les uns des autres ("All Jews are responsible for one another").
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Paris-based international Jewish organization Entrance to the seat of the Société d'histoire des Juifs de Tunisie and the Alliance israélite universelle in Paris . The Alliance Israélite Universelle ( AIU ; ; transl."Universal Israelite Alliance" ) 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 kol yisrael arevim ze laze ( ), translated into French as tous les israélites sont solidaires les uns des autres ( transl. "all Jews are responsible for one another" ).
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Paris-based international Jewish organization Entrance to the seat of the Société d'histoire des Juifs de Tunisie and the Alliance israélite universelle in Paris . The Alliance israélite universelle ( AIU ; Hebrew : כל ישראל חברים ; transl. "Universal Israelite Alliance" ) 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 kol yisrael arevim ze laze ( כל ישראל ערבים זה לזה ), translated into French as tous les israélites sont solidaires les uns des autres ( transl. "all Jews are responsible for one another" ).
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