Alliance Israélite Universelle
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Alliance Israélite Universelle is an international Jewish organization based in France. It was founded in Paris in 1860 by Adolphe Crémieux, as a response to the Damascus affair, with the goal to protect human rights of Jews as citizens of countries where they live. The organization was created to combine the ideals of self-defense and self-sufficiency through education and professional development among Jews around the world.
In addition, the organization operates a number of Jewish day schools, and has done a lot to standardize the Ladino language.
In 1870, Carl Netter of the AIU received a tract of land from the Ottoman Empire as a gift and started an agricultural school Mikveh Israel, the first modern Jewish agricultural settlement in the Land of Israel.
[edit] External links
- The AIU website (French)
- The Bulletin de l'Alliance Israelite Universelle archive since 1913 at TAU Jewish Newspapers archive
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