Alliance Israélite Universelle
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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.
כל ישראל חברים | |
Founded | 1860; 164 years ago (1860) |
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Purpose | Humanitarianism |
Headquarters | Paris, France |
Official language | French, Hebrew |
Key people | Mark Ayzenberg (president) |
Affiliations | Judaism |
Website | http://www.aiu.org/fr/ |
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").[1]