Legacy of 'Alliance: All Israel Friends' (128)
The legacy of Alliance: All Israel Friends (AIC) was forged in the unique and inspiring encounter between French Jewry with its values of modernity, humanism and equality, and the broad-minded tradition of Jews in Islamic countries, North Africa, the Balkans and the Middle East. An encounter that shaped a moderate, connecting and inclusive Judaism, emphasizing social values such as justice, human dignity and mutual responsibility. The Alliance legacy forms the basis for understanding the profound and long-term impact of Alliance: All Israel Friends (AIC) on the Jewish people and Israeli society. It continues to be a source of inspiration for the organization's social, educational and operational approach today.
Alliance Legacy is the story of the Jewish communities in Islamic countries, where 280 modern Jewish institutions and schools were established, with the encouragement and support of community leaders, their heads and rabbis. These institutions brought about a dramatic change in the status of Jews in their countries. The schools provided modern Jewish education to more than a million students, boys and girls, universal education and vocational training, alongside religious studies and the study of the Hebrew language. A new generation arose in these countries, an educated and modern generation, connected to an open and inclusive Jewish tradition.
Alliance Charter: 'All Israel is Friends'
"All the noble-minded and generous-hearted gather together to fight hatred and prejudice. Build a society of young Jews who will express solidarity with all people – with Jews who suffer simply because they are Jews, and with everyone who is a victim of prejudice, whatever their religion. See that culture crushes the feet of ignorance and fanaticism of the few. See that the gathering of Jewish forces, few but filled with love and eagerness for goodness, will indeed bring about the triumph of truth and universal reason – come to us, we are founding "All Israel Friends."
(Taken from the first public appeal, published by the founders of the organization in 1860)
The vision of 'Alliance: All Israel is Friends'
The vision of ‘Alliance’ to involve Jews in activities of solidarity, mutual assistance and responsibility, based on universal values and the advancement of humanity, was translated at the very beginning into education - through the establishment of schools. Alliance founded over 280 schools, in which one million pupils learned. It formed an institute for training teachers, and a Beit Midrash to ordain rabbis, through which hundreds of teachers and rabbis were licensed and sent to teach in Alliance schools.
The story of Alliance is the source of inspiration for our activities for society in Israel. Educational excellence, local leadership and connecting Judaism. All of these are the DNA of Alliance within our activities in Israel today. Kol Israel Haviv is located in the Israeli periphery and develops local, educational and community leadership, which brings students to academic achievements, while strengthening their identity and sense of belonging and involvement, thus creating a circle of success and giving. He who receives and succeeds also gives and influences.
'Alliance Museum'
The 'Alliance Museum' is a virtual museum that tells the story of the legacy of communities, partners, students, educators and school principals who took part in the important activities of the Alliance Kol Israel Haverim organization which exists for over 160 years and whose activities focused on the Jewish communities in Asia, Africa and the Balkans.
The story of the organization is the story of these communities, which operated in 280 schools and 10 training institutions in 15 countries and 105 cities. The schools and institutions were established with the support of the local leadership, the heads of the community and their Rabbis. These institutions brought about a dramatic change in the status of the Jews in their countries. The Alliance schools provided modern Jewish education to more than a million students, boys and girls, universal education and professional training, alongside Judaic studies and Hebrew language. In these countries a new generation has arisen, an educated generation that believes in the connection between tradition and modernity and the meeting between West and East.
Each of the stories of the students, the men and women of education, the messengers and the sages, is a world full of moments of life, tradition, education and family. Together they weave the story of more than two million people in Israel and around the world, graduates of the Alliance education network and their families, and of many others in the Jewish world. It is a story that intertwines the values of humanism, mutual responsibility, social mobility, equality, the connection between tradition and progress, the values of Jewish culture and education.
As part of the virtual museum, we research, preserve, document, make accessible, and disseminate the story of the communities and figures who worked in the Alliance: All Israel Friends. The museum brings together information sheets, photos, documents, stories, exhibits, and films into one exciting and engaging experience. The visitor can travel through authentic historical information and the figures and communities who created and worked in the Alliance, get to know the renewing Jewish culture, experience it through the eyes and heart, and connect the new knowledge they have discovered with the powerful experience of history coming to life.
In Paris
in Casablanca, Morocco
