Alliance School, Kermanshah

Alliance School Kermanshah was a Jewish school in the western Iranian city of Kermanshah, founded by the Alliance Israélite Universelle.{{sfn|Pirnazar|2017|pages=329–330}}{{sfn|Cohen|1986|page=15}} It provided education up to 18 years old and had two annexes; one for girls and one for boys.{{sfn|Cohen|1986|pages=19, 22}}

The Alliance Israélite Universelle was founded in Paris in 1860.{{sfn|Netzer|1985|pages=893–895}} In April 1898, the first Alliance school opened in Tehran.{{sfn|Netzer|1985|pages=893–895}} Several years later, in 1904, an Alliance school was founded in Kermanshah as well.{{sfn|Pirnazar|2017|pages=329–330}} It provided modern education to the Jewish citizens of Kermanshah.{{sfn|Pirnazar|2017|pages=329–330}} In 1977, the school had 314 students of which 171 were Jews.{{sfn|Netzer|1985|pages=893–895}}

The principals of the school were Monsieur Saki in 1905, then Kohan in 1908 and after him it was Monsieur Franco, who stayed for ten years. [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/336126505_The_Alliance_School_and_the_Jewish_community_of_Kermanshah_Historical_research Alliance School and the Jewish community of Kermanshah]

Elyahou Raḥamim Pirnazar (1898–1988) enrolled into the school in 1904. He became "one of the early licensed Iranian Jewish attorneys practicing in Iran".{{sfn|Pirnazar|2017|pages=329–330}}

In Reza Shah's era (1878 – 1944), Alliance schools became non-governmental and went under the control of Iran's Ministry of Education. These Schools changed name from Alliance to Etehad.{{cite web|url=http://www.iranchamber.com/education/articles/past_future_jewish_schools.php|title=Iran Chamber Society: Education in Iran: The Past and Future of Jewish Private Schools in Iran (A Brief Survey)|website=www.iranchamber.com}}{{cite AV media|url=https://dbs.bh.org.il/image/jews-in-front-of-alliance-school-teheran-iran-1950s | title= Jews in front of “Alliance” school, Teheran, Iran, 1950s | medium=photo | work=The Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot | access-date=8 May 2019 | quote=Description: Jews in front of “Alliance” school in Teheran, during the holidays season the school served as a synagogue, Teheran, Iran, 1950s (Beth Hatefutsoth Photo Archive, courtesy of Lilian Lazarov) – Photo Unit Number: 141768 }} When 1979 Iranian revolution occurred, Alliance schools (Etehad) could not continue any more.{{cite web|url=http://sarechal.com/Main_Pages/Madreseh_Etehad.htm|title=Madreseh Etehad|website=sarechal.com}}