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Ettefagh Educational Complex
History
The Ettefagh Educational Complex was built in the 1940s by engineer Mayer Abdullah Batsoun, a Jewish philanthropist from Iraq who lived in Iran. It was built together with the Ettefagh Synagogue as a cultural and religious complex. The original name of Ettefagh School was “Mayer Abdullah”. However, since Mayer Abdullah was a foreigner, the Ministry of Culture did not allow it to be used. After some time, with the almost unanimous consent of all parties involved, the name “Ettefagh” was chosen, which means “unity” in both Persian and Arabic. The name was chosen to reflect the school’s mission of bringing together people from different backgrounds.
This property has an area of over 5,000 square-meters. Its building has a unique and special architecture, which is itself an ancient work and one of the lasting schools of Tehran. The Ettefagh Cultural Complex has a three-story building with many classrooms, an amphitheater, two libraries, two equipped laboratories, and a technical workshop for use by students. In the past decade, a computer site and audio-visual room have been established for the optimal use of software and educational tapes with experienced instructors for training. In addition to the usual sciences, students study computer science, English, Hebrew, and special Jewish religious studies, among others.
According to statistics from the 1970s, 85% of university entrance exam candidates were students from Ettefagh School, which was managed by Baruch Beroukhim. The experienced staff of Ettefagh School attracted students from different religions, so much so that in the 1970s, about 20% of the school’s 2,000 students were Muslim, Christian, and Baha’i.
The Ettefagh Educational Complex has four educational levels: elementary, middle school, high school, and pre-university. The current management has been in charge since 1994. Mrs. Vida Rahmani is the current principal, and she has been committed to educating and nurturing future generations by providing an experienced staff. The students of this complex have always reached higher educational levels with high ranks and grades. They have also won many awards in various scientific and art competitions. In addition, the school has a 100% success rate in university admission, all of whom study in the country’s respected universities. This has made the Ettefagh Educational Complex and the Jewish community proud.
After the Islamic Revolution, this educational unit was divided into two separate parts. The southern half was used as a Muslim elementary school, and the northern half was allocated to Jewish children.
It is notable that for many years, the income from the Iraqi synagogue and rentals of the Ettefagh Cultural Complex’s amphitheater for celebrations and religious ceremonies has funded the education of hundreds of low-income students. These students have comprised approximately thirty percent of the student body at the Ettefagh Cultural Complex over a twenty-year period.
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Students, teachers and Ettefagh Educational Complex staff. Tehran, 1973. Baroukh Berokhim was a professor of physics at Tehran University and the headmaster of Etefagh and Kurosh School and the author of physics textbooks for Iran’s high schools before the revolution.
Abdollah Basson and his wife presenting the map of the land of Ettefagh Educational Complex, August 1946
Ettefagh Educational Complex in 1348
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نمای از ضلع شمالی ساختمان مدرسه اتفاق در دهه 1350 خورشیدی
A view from the north side of theEttefagh Educational Complex building in the 1350s
گروه پیشاهنگی دختران مدرسه اتفاق – تهران دهه 1350 خورشیدی
Scouting group of girls of Ettefagh Educational Complex – Tehran, 1350s
مراسم جشن عروسی در سالن مدرسه اتفاق با حضور حاخام شموئل کهنصدق تهران دهه 1340 خورشیدی
The wedding celebration ceremony in the hall ofEttefagh Educational Complex with the presence of Rabbi Shemuel Kohansadeq of Tehran in the 1340s
The elementary course of the Ettefagh Educational Complex, Tehran, 1350
Middle Ettefagh Educational Complex course with Mr. Azarnoosh, mathematics teacher – Tehran 1351 students
See also
A memory from the “Second House” school, produced by Faryar Nikbakht – Los Angeles, 1999.