Letter: On Conversion Problems in Hamadan

Albert Confino

1908

Community. From the point of view of religious practices, the Jewish community of Hamadan is one of the least homogeneous of Persia. It is not unusual to find in the same family a mother who is a practicing Jew, a father who has become Muslim, the oldest son Bahai, and the rest converted to Protestantism. I am sure it will surprise you to hear that…

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Albert Confino

1866–1956

Born in Ottoman Carnabat (today Karnobat, Bulgaria), Albert Confino was educated at an Alliance Israélite Universelle (AIU) school in Edirne. After graduating, Confino obtained his teaching certificate in Paris. He subsequently taught at AIU schools in Tunis, Tatar-Bazardjik (today Pazardzhik, Bulgaria), and Edirne before moving in 1901 to Isfahan (Iran) to be a principal. He was also appointed as the inspector of AIU schools across Persia. Relocating to head the AIU school in the Balat district of Istanbul in 1905, Confino later took up the position of school principal in Algiers (a position he held from 1912 to 1940), where for many decades he was active in local community politics, especially in working to counter rising antisemitism.

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