Elie Alyeshmerni was born and raised in a Jewish family in Iran. During his high school years he studied in the United States. After his degree in linguistics from University of Minnesota he made a career in the U.S. in education, as a co-author of a linguistic college textbook, as an award-winning head of various Jewish schools and as a college instructor in Hebrew language. Currently Elie is the owner of an investment company. He served on the board of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles, which is a prominent Conservative synagogue with a large Iranian-Jewish membership.
Elie was part of a delegation from Sinai Temple in Los Angeles in 2015 that brought a new Torah to the Jewish community of Azerbaijan. Here are links to an article about this project in two different publications: https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/170003 and http://www.visions.az/en/news/660/6187f77c/ Here is the link to a video about the project: https://youtu.be/cI91Z4_tIxU
