hill at ▁H ah ared im ), ▁an ▁association ▁of ▁Orth odox ▁Jews ▁prom oting ▁religious ▁and ▁educational ▁activities ▁throughout ▁France . ▁The ▁organization ▁" prov ided ▁material ▁relief ▁to ▁need y ▁Jewish ▁refuge es ... f ounded ▁Heb rew ▁schools ▁and ▁syn agog ues , ▁set ▁up ▁k os her ▁soup ▁k itch ens ▁and ▁distributed ▁cl othing ▁and ▁money ." ▁ ▁Lé on ▁Pol ia kov , ▁a ▁French ▁historian ▁close ▁with ▁Rab bi ▁Schne ers ohn , ▁claims ▁that ▁" his ▁orth odox y , ▁of ▁an ▁absolute ▁in trans ig ence , ▁or ▁his ▁working ▁methods , ▁as ▁flexible ▁as ▁they ▁were , ▁were ▁dis con cert ing , ▁not ▁to ▁mention ▁his ▁man ners ▁and ▁his ▁dress ▁which ▁did ▁not ▁appeal ▁to ▁his ▁French ▁colle agues ." ▁He ▁thus ▁focused ▁his ▁attention ▁on ▁teaching ▁children , ▁opening ▁eight ▁Tal m ud ▁Tor ah ▁schools ▁attended ▁by ▁several ▁hundreds ▁of ▁children . ▁ ▁Jewish ▁child r ens ' ▁homes ▁ ▁When ▁the ▁Naz is ▁inv aded ▁France ▁in ▁May ▁ 1 9 4 0 , ▁Schne ers ohn ▁was ▁forced ▁to ▁leave ▁Paris . ▁ ▁Where ver ▁he ▁went , ▁he ▁re located ▁the ▁A IP ▁with ▁him . ▁From ▁February ▁ 1 9 4 0 ▁to ▁March ▁ 1 9 4 4 , ▁he ▁opened ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁homes ▁for ▁children ▁in ▁co operation ▁with ▁the ▁A IP ▁and ▁the ▁O SE ▁( Œ uv re ▁de ▁Sec ours ▁aux ▁En f ants ). ▁The ▁first ▁was ▁established