Top photo: Dancers from “HeChalutz” dancing group, Teheran 1957. The Oster Visual Documentation Center, Anu – Museum of the Jewish People, courtesy of Simon Hansab
Mondays, 16:15-19:45
Producer: Rivka Aderet | Academic counselor: Ariella Amar
Series price: 680 NIS
Contact: call/text 03-5008080 | visitors@anumuseum.org.il
Program:
17.2.25
- Jews in Persian kingdoms – past and present, history and memory. Dr. Miriam Nissimov.
- Jews of Iran – then and now, a visual journey. David Nissan.
3.3.25
- Before the Revolution – film by Dan Shadur. The story of the Israeli paradise in Iran before the 1979 revolution. Film followed by a discussion with the director, Dan Shadur.
- Lovers on an amulet, painted doors, clothes and ritual objects – the material culture of the Jews of Iran. Ariella Amar.
17.3.25
- Lion, Sun, Sword – illustrated Ketubahs in Iran between Islam and Judaism. Prof. Shalom Sabar.
- Kings, mystics and a hundred strings: Jewish music and musicians of Iran in the 20th Century. Hadas Bram.
31.3.25
- The Esther Megillah – a true story? Dr. Thamar Eilam Gindin.
- Languages and literatures of the Jews of Iran – a mosaic. Dr. Thamar Eilam Gindin.
7.4.25
- How the Persian Nowruz influenced Pesach customs in Iran. Dr. Esther Shkalim.
- Illustrated manuscripts in Jewish-Persian. Ariella Amar.
21.4.25
- The converted Jews of Masshad – maintaining Judaism. Prof. Hilda Nissimi.
- Nissanian, Shirazi, Haimpur – family names of the Jews of Iran. Haim Ghiuzeli.
- Cinematic glimpses – from the film collection of the Oster Visual Documentation Center at ANU. Rivka Aderet.
5.5.24
- A new “OLA” in Israel – Dr. Esther Shkalim unfolds her personal story and reads her poems.
- Escaping from Iran to Israel in 1938 – memories from the family’s journey. Shahin Eliakamal-Zakaim.
- More than just rice – the versatility and creativity of Persian cuisine. Rotem Lieberson.
19.5.25
- Shamsi Hekmat, Maliheh Kashfi, and Jewish Women Organizations in Iran: Four decades of women rights activists. Prof. Lior Sternfeld.
- Iran – an inside point of view. With Babak Eshaghi, journalist and reporter at Iran International Channel.
3.6.25
- Celebrating the end of the series with an exciting concert of Jewish-Persian music with Maureen Nehedar.
