Jewish Languages Online Course - Jewish Iranian Languages
Channel: Jewish Language Project
Date: 04/08/2023

There are many Jewish languages originating from the country of Iran, also known as Persia. Jews were able to get to Iran easily due to the close geographical proximity to the land of Israel, creating one of the oldest diaspora Jewish communities. Join Alan Niku, filmmaker, writer, and scholar of Mizrahi culture, and learn more about these understudied languages, their origins, distinctive features, and more in this thorough lecture. 

This class was part of a 2023 joint course between JewishLive's UnYeshiva and the HUC-JIR Jewish Language Project. To learn more, see the Judeo-Iranian page at www.jewishlanguages.org/judeo-iranian.