Esther's children
Subtitle: a portrait of Iranian Jews
By: edited by Houman Sarshar
Edition: 2nd printing, rev.
Publisher: Center for Iranian Jewish Oral History; Graduate Society Foundation
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Beverly Hills, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 457
ISBN-13: 9780966129137
Subjects: Jews; History; Social life and customs; Pictorial works; Ethnic relations; Juifs; Histoire; Mœurs et coutumes; Ouvrages illustrés
Other titles: Farzandān-i Istir
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-450) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Dissimulation and the legacy of Esther's children / Houman Sarashar; title: The Achaemenid period / Mayer I. Gruber; title: The prophet Daniel / Amnon Netzer and Parviz Varjavand; title: Esther's Tomb / Elias Yassi Gabbay; title: The status of jews in the Sasanian Empire / Geo Widengren; title: The Babylonian Talmud / Rabbi Ozer Glickman; title: Toward a history of jewish-Muslim interaction in medieval Iran / Neguin Yavari; title: The Safavid era / Vera B. Moreen; title: Judeo-Persian literature / David Yeroushalmi; title: The impure Jew / Hooshang Ebrami; title: Mahalleh / Houman Sarshar; title: The Anusim of Mashhad / Jaleh Pirnazar; title: From outcastes to citizens : Jews in Qa⁻ja⁻r Iran / Janet Afary; title: Clothing and makeup / Haideh Sahim; title: As with Moses in Egypt : Alliance Israélite Universelle schools in Iran / Faryar Nikbakht; title: Zionist activities in twentieth-century Iran / Avi Davidi; title: Political life : Jewish Iranian intellectuals in twentieth-century Iran / Shirin D. Daghighian; title: Iraqi Jews in Iran / Arlene Dallalfar; title: Languages and dialects of the Jews of Iran and Afghanistan / Haideh Sahim; title: Jewish Persian carpets / Anton Felton; title: Life's events : Birth, bar Mitzvah, wedding and burial customs / Leah Baer; title: Travels through Iran : A photo journal / Lawrence D. Loeb; title: Sports / H. E. Chehabi; title: The Pahlavi⁻ monarchy and the Islamic revolution / David Menashri; title: World's apart : Mothers, daughters, and family life / Arlene Dallalfar; title: Eminent Jews of Iran : their contribultions to the history and culture of Iran / Neil Kadisha.