Esther's Children: Portrait of Iranian Jews, Signed 1st Edition 2002

Houman Sarshar, Esther's Children: A Portrait of Iranian Jews, 2002 Signed First Edition.
Signed by Houman Sarshar at the title page.
First Edition by Center for Iranian Jewish Oral History Beverly Hills, CA / Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, 2002.
Houman Sarshar, Ph.D., editor and contributor, the director of publications at The Center for Iranian Jewish Oral History (CIJOH), co-editor of The History of Contemporary Iranian Jews in 3-volumes.
The magnificent volume makes available for the first time a comprehensive history of the Jews of Iran.
Lavishly illustrated in full color with more than 500 images of monuments, manuscripts, objects, and individual and family portraits; and includes 25 articles by distinguished authors and scholars in the field of Judeo-Iranian studies.
Includes: The Achaemenid period, The prophet Daniel, Esther's tomb, The status of Jews in the Sasanian Empire, The Babylonian Talmud, Toward a history of Jewish-Muslim interaction in medieval Iran, The Safavid era Judeo-Persian literature, The impure Jew , Maalleh , The Anusim of Mashhad, From outcastes to citizens: Jews in Qãjãr Iran, Clothing and makeup, As with Moses in Egypt: alliance Israélite universelle schools in Iran, Zionist activities in twentieth-century Iran, Political life: Jewish Iranian intellectuals in twentieth-century Iran, Iraqi Jews in Iran, Languages and dialects of the Jews of Iran and Afghanistan, Jewish Persian carpets, Life's events: birth, Bar Mitzvah, wedding, and burial customs Travels through Iran: a photo journal, Sports, The Pahlavi monarchy and the Islamic revolution, Worlds apart: mothers, daughters, and family life, Eminent Jews of Iran: their contributions to the history and culture of Iran.
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