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Jewish women with roots in medieval Spain, North Africa, and the Middle East, collectively known as Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews, have been part of American life since European colonization began in the sixteenth century.
- Iran
- Mohtaram
- Flora
- Parastoo
A woman named Iran was born in 1918. At least, we think she was born in 1918. And yes, her name was Iran, though she was born in the country that, at the time, was still called Persia. Her parents, including her mother, Leah, were finally allowed to leave the confines of Tehran’s Jewish ghetto, making Iran and her siblings among the first in their ...
The Iranian Jewish family of Mohtaram (meaning respectable) hailed from a picturesque town called Golpayegan, in the province of Isfahan. Whereas Iran (mentioned above) always smelled like raw onion and turmeric, Mohtaram always smelled like fried onion and cumin. And unlike Iran, she was, let’s say, lovably corpulent. In fact, to have been wrapped...
Felor (Flora) is a self-identifying elitist from Tehran. Never ask whether she, or even her mother, Iran (mentioned above), grew up in Tehran’s Jewish ghetto, unless you’d like to lose an eye. “Me? In the Jewish ghetto? My mother didn’t even set foot there!” she insists. Flora hails from a pious, middle-class Jewish family and her father, Aziz, and...
During the Iran-Iraq War, Parastoo couldn’t help but feel so scared of near-daily missile raids that she would inevitably vomit on several expensive Persian rugs at home. Between begging her to vomit somewhere else and hugging her for comfort, Parastoo’s mother, Flora, was often found with a mop in one hand and a siddur(Jewish prayer book) in anoth...
Genetic studies show that Persian and Iraqi Jews form a distinct cluster amongst the Jewish People and that the MtDNA of Persian Jews and Bukharan Jews descend from a small number of female ancestors.
Jun 23, 2021 · Jewish women with roots in medieval Spain, North Africa, and the Middle East, collectively known as Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews, have been part of American life since European colonization began in the sixteenth century.
Oct 20, 2021 · Many Persian Jewish women living in the United States understand this struggle as they must straddle the line between adhering to their families’ expectations to be najeeb, or pure, and their own desires. This Museum program explores what it means to be a Persian Jewish woman and a refugee living in the United States.
Aug 2, 2017 · The essential values of khastegari remain entrenched in Persian-Jewish life in Los Angeles, with parental involvement replacing dating apps and bar scenes in the dating lives of many young...
This Museum program explores what it means to be a Persian Jewish woman and a refugee living in the United States.
