Iranian Jews
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Iranian Jews also known as Persian Jews constitute one of the oldest communities of the Jewish diaspora. Dating back to the biblical era, they originate from the Jews who arrived in Iran as Babylonian
Cyrus the Great allowing Hebrew pilgrims to return to the Land of Israel and rebuild Jerusalem, painting by Jean Fouquet circa 1470
Hebrew version of Nizami Ganjavi's "Khosrow and Shirin"
Synagogue in Tehran. A postcard from the Qajar (1794–1925) period.
Hamedan Jews in 1918
Mizrahi Jews
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Mizrahi Jews, also known as Mizrahim in plural and Mizrahi in singular, and alternatively referred to as Oriental Jews or Edot HaMizrach, are a grouping of Jewish communities that lived in the Muslim
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…deeply proud of its roots." The largest concentration of Persian Jews in Israel is found in the city Holon. In Israel, Persian Jews are classified as Mizrahim. Both former President Moshe Katsav and former Minister of Defense and former head of the opposition in the Knesset Shaul Mofaz are of Persian Jewish…
A Jewish family from Damascus, c. 1901
The Westerners street in Jerusalem, Israel; coined after the Maghrebi Jews
Children in a Jewish school in Baghdad, 1959
Yemenites go to Aden