Morning Session (11:00 AM - 1:30 PM)

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM             Iranian Studies Today - New Trends and Old Challenges

David Menashri, Ph.D., Tel Aviv University, Israel

12:00PM - 12:30 PM               Break

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM                The Goy Boy in the Heart of Mahalleh

Sadred-Din Elahi, Ph.D., San Francisco, California

Afternoon Session (2:30 PM - 6:00 PM)

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM                  Like a Phoenix from its Ashes: The Story of the Jews of Iran

(in English)

Houman Sarshar, Ph.D., New York, New York

3:30PM - 4:00 PM                   Break

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM                  Save Gilyard: The Story of Iran's First Jewish Settlement

(in English)

Farzin Shadpour, B.S., Berkeley, California

Sohail K. Manesh, PharmD Candidate, San Francisco, California

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM                  Break

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM                 Jews of Iran, A Documentary Film by Ramin Farahani

(in English)

DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL

Haas Conference Center

11:00AM – 7:00PM ongoing

IN ENGLISH

11:00 AM *The Making of a Man (29 minutes)

An ORT & Joint Distribution Committee production

11:30 AM *A Mother for Shamsi (26 minutes)

A Joint Distribution Committee production

IN PERSIAN

12:00 PM*Morteza Khan Neydavood: Master Musician (20 minutes)

A CIJOH and Jaam-e-Jam TV production

12:25 PM *Soleiman Haim: Lexicographer (20 minutes)

A CIJOH production

12:50 PM *Moshfegh Hamedani: Translator & Journalist (20 minutes)

A CIJOH production

1:15 PM *Youna Dardashti: Vocalist (11 minutes)

A CIJOH production

1:30 PM *Habib Levy: Historian (11 minutes)

A Habib Levy Foundation & Jaam-e-Jam TV production

1:45 PM *Moshe Katsav: Israeli President (20 minutes)

A Jaam-e-Jam TV production

2:05 PM *Jamshid Kashfi: “Majles” Representative (22 minutes)

A Jaam-e-Jam TV production

2:30 PM *Hakham Yedidia Shofet: Chief Rabbi (39 minutes)

A CIJOH production in collaboration with B’nai B’rith - Fred Matloob

3:15 PM *Shamsi Hekmat: The Philanthropist (37 minutes)

A David Hekmat production

3:55 PM *Esther’s Children (39 minutes)

A CIJOH production