THE HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY IRANIAN JEWS

SECOND ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

CENTER FOR IRANIAN JEWISH ORAL HISTORY

November 9-10-11, 1996
SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER & MUSEUM
Los Angeles, CA

Saturday, November 9
In memory of Those Who Made History
Opening of Photo, Book, and Document Exhibition
A tribute to moshfegh Hamedani
Moshfegh Hamedani, Documentary Film,
By: Homa Sarshar & Abbas Hojat Panah, Los Angeles
My Friend Moshfegh and Mr. Dostoevsky,
Nader Naderpour, Los Angeles
Acceptance Speech,
Mosfegh Hamedani, Los Angeles
Traditional Iranian Jewish Music and Humor

Sunday, November 10
Morning Session:
Iranian Women and Judaism,
Parvaneh Sarraf, New York
Immigration of Iranian Jews to Israel, (In English)
David Menashri, Ph.D., Tel Aviv
The Crucial Role of Non-Muslims in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution,
Janet Afary, Ph.D., Indiana

Afternoon Session:
The History of Alliance Israelite in Iran,
Homa Nategh, Paris
The Goy Boy in the Heart of the Mahalleh,
Sadredin Elahi, Ph.D., San Francisco
Judaism, Iran, and Islam: The Works of Judeo-Persian Poetry,
David Yeroushalmi, Ph.D., Tel Aviv

Evening session:
Young Adults’ Night:

Monday, November 11
Morning Session:
Iranian Jews and Music, (In French)
Alain Chaouli M.D, Paris
Jewish Persian Carpets, (In English)
Anton Felton, London
The History of Persian Ketubas,
Yafa Saghian, Los Angeles

Afternoon Session:
The Story of Persians, (A Documentary Film)
Israel Television, Jerusalem
Tales from the Past: Memory Telling Panel,
Azizeh Bral, Tavous Javaheri, Touba Soumekh, Baroukh Mohabber, Mansour Mashian, Abdollah Zargarian. Nourollah Gabay, and Rueben Dokhanian.

Evening Session:
A Tribute to Yaldai Tehran and their Iranian Rescuers
Yaldai Tehran: Suzan Cohen, Marietta Benario, Armand Benario.
Rescuers: Haji Aziz Elghanian, Jahanguir Banayan, Rahim Cohan, Mehdi Cohanim, Shamsi Hekmat, Maliheh Kashfi Sappir, Shlomo Mehdizadeh, Nissan Melamed, Habib Moradpour, Ebrahim Rad, Rouhollah Sappir, Morteza Senehi, Shemuel Shamil-Zadeh, Morad (Mordekhai) Shalom, Mirza Moussa Toub (Pasteur).
Yaldai Tehran: A Perspective,
Avi Davidi, Los Angeles
Concert,
Pari Zangeneh – Vocalist, Tehran