#persian jews

[writtenfoxscreams]

So, I recently learned about the “say their names to save their lives” campaign on social media that has helped Iranians sentenced to die by the regime in the past.

I am now asking you guys for help with that again.

There is an Iranian Jew named Arvin Netanel ben Siona, whose execution date is set for this Saturday. The Iranian Jewish community have tried endlessly to pursue his release, but to no avail.

Please spread his name.

[bobemajses]

Jewish amulet for a married couple with an inscription in Judeo-Persian, Iran, ca. 1900

[estera-shirin]

Illuminated Siddur — Persia (Iran), 1860 CE

According to the museum: "The small prayer book is written in a fine Persian Hebrew script and decorated with the typical decorative pages that were used in the Koran. It is highly unusual to find such decorations in Hebrew manuscripts. This demonstrates the use of artistic motifs in Jewish visual arts that are taken from the surrounding cultures in which Jews lived. This was true of every place in which Jews resided."

[infiniteglitterfall]

"Well, today's the day. I'm going to steal my older brother's birthright when HE COMES HOME FROM THE FIELDS."

[thosefaroffconstellations]

ויהי בימי אחשוורוש…

פורים שמח וצום קל לכולם !

Taking a break from my usual minhag of drawing a comic page for Purim just because I was so inspired by Alphonse Mucha lol!

How many symbolic details can you spot?

[bobemajses]

Jewish woman from Iran spinning yarn, Jerusalem, 1973.

[secular-jew]

More @ Persia before the cancer infestation aka ☪️

[artandthebible]

King Ahasuerus Sentences Haman to Death

Artist: Anton Petter (Austrian, 1781-1858)

Date: 1835

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: The Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Viena, Austria

Description

As described in the Book of Esther, Haman was the son of Hammedatha the Agagite. After Haman was appointed the principal minister of the king Ahasuerus, all of the king's servants were required to bow down to Haman, but Mordecai refused to. Angered by this, and knowing of Mordecai's Jewish nationality, Haman convinced Ahasuerus to allow him to have all of the Jews in the Persian empire killed.

The plot was foiled by Queen Esther, the king's recent wife, who was herself a Jew. Esther invited Haman and the king to two banquets. In the second banquet, she informed the king that Haman was plotting to kill her (and the other Jews). This enraged the king, who was further angered when (after leaving the room briefly and returning) he discovered Haman had fallen on Esther's couch, intending to beg mercy from Esther, but which the king interpreted as a sexual advance.

On the king's orders, Haman was hanged from the 50-cubit-high gallows that had originally been built by Haman himself, on the advice of his wife Zeresh, in order to hang Mordecai. The bodies of Haman's ten sons were also hanged, after they died in battle against the Jews. The Jews also killed about 75,000 of their enemies in self-defense.

[estera-shirin]

Shviti — Persia (Iran), 1900 CE

This beautiful Shviti is from Persia (modern Iran)!

[anartificialsatellite]

It's crazy to me people still believe that shit about how the Jewish population of Iran is so well treated there and will repost the same crappy articles about it from five years ago to support that assertion. Truly asinine.

[intern-seraph]

[goy voice] ashkenazim are all white europeans mizrahim are all arab and sephardim are all hispanic

[malkaleh]

horse and his boy fix it. bc same

This is a story that begins before a Golden Age - in the time when The White Witch still ruled in Narnia and Archenland stood free but nervous on the other side of the border. It was then, in amongst the human exiles of Narnia that there was discontent. It was there, perhaps that the evil began. 

It flowers, bleakly when a Golden Age begins and a winter is defeated - there are exiles looking for profit and an ambitious Tisroc who married the last beloved scion of the old line of Tisrocs who had ruled with justice, wisdom and peace for many thousands of years. They decided upon slavery - that they would find great profit in supplying many from the North and from Calormen itself. And the Tisroc put aside his wife for treason and disinherited the son she had given him, but he could not execute her for she was still so well beloved and nor could he kill his son. 

Prince Rahim is the name of this son. Hadassah is the name of his mother, the beloved 

[unganseylike]

do any other jews watch wwdits im obsessed w nandor’s plot in the episode last week. let me clarify that i deeply enjoyed it am not offended in the slightest. just have many questions i would like to discuss. first im obsessed w the fact nandor begins sprinkling in yiddish slang when there’s no way alexander said all of those things in their two conversations. where does he learn all those words

[septembergold]

[bobemajses]

Jewish holidays in Ishafan, Iran, 1999

[kdmiller55]

The End is Near

1 In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar a vision appeared to me, Daniel, after that which appeared to me at the first. 2 And I saw in the vision; and when I saw, I was in Susa the citadel, which is in the province of Elam. And I saw in the vision, and I was at the Ulai canal. 3 I raised my eyes and saw, and behold, a ram standing on the bank of the canal. It had two horns, and both…