Articles about the history and heritage of Nash Didan and the Jewish communities of northwestern Iran and Kurdistan, including immigration and aliyah stories, personal testimonies, life stories, historical accounts, Jewish community history, Lishan Didan language and culture, traditions, customs, and memories of Jewish life in Urmia, Salmas, and the surrounding region.
21.09.2026
To the Nash-Didan Villages / Yitzhak Karmeli
To the Nash-Didan Villages / Yitzhak Karmeli Yitzhak Karmeli is a journalist and researcher of Jewish communities. For many years,…
21.09.2026
The Jeweler from the Mountains of Ararat
About the city of Urmia, its Jewish community, and the story of Shimon Yaakobi, a jeweler born in the city.…
21.09.2026
A Letter from Urmia / 1892
A letter from Israel Bechor Shabtay HaCohen to the newspaper Ha-Magid HaHadash, as it was published in the newspaper. A…
21.09.2026
Persian Azerbaijan / A. J. Brawer
Avraham Jacob Brawer, at age 81This is an article by Dr. Avraham Jacob Brawer, published in the newspaper Haaretz on…
24.10.2019
Salmas jews in a 1834 book
The following was taken from a letter included in a book Missionary Researches in Armenia: Including a Journey Through Asia…
24.09.2019
Short newspaper clips – Nashdidan
Jews of the Oldest Community in Turkey Arrive in Istanbul En Route to Israel Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Daily news bulletin…
02.09.2019
LOSING LISHÁN: A GATEKEEPER OF KNOWLEDGE
Lishán Didán is a Jewish dialect of Aramaic. BY JACQUELINE TAYLOR MAY 4, 2019 22:46 Language is the gatekeeper of knowledge. Every…
28.08.2019
On Camels from Persia to the Land of Israel
The story of Baba Yosef and his three-year journey from Urmia to the Land of Israel through Iraq in the…
25.08.2019
Distant JEWISH ethnic group does “Aliyah”
This article was published in 1953 Hazofe newspaper about the extraction of a distant community near Hakkari in south east…
22.08.2019
Jews of Hakkari (Gever)
Traveler Frederic Millingen mentioned about population of Hakkari as 210,000 individuals in 1870, of which 2,000 were Jewish. Two decades…
20.08.2019
Jews of Başkale and Van
Van as a site is an ancient city. For centuries different religious communities lived together in harmony in the city.…
19.05.2009
Jews of Salmas, taken from a 1833 book
This is part of Rev. E. Smith (An American Missionary and Orientalist) and Rev. H.G.O. Dwight research in Armenia. It…