22.09.2026
My Family History: From Life in Urmia to Immigration to the Land of Israel / Yaakov Nisani
A Family Story By: Yaakov Nisani My father, Nisan, was born in the city of Nakhchivan in Azerbaijan. When he…
22.09.2026
Salmas
A comprehensive history of Salmas, Kohneh Shahr, Dilman, and the Jewish community of the Salmas region.
22.09.2026
The Story of My Grandfather Shimon’s Immigration to Israel
I wanted to tell a little about my grandfather Shimon (of blessed memory).Grandfather was born in Turkey to his parents…
22.09.2026
The Story of a Gold Coin and Caliph al-Mansur
The Muslim Empire held the Middle East from the time of the Prophet Muhammad until the Ottoman period. As wonderful…
22.09.2026
From Urmia to Tzafririm
Nissim Levy of Moshav Tzafririm has traveled a long road from his birthplace, Urmia in Kurdistan, through the Har-Tuv transit…
22.09.2026
The Jews of Urmia Will Pray in Hebrew, Not Aramaic
It had long been the custom among the Jews of Urmia who immigrated to Jerusalem to conduct the prayers in…
22.09.2026
The Condition of My People in Urmia and Persia
Urmia. To the honorable editor of Ha-Maggid HaHadash! With all my heart I shall fulfill your request to inform you…
22.09.2026
Urmia — With a Pen Dipped in Blood
Urmia, Persia. With a pen dipped in blood, we hereby describe the terrible and dreadful condition in which we now…
21.09.2026
Nash Didan — Our People (Eliana Baruch)
Dedicated with love to the memory of my grandfather Yaakov and great-grandmother Sultan. Within our people, among all its communities,…
21.09.2026
The Jews of Persian Kurdistan — Salmas, 1869
To the honorable traveler journeying through the lands of the Caucasus for the public good, on behalf of His Majesty…
21.09.2026
Aramaic in the Moshav of Ahituv
Hebrew? English? Perhaps Arabic or Yiddish? No. In Ahituv, a moshav in the northern Sharon region, the residents have chosen…
21.09.2026
The Story of the Mashiah Family
By Messiah Ben Nisan Mashiah In order to preserve the tradition of the Nash-Didan community, and perhaps to contribute some…
21.09.2026
The Exiles in the Land of Assyria — in Jerusalem!
“And the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three…
21.09.2026
Reports from Urmia, 1903
Reports from Urmia based on information provided by teacher Nissim Levy of Tehran, published in Ha-Melitz in March 1903.
21.09.2026
Abraham Mizrahi and the Mizrahi Family
An article by Meir Mizrahi about Abraham Mizrahi and his family.
21.09.2026
The Jewish Community of Bashkalan (Bashkale or Baskale)
Information, articles, and historical material about the Jewish community of Bashkale (Bashkalan), associated with the Nash-Didan heritage.
21.09.2026
The Jewish Community of Shino (Shino)
Shino (Shino), known in Persian as Oshnaviyeh (Oshnaviyeh) and in historical sources also as Oshnuya, Ošnu and Ošnava, is a…
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…