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…
19.09.2026
The World Is a Wheel — Turn It
One day, an old man went out for a walk in the marketplace. Suddenly, he heard a commotion. When he…
26.08.2020
Kishmishyane – Nut and raisin cookies
Thanks to Shanie Reichman who sent me her grandmother’s recipe. This is a traditional Nashdidan cookie that everyone makes with…
26.08.2020
P’shala vegetable soup
Thanks to Shanie Reichman who sent me her great aunt’s recipe. P’shala is a traditional, thick, winter vegetable soup. Accompanied…
25.08.2020
Zhargo (meat and potatoes)
Zhargo is also a traditional Nashdidan dish. As with most of the foods we ate, it was served over white…
25.08.2020
Vegetarian Tchechertma
Thanks to Shanie Reichman who sent me her grandmother’s recipe. Vegetarian Tchechertma/
25.08.2020
Chechertma With meat
Although this dish can be made vegetarian (recipe follows), the traditional Nashdidan version of Chechertma includes meat.
25.08.2020
Dairy Dolmat Mishcha
Dairy Dolmat Mishcha - Stuffed Grape Leaves With Yogurt Sauce. A traditional recipe by Zvia Levy, thanks to Shanie -…
23.08.2020
Shifte and Chickpea Soup
Shifte and Chickpea Soup, Traditional recipe By Tvia Levy. Published by her granddaughter on the public facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/nashdidan
26.11.2019
The raising of the dead / Lishan Didan (Naq’da)
A story told in Lishan Didan by Avraham Misrahi, 23.5.1985. Test and transcript can be found in Simon Hopkins, A…
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…
14.09.2019
Granny Margalit’s nut soup
A few days ago while wandering through virtual space I came across the blog “London Colling” by Boaz Cohen. Boaz…
12.09.2019
Galyah / Passover Meat
Great recipe of Galyah, Taken from the Persian Cook Book, Presented by The sisterhood of the Persian Hebrew congregation, Skokie,…
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…
01.09.2019
The Princess who refused to talk
This is a sound file taken from The North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic Database Project in which Nissan Aviv-Zfoni tells a story in…
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
Ayran plus+
A Cold soup based on yogurt. Originaly Ayran is simply yogurt with water and salt. this traditional recipe I know…
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…