This magnificent volume makes available for the first time a comprehensive history of the Jews of Iran--from their earliest documented settlement in that land in 722 B.C.E. through the end of the twentieth century. Lavishly illustrated in full color with more than 500 images of monuments, manuscripts, objects, ketubbot, and individual and family portraits collected from private and public archives the world over, this unique book includes 25 articles by distinguished authors and scholars in the field of Judeo-Iranian ...
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This magnificent volume makes available for the first time a comprehensive history of the Jews of Iran--from their earliest documented settlement in that land in 722 B.C.E. through the end of the twentieth century. Lavishly illustrated in full color with more than 500 images of monuments, manuscripts, objects, ketubbot, and individual and family portraits collected from private and public archives the world over, this unique book includes 25 articles by distinguished authors and scholars in the field of Judeo-Iranian studies. Distributed by JPS for The Center for Iranian Jewish Oral History.
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4to. 457pp. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very Good, minor markings, creasing, and edging on cover. Color prints throughout. Signed by famed movie critic Judy Stone (2004). Insert: Los Angeles Times book review by Gina B. Nahi (Sunday, June 9, 2002). Provenance: from the Estate of Judy Stone (1924-2017), The San Francisco Chronicle's movie critic who for two decades was a passionate and articulate advocate for the world of cinema outside Hollywood. Judy Stone started at the San Francisco Chronicle in 1961, putting in 10 years as editor of the Datebook section. She began reviewing films for the paper in 1971, favoring arthouse films. She was the youngest of four politically minded children whose eldest brother was the great reporter and gadfly I. F. Stone. She won the Novikoff Award given for "enhancing the public's appreciation of world cinema." Among her publications are "The Mystery of B. Traven" and "Eye on the World, " a collection of her interviews with filmmakers from the 1960s to the 1990s.
