@article{1355818,
      recid = {1355818},
      author = {Wilesmith, Greg.},
      title = {Jews of Iran [electronic resource] /},
      publisher = {Filmakers Library,},
      address = {New York, NY :},
      pages = {1 online resource (13 min.)},
      year = {2006},
      note = {Originally released as DVD.},
      abstract = {Largely forgotten by the rest of the world, Iran is home  to the largest Jewish population in the Middle East outside  of Israel. After the revolution in 1979, a majority of the  Jews fled, many to the United States, but 25,000 still  remain. How are they faring? The film takes the viewer to a  bazaar where Moses Baba runs the shop his grandfather  started 95 year ago. He is the exception to the rule of  keeping a low profile as he exuberantly invites visitors to  have a glass of vodka (forbidden in Islamic Iran except to  Jews). Behind closed doors, Jewish women discard the  required head scarves and celebrate ceremonies such as  circumcision. Occasionally an expatriate will return for a  visit; we meet one who is seeking a Jewish bride who  has  not been exposed to the freedom that American girls enjoy.  The Jewish community has become more devout since 1979 and  there are 22 synagogues in Tehran. Despite periodic  harassment the constitution protects Iran s Jews and they  are even represented by one member in Parliament --a  precarious position since the Parliament periodically calls  for the destruction of Israel. Iran s Jews claim a lineage  stretching back almost three thousand years to the Persian  king Cyrus the Great who conquered Babylon and freed the  Jewish slaves. The younger generation may yearn to go to  America, but to the older Jews, Iran is in their blood.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1355818},
}