Morning Session (11:00 AM - 1:30 PM)

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM             Iranian Studies Today - New Trends and Old Challenges

David Menashri, Ph.D., Tel Aviv University, Israel

12:00PM - 12:30 PM               Break

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM                The Goy Boy in the Heart of Mahalleh

Sadred-Din Elahi, Ph.D., San Francisco, California

Afternoon Session (2:30 PM - 6:00 PM)

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM                  Like a Phoenix from its Ashes: The Story of the Jews of Iran

(in English)

Houman Sarshar, Ph.D., New York, New York

3:30PM - 4:00 PM                   Break

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM                  Save Gilyard: The Story of Iran's First Jewish Settlement

(in English)

Farzin Shadpour, B.S., Berkeley, California

Sohail K. Manesh, PharmD Candidate, San Francisco, California

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM                  Break

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM                 Jews of Iran, A Documentary Film by Ramin Farahani

(in English)

DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL

Haas Conference Center

11:00AM – 7:00PM ongoing

IN ENGLISH

11:00 AM *The Making of a Man (29 minutes)

An ORT & Joint Distribution Committee production

11:30 AM *A Mother for Shamsi (26 minutes)

A Joint Distribution Committee production

IN PERSIAN

12:00 PM*Morteza Khan Neydavood: Master Musician (20 minutes)

A CIJOH and Jaam-e-Jam TV production

12:25 PM *Soleiman Haim: Lexicographer (20 minutes)

A CIJOH production

12:50 PM *Moshfegh Hamedani: Translator & Journalist (20 minutes)

A CIJOH production

1:15 PM *Youna Dardashti: Vocalist (11 minutes)

A CIJOH production

1:30 PM *Habib Levy: Historian (11 minutes)

A Habib Levy Foundation & Jaam-e-Jam TV production

1:45 PM *Moshe Katsav: Israeli President (20 minutes)

A Jaam-e-Jam TV production

2:05 PM *Jamshid Kashfi: “Majles” Representative (22 minutes)

A Jaam-e-Jam TV production

2:30 PM *Hakham Yedidia Shofet: Chief Rabbi (39 minutes)

A CIJOH production in collaboration with B’nai B’rith - Fred Matloob

3:15 PM *Shamsi Hekmat: The Philanthropist (37 minutes)

A David Hekmat production

3:55 PM *Esther’s Children (39 minutes)

A CIJOH production

4:40 PM *The Anussim of Mashad (31 minutes)

An Israeli TV production with Persian translation

5:15 PM *Jewish Monuments in Iran (38 minutes)

A CIJOH production

5:55 PM *Saray-e Saalmandaan (21 minutes)

A CIJOH production

6:15 PM *Second Home: Ettefaugh School (50 minutes)

A CIJOH production in collaboration with Faryar Nikbakht

 

CLOSING CEREMONY DINNER

Ahmanson Ballroom

(7:30 PM – 11:30 PM)

7:30 PM to 8:00 PM              Photo exhibition and no host bar

8:00 PM to 8:45 PM              Dinner

“Heavenly Chants”

Musical Performance by: Salty & Sossy

8:45 PM To 9:15 PM             CIJOH: An Overview

9:15 PM to 9:25 PM              CIJOH Friends Revisited

9:25 PM to 9:30 PM              Presentation of the “Ayoub Yousefzadeh Award” of Academic Achievement in Iranian Jewish Studies to Selina Ellis

9:30 PM to 9:45 PM              A tribute to:

Shohreh Aghdashloo

Lord David Alliance of Manchester CBE

Neil & Dora Kadisha

David & Laura Merage

9:45 PM to 10:00 PM            Dedication of Oral History Project to:

Tel Aviv University - Center for Iranian Studies UCLA - Jewish & Middle Eastern Library Library of Congress

10:00PM to 10:15PM            Library Placement Project

10:15PM to 10:30PM            “Dancing Flame”

Musical Performance by: Danny and Farid

10:30PM to 11:30PM            “Khorsand Up Comedy” by Hadi Khorsandi

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Ahmanson Murphy Foyer

(7:30 PM – 11:30 PM)

 

SAMPLE OF WORK-IN-PROGRESS: BECOMING PERSIAN

A Photographic Narrative

Illuminating the Iranian Jewish Community of California

by

S H E L L E Y  G A Z I N

This work is supported in part by grants from

California Council for the Humanities

An Affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities

and

Righteous Persons Foundation

This special presentation is made possible by

The Durfee Foundation & Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture

 

Artist Acknowledgements: Special thanks to the Iranian Jewish organizations and institutions of Los Angeles/Southern California and the Center for Jewish Culture & Creativity International for introductions to their friends in the Iranian Jewish community.

Thank you to FJC – A Foundation of Donor Advised Funds for serving as a fiscal sponsor for the project.

 

All images and text © 2005 Shelley Gazin: (310) 827-0833