Exhibit: Iranian Jewry's fascinating story

Beit Hatfutsot's 'Light and Shadows' exhibition is first to present a comprehensive, in-depth portrait of Iran's Jews and introduce visitors to fascinating world of ancient community and its cultural, social, economic and political life

Intriguing story of more than 2,700 years

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Rich Life 

According to Professor David Yeroushalmi, a member of the Center for Iranian Studies at Tel Aviv University and the exhibition's historical advisor, some 20,000 Jews still live in Irantoday. They are concentrated in Tehran and the two ancient communities of Isfahan and Shiraz, and maintain a strong connection with Judaism and the Iranian Jewish community's unique cultural legacy.

"The portrayal of this unique community has been a fascinating challenge,” exhibition curator Hagai Segev notes. “The community's history is told through an assemblage of authentic objects and images that attest to the rich life of the Iranian Jewish community: a life marked by moments of great cultural achievement followed by periods of great difficulty, persecution and oppression."

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