The Ezri Center for Iran & Persian Gulf Studies held an international colloquium titled "The Jewish Communities of the Persian Gulf: New Themes in Their Modern History" on Tuesday, the 23rd of May 2006.
The conference was held at 16:00 in The Sammy & Aviva Offer Observatory, Eshkol Tower.
Press here to view the conference invitation
Video & Audio Recordings:
Welcome
Dr. Meir Ezri
Former Israeli Ambassador to Iran (Watch, Listen)
Prof. Amatzia Baram
Department of Middle Eastern History, University of Haifa
First Session: The Realm of Baghdadi Jewish Entrepreneurs
Chair: Prof. Amalia Levanoni
Dr. Chiara Betta
Rethinking Baghdadi Jewish Newtworks in Shanghai (Watch, Listen)(Watch, Listen)
Prof. Gad G. Gilbar
The Sassoons in Iran, Amin al-Zarb in Hong Kong: Some Lessons(Watch, Listen)
Questions from the Audience (Watch)
Second Session: Jewish-Muslim Socio-economic Relations in Late Qajar Iran
Chair: Prof. David Yeroushalmi, Tel Aviv University
Dr. Heidi WalcherCommercial Relations and Mercantile Networks in 19th Century Isfahan(Watch, Listen)
Dr. Daniel Tsadik Shi'i-Jewish Relations in the pre-Constitutional Years: The Shiraz Incident of 1905(Watch, Listen)
Third Session: Cultural Aspects of Jewish Life: Iran and Iraq
Chair: Dr. Soli Shahvar, University of Haifa
Prof. Goel CohenThe Iranian Jewish Press during the Pahlavi Period
Dr. Ronen ZeidelOnce City, Different Views: Baghdad in the Recent Writings of Sami Michael, Sasson Somekh and Salim Fatal(Watch, Listen)
Concluding Remarks
Prof. Amatzia Baram (Watch)
