A woman with lots of names
Describe the first time you felt a sense of your Jewish Identity? When she moved to the USA she realized that being born in Israel was really cool and important.…
Yom Kippur and Bar Mitzva Jossej savours of Judaism
Joseph Mobasseri is my grandfather. He was born in Tehran,Iran in 1936. When he was little his dad used to take him to shul every Saturday morning and on holidays. On Yom…
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Rita came to the United States as a displaced person. She was glad to leave her home (Yugoslavia) because the Holocaust was going on while she lived there, so she…
Joyce Cooper, originally Kosloff, was born in Philadelphia in 1945. When speaking of her Jewish identity, Joyce recalls: I remember that I really connected to my Jewish identity during Friday…
The Non-Kosher Ham
G2G: Generation to Generation Jewish Stories Across the World Life Story My grandfather,Dov Haddad: I was 3-4 years old when I went to synagogue for the first time. It felt…
Joyce Ackerman had many fun experiences when she was young, and she still enjoys some Jewish objects today. As a young girl she felt her Jewish identity in many places,…
Avinoam Levy- Being Jewish
Describe the first time you felt a sense of your Jewish Identity? When I took a train trip to Dachau, Germany in 1972. There was a concentration camp there, with…
My great aunt, Gita Amvarpour Moriah was born on April 7th, 1949 in Tehran, Iran Cheating Siblings When I was about 4 years old, my 5 brothers and 2 sisters…
Judaism and Tradition- Nejat Basiratmand
to the synagogue on Yom Kippur (eve( Describe a memory of celebrating a Jewish holiday when you were young? It was a Passover night, and everyone came to our house…
Judaism and Tradition- Uri Grinblat
Describe the first time you felt a sense of your Jewish Identity? When he was 8 years old he sang in a choir at his school. He went to religious…
My grandpa jewish identity
Describe the first time you felt a sense of your Jewish Identity?Saba Jay's earliest memory of sensing his Jewish identity was at the age of 5, When his father died,…
Her husband was working at the US army hospital in Iran
The Story of an Immigrant from Iran to America My grandmother Minou Mobasseri was born in 1946 in Tehran, Iran. She was the second child. She has two sisters and…