Behind the Veil – Mashhadi Jews
Crypto-Jews are usually associated with the conversos of early modern Spain and Portugal, but less than two hundred years ago, the Jews of Mashhad, Iran, met a similar fate. How did a century in hiding...
Hilda Nissimi
Prof. Hilda Nissimi, Associate professor of history at Bar-Ilan University, specializing in crypto-Jewish communities. Researches Jewish identity as presented in Jewish museums, and how changes in British national identity have affected attitudes toward Jews
