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How the “Schindler of Iran” Saved Hundreds of Persian Jews

A dispatch from the annals of forgotten righteous gentiles: Abdol Hossein-Sardari, the Iranian Consul in Nazi-occupied France, saved hundreds of Iranian Jews from certain death with a heroic ingenuity worthy of his nickname, “Schindler of Iran.” Sardari hosted banquets, winning the trust of certain Nazi officials who disagreed with Hitler’s racist policies. Then, he did […]

By Zachary Solomon

The Israeli Film That Adds a Dark Twist to a Coming-of-Age Tale

The dark coming-of-age feature film Princess follows a 12-year-old Israeli girl, Adar (Shira Haas), who is failing out of school and emotionally distant. Her overworked mother, Alma (Keren Mor), holds down double shifts as a nurse while supporting her boyfriend Michael (Ori Pfeffer), who stays home all day, painting watercolors and getting into tickling matches […]

Jew Town Road in Old Cochin, Kochi, India.

Jew Town, India’s Forgotten Jewish Haven

“Jew Town” may sound like a real estate agent’s neighborhood re-branding mistake, but it is–or was–a real place. In the Indian city of Kochi, it earned its clumsy but fitting nickname in the Middle Ages, when the Hindu Raja there offered Jews independent rule over a small area “for as long as the world and […]