tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11850330.post7519367654550574843..comments2023-08-03T04:54:54.068-04:00Comments on Abacaxi Mamão: I met a Jew...Abacaxi Mamaohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06604184268628243496noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11850330.post-45535422751722780292009-03-16T20:51:00.000-04:002009-03-16T20:51:00.000-04:00It made me wonder if Jews from Persia feel differe...<I>It made me wonder if Jews from Persia feel differently about Purim than Jews from other parts of the world. Do they celebrate it more personally? Differently?</I><BR/><BR/>Yes, or at least they did a generation ago. My mother tells of the time she went to a megillah reading at a Persian synagogue in Jerusalem in the 1970s, and the people reacted to the highs and lows of the story as if they were really there.BZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18242965196421853025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11850330.post-603463083669394362009-03-10T16:32:00.000-04:002009-03-10T16:32:00.000-04:00I know that, in Iran, "Paras" (or however you say ...I know that, in Iran, "Paras" (or however you say it in Persian) refers only to a particular region of Iran, while "Iran" refers to the whole country. I think that Persian is the dialect that was spoken originally in that region. In English (due to the influence of British classicists, probably), and I guess in Hebrew, it came to refer to the whole country. Bernard Lewis discussed this in his talk at TAU in January. The English (and general European) name of the country was changed to Iran, I think in 1936, because they wanted to emphasize the fact that they were Aryan, and natural allies of Nazi Germany. (That might be a reason why modern Hebrew uses "Paras" to refer to the whole country.) In reaction to this, the British forced the Nazi-sympathizing Shah to resign, and put his son (the last Shah) in office.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11850330.post-80695000113250482052009-03-09T00:13:00.000-04:002009-03-09T00:13:00.000-04:00I want to reclaim Purim as my SUPER SPECIAL holida...I want to reclaim Purim as my SUPER SPECIAL holiday (I'm half Persian), but I don't have enough of a connection to that (chiloni) side of my family to know about any specific traditions or connections we have. I should ask, I know.shannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09307185753283912160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11850330.post-85870035935320011162009-03-08T17:46:00.000-04:002009-03-08T17:46:00.000-04:00As Donald Kagan, a classical historian, would say,...As Donald Kagan, a classical historian, would say, "one man's Mede is another man's Persian." Sorry, couldn't resist.<BR/><BR/>I don't know about Bostonians, but Patriot's Day is part of Pesach in my book.beckse@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02047638227482776397noreply@blogger.com