Jadidim: The Extraordinary Story of a Hidden Jewish Community in Persia

I consider this essay, devoted to the Jews of Mashhad, to be an extremely important historical document, in that it is the first to be written and published in Italian.The fascinating, indeed "legendary", tale of the Mashhadi Jewish community from its genesis to the present day is well-known among historians and most of the Sephardic communities spread throughout the world, as well as featuring at the Museum of the Diaspora in Tel Aviv. It has not, however, received a great deal of attentio...