Diarna Geo-Museum of MENA Jewish Life

“[I]n many cases, Diarna’s virtual records are all that stand between these centuries-old treasures & total oblivion.... [Diarna] has the power to change the very nature of how we understand the past”~Dara Horn, @SmithsonianMag Join the race against time: mailchi.mp/d2407aec9212/d…

📜Learn about the Synagogues' History from @DiarnaProject : archive.diarna.org/site/detail/pu… 📰Updates regarding the Synagogues : ynetnews.com/article/r1qtl0…

Shocking photos from Khenchela, Algeria show a mummified arm strewn on a street, where children allegedly played with it. The remains are from the now-closed "mixed" (Jewish & Christian) cemetery Locals protest disrespecting the dead as violation of Islam. archive.diarna.org/site/detail/pu…

Thanks to our documentation specialist Sam Miller for today's Fun Fact, and to David Yedidia for info about Urmia. You can learn more about the Kalimiyan Synagogue and the Iranian Jewish community at @DiarnaProject: archive.diarna.org/site/detail/pu… @HUCJIR

Whether by persecution or migration, too many once-thriving Jewish communities are gone. Hear about 2 geo-mapping projects resisting such erasures: @DiarnaProject geo-museum, & Mnemonics, which promotes the formation of inclusive memory culture in Ukraine. publichumanities.ubc.ca/events/event/r…

@onthemainline @DiarnaProject beat you to it: diarna.org/exhibits/jews-…

Tomorrow @DefenseIntel, @drum10thmtn, @NCCHAC, @DiarnaProject, @Harvard, and @lborouniversity will present at the World-Wide Human #Geography Data (WWHGD) Cultural Heritage & #HumanGeography webinar! Register here 👉 wwhgd.org/events-1/cultu… #CulturalPropertyProtection

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ إِن جَآءَكُمْ فَاسِقٌۢ بِنَبَإٍۢ فَتَبَيَّنُوٓاْ أَن تُصِيبُواْ قَوْمًۢا بِجَهَٰلَةٍۢ فَتُصْبِحُواْ عَلَىٰ مَا فَعَلْتُمْ نَٰدِمِينَ @yusefren @saudibus222 @moatazmatar @aalodah #الاخوان_المسلمين #ديارنا

@MWLOrg_en @AmericanSephard /2 ..in commemoration of #Kristallnacht's 81st anniversary, @Conf_of_Pres with Beitenu: The Atlas of Jewish Life/@DiarnaProject present for the 1st time online documentation on 1000+ Jewish sites attacked by the #Nazis google.com/maps/d/u/0/vie… #Shoah #Holocaust #WWII #NeverAgain

"Chrystie Sherman, a photographer for Diarna, an online museum of Jewish sites in the Islamic world, once told me how she tracked down the last Jewish business owner in Syria, a millenniums-old Jewish community that once numbered in the tens of thousands...."~@DaraHorn/@nytimes

Check out this map of Jewish heritage sites in the GCC from @DiarnaProject diarna.org/exhibits/gulf-…

@AzherRubaie Ruth (née Rejwan) Pearl, the mother of @WSJ reporter @DanielPearlFNDN (who was murdered by Al Qaeda in Pakistan), is an Iraqi Jew. She survived the Farhud and now lives in California with her husband, @yudapearl. diarna.org/interviews/rut…

Hi, any Iraqi Jewish living outside Iraq?

Explore Gulf Jewish historical sites, incl 🇸🇦#SaudiArabia's "Mountain of the Jews," 🇴🇲#Oman's Tomb of Job, 🇧🇭#Bahrain's synagogue,& 🇰🇼#Kuwait's Jewish cemetery via Diarna's preliminary #GCC exhibit in honor of @gulfjewish (#AGJC)! @hnonoo75 @sajwani diarna.org/exhibits/gulf-…

Diarna researchers have documented Jewish historical sites in three #GCC countries: the Kingdom of #SaudiArabia🇸🇦, Kingdom of #Bahrain🇧🇭, & Sultanate of #Oman🇴🇲. archive.diarna.org. In #UAE🇦🇪 an old Jewish gravestone was uncovered #AGJC @gulfjewish @RabbiElieAbadie @hnonoo75

Thank you to the Association of Gulf Jewish Communities (#AGJC/@gulfjewish) for recommending Diarna as the resource for the "History of the Jews in the Arab World"! Since 2008, Diarna has documented 2,800+ MENA synagogues, cemeteries, schools, & shrines. gulfjewish.org

“In the absence of a Jewish community capable of defending [the Hamadan, Iran Shrine to Esther & Mordechai], a U.S. org called Diarna (Judeo-Arabic for ‘Our Homes’) has decided the only option is to restore the site—virtually.” ~Sohrab Ahmari/@tabletmag tabletmag.com/sections/israe…

Little known outside of Iran, secrecy, indeed a double secret, shrouds the Hamadan shrine to Esther & Mordechai, the heroes of the Jewish holiday of #Purim for saving Jews throughout the Persian Empire from genocide. #purim2021 youtu.be/CYbksYD_gSA

در نزدیکی میدان امام خمینی در همدان، زیارتگاه دو شخصیت مذهبی به نام های استر و مردخای قرار دارد که از قهر مان های کلیدی واقعه ی پوریم هستند. پوریم یکی از اعیاد مذهبی یهودیان می باشد که به مناسبت جلوگیری ار کشتار دسته جمعی یهودیان #Purim #purim2021 youtu.be/OY84MTMGeDE

Why is Fariborz Moradzadeh (7Dorim) "trying to provide a virtual 3-D tour of the Esther & Mordechai mausoleum" in 2021? #Diarna's Erin Okabe-Jawdat created the model in 2011 & pilgrims have been visiting online for a decade. @KarmelMelamed/@jdforward gearthblog.com/blog/archives/…

In honor of the recently launched Association of Jewish Communities of the Gulf (AJCG/@gulfjewish), the Diarna Geo-Museum proudly presents a preliminary exhibit of Jewish historical sites in GCC countries, incl 🇸🇦🇧🇭🇴🇲🇰🇼 (Pictured: Khaybar, KSA) @hnonoo75 diarna.org/exhibits/gulf-…

@AlcovyE The next best thing is to travel there via Diarna.org archive.diarna.org/site/detail/pu… Originally a Jewish shrine, disputes about the holy occupant(s)/ownership of Baghdad's "Tomb of Joshua" led to persecution of the Iraqi-Jewish community in the 19th c. & during the Farhud.

If it ever were safe to do so, I think I would like to visit Baghdad. nytimes.com/2021/02/20/wor…

@janearraf @nermeenalmufti @ivorprickett Originally a Jewish shrine, disputes about the holy occupant(s)/ownership of Baghdad's "Tomb of Joshua" led to persecution of the Iraqi-Jewish community in the 19th century & during the Farhud. archive.diarna.org/site/detail/pu…

“This land is blessed and has secrets." A magical visit to the tomb of an Old Testament prophet in Baghdad with @nermeenalmufti and @ivorprickett Tomb of Joshua, Revered Prophet, Beckons Believers in Baghdad nytimes.com/2021/02/20/wor…