Thomas Nicewicz
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Thomas Nicewicz
@tnicewicz
Meditator, Father, Adventurer, Artist, Poet, Mathematician, Physicist, International Philanthropist, Do whatever your heart tells you








How PERSIANS Saved the JEWS Again & Again- The Untold 2,500-Year History 🔥 Did you know one of the greatest protectors of Jewish people throughout history wasn’t Jewish… but Persian? From ancient kings to a brave diplomat, Iran/Persia has stood with Jews in their darkest times. 539 BCE: Cyrus the Great – The Original Liberator Babylon destroys the First Temple, exiles the Jews. Persian King Cyrus conquers Babylon… and does the unthinkable: Frees 42,000+ Jews. Funds their return to Jerusalem. Orders the Temple rebuilt + returns sacred vessels. The Bible calls him God’s “anointed.” Cyrus Cylinder = one of the first human rights charters. Without him, Judaism as we know it might not exist. Darius I Completes the Second Temple (~516 BCE) Construction stalls under opposition. Persian King Darius searches the archives, confirms Cyrus’s decree, and pours royal treasury money into finishing it. Protects the workers. Provides stability. The Second Temple stands for 500+ years – the heart of Jewish life. Persians didn’t just allow it… they funded and defended it. Sassanid Persia: Safe Haven for the Babylonian Talmud While Rome/Byzantium persecuted Jews, Persian lands became the intellectual cradle. Academies thrived. Jewish leaders had royal access. The Babylonian Talmud – Judaism’s core text after the Bible – was compiled here under relative tolerance. Persia kept Jewish scholarship alive when it was under threat elsewhere. 614 CE: Persians Liberate Jerusalem Allied with Jewish forces, Sassanid Persians take Jerusalem from the harsh Byzantines. Granted Jews temporary self-rule and access to holy sites after centuries of restrictions. Another chapter of Persians countering Jewish persecutors. 1940s: The Iranian Schindler – Abdol Hossein Sardari Nazi-occupied Paris. Iranian diplomat Sardari issues passports to hundreds/thousands of Jews (Iranian + non-Iranian). Risks everything. Shelters them. Argues for exemptions. Iran also welcomes “Tehran Children” – Polish Jewish refugees. A Muslim Iranian saving Jews during the Holocaust. Hero. From Cyrus to Sardari – a 2,500-year pattern of Persian tolerance, funding, freedom, and courage toward Jews. People can be better than politics. #PersianJewishHistory #CyrusTheGreat #IranianSchindler #HistoryMatters #NeverForget













