How Iran’s Jewish community purchased the tomb of Esther and Mordechai
Documents discovered in the CAHJP archives reveal a surprising initiative undertaken by the Jews of Iran and the country’s government to mark 2,500 years since the Edict of Cyrus.
The tomb of Esther and Mordechai, a drawing by Eugène Flandin, 1851(photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)ByCHEN MALUL/NATIONAL LIBRARY OF ISRAEL