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the name or most likely the penname (taḵalloṣ) of the fifteenth century Jewish-Persian poet of Isfahan and Kāšān. A version of this article is available in print Volume VIII, Fascicle 4, pp. 422 ʿEMRĀNĪ, the name or most likely the penname ( taḵalloṣ) of the Jewish-Persian poet of Isfahan and Kāšān. Together with his 7th-8th/13th-14th century predecessor Šāhīn, he is one of the two most prominent and beloved poets of Judeo-Persian literature. Since Wilhelm Bacher’s pioneering study on Šāhīn and ʿEmrānī in 1907 a large number of ʿEmrānī’…

(b. 12 November 1902; d. 14 July 1973), a scholar of Oriental Jewry and Islamic civilization. A version of this article is available in print Volume IX, Fascicle 6, pp. 654-655 FISCHEL,WALTER JOSEPH (b. 12 November 1902; d. 14 July 1973), a scholar of Oriental Jewry and Islamic civilization. Born in Frankfurt am Main, Fischel received a degree in political science from the University of Frankfurt and a Ph.D. from the University of Giessen. He moved to Jerusalem in 1926, where he was granted a doctoral degree by the Hebrew Uni…

relations with Iran. OVERVIEW of the entry: i. Diplomatic and political relations. ii. The Jewish Persian community: forthcoming. iii. Iranian Studies in Israel: forthcoming. iv. Persian art collections in Israel: forthcoming. A version of this article is available in print Volume XIV, Fascicle 2, 3, pp. 213-224 and 234-240 ISRAEL: Relations with Iran. This entry is divided into the following four sub-entries: ISRAEL i. RELATIONS WITH IRAN i. DIPLOMATIC AND POLITICAL RELATIONS WITH IRAN The relationship between Israel and Iran has since the very inception of the Jewis…