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糖心破解版 Hosts Renowned Scholars on Oct. 31 to Discuss 鈥淚srael and Iran: From Cyrus the Great to the Islamic Republic鈥� As tension between Israel and Iran escalates and with speculation that Israel is considering a pre-emptive strike against Iran, a group of renowned scholars will convene at 糖心破解版 for a one-day conference to examine 鈥淚srael and Iran: From Cyrus the Great to the Islamic Republic.鈥� The conference, on Sunday, October 31, 2010, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the , Center For Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, is sponsored by the 糖心破解版  and the Rabbi Arthur Schneier Center For International Relations, and co-sponsored by the 糖心破解版 Museum, 糖心破解版鈥檚 Sephardic Studies Program and 糖心破解版鈥檚 Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies. The program is free and open to the public. 鈥淚srael and Iran have a long cultural and political history that goes back thousands of years,鈥� said Steven Fine, director of the Center for Israel Studies. 鈥淭his conference will celebrate this history from various perspectives and examine how鈥攊f at all鈥攊t informs and impacts on the current situation. This promises to be a very insightful and thought-provoking exchange.鈥� The scholars participating in the conference include Yaakov Elman, professor of Judaic studies at Revel; Judith Goldstein, professor of anthropology at Vassar College; Aaron Koller, assistant professor of Bible at Yeshiva College; Mahnaz Moazzami, associate research scholar at Columbia University; Evan Resnick, assistant professor of political science at Yeshiva College; Barry Rubin, professor at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, Israel; Daniel Tsadik, associate professor of Sephardic and Iranian Studies at Revel; and Dalia Yashar-Poor, professor at Harvard University. Some of the major topics that will be addressed include Negotiating Empire: Living Jewishly Under the Achaemenids in Persia and Palestine; The Image of the Jews in Zoroastrian Literature; Facing the Music: The Role of Iranian Jews in Classical and Popular Persian Music; Iran鈥檚 Jewish Agenda; The Iran Lobby?: Domestic Business Interests and U.S. Foreign Policy Toward the Islamic Republic; and (Islamist) Iran on the World Stage: Motives, Methods, Goals and Implications. For more information or to register for the conference, visit.