What: The Nightingale of Iran: A Family’s Story

Where: The Breman, 1440 Spring Street NW

When: November 2nd, 2:00 p.m.

How Much: $12- Breman Memebrs, $18- Non-Members (Post show dessert reception included)

Sponsored by: Covenant Foundation, Congregation Shearith Isreal, Neranenah, The Spring, Something Special Sunday by Marilyn Ginsberg Eckstein

About: It was a golden age for Jews in Iran. In the 1950s, a religious Jew, Younes Dardashti, became a national celebrity, singing at the Shah’s palace and on the radio. In the 1960s, his son Farid became a teen idol on TV. But at the height of their fame, they left the country.

Sisters Danielle Dardashti (Emmy award winning documentarian) and Galeet Dardashti (renowned musician and anthropologist of Middle Eastern Jewish culture) uncover the mystery of why their family left Iran revealing painful secrets unspoken for generations. This lecture / performance is based on their podcast of the same name.