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Episode 5 - Savta’s Dream

Episode 5 - Savta’s Dream

Update: 2024-03-05
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Houri Dardashti, Danielle and Galeet’s grandmother, had long dreamed of moving to Israel from Iran. But life was improving for Jews in Iran, and her husband Younes had become a famous radio star there. So it seemed to her that the dream of moving to Israel wasn’t going to happen. But after Farid left Iran for college in America, one by one his siblings started leaving Iran for Israel. And eventually, Houri and Younes moved to Israel, too. But Younes, the Iranian star, felt like an outsider in Israel.



Co-creators / Co-executive producers - Danielle Dardashti and Galeet Dardashti



The Nightingale of Irannightingaleofiran.com



Presented by The Jewish Telegraphic Agency, a publication of 70 Faces Media



Host - Danielle Dardashti



Writer / Director / Senior Producer - Danielle Dardashti



Producer / Musical Director / Subject Matter Expert - Galeet Dardashti



Audio Editors / Sound Designers - Rebecca Seidel and Zachary Goldberg



Story Editor - Rider Alsop



Story Consultants - Asal Ehsanipour & Uri Sarig



Composer of Theme Song - Galeet Dardashti: “Melekh” from her album Monajat, featuring Younes Dardashti (with Shanir Blumenkranz, Max ZT, Zafer Tawil, Philip Mayer)



In Episode 5, Savta’s Dream, Galeet and I had conversations with: Farid Dardashti, Louise Motevassel, Yadid Dardashti, Hamid Dardashti, and Lior Sternfeld. Thank you for clips provided: Homa Sarshar and the Center for Iranian Jewish Oral History; Hadas Bram and the National Library of Israel.



Thank you to our sponsors:



-Jewish Writers’ Initiative Digital Storytellers Lab / Maimonides Fund



-Common Era



-Younes and Soraya Nazarian Family Foundation



-The Himan Brown Charitable Trust



-Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History



-UCLA Mickey Katz Endowed Chair in Jewish Music



-Be’chol Lashon (fiscal sponsor)



Dedication: This is for you Dadders!!! We love you (and Mommy) so much!!!! xox



We are so grateful for: our extraordinary husbands, Roni Sarig and Mason Weisz, who have contributed in countless ways big and small; Danielle’s amazing kids, Uri Dardashti Sarig and Raquel Dardashti Sarig, who lent their talents in story editing, sound capture, episode cover art design, and more; and Galeet’s kids -Yaniv and Adin–for being such incredible humans.



There are so many people we want to thank for their love, guidance, support, and inspiration on this project: Houri & Younes Dardashti, Millie & Louie Heifetz, Michelle Dardashti, Shahnaze Dardashti, David Dardashti, Oren Motevassel, Niloo Dardashti, Schelly Dardashti, Jina Aziz-Zadeh, Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz, Dawne Bear Novicoff, Vicki Compter Lefkowitz, Jeni Friedman, Rebecca Friedman, Rebecca Guber, Debbie Kolben, Ami Eden, Caleb Guedes Reed, Sharon Nazarian, Jessamyn Rodriguez, Yonah Schiller, Richard Kay, Mark Kligman, Sarah Lefton, Janine Okmin, Arielle Nissenblatt, Ilana Nevins, Lauren Passell, Habib Partow, Alan Niku, Ruth Abusch-Magder, Julian Voloj, Melina Rosenberg, Houman Sarshar, Edwin Seroussi, Laura Younai, Rachel Nazarian Ehsagpour, Mohsen Mohammadi, Manucher Bibiyan, Haideh Herbert, Homa Sarshar, Shahla Javdan, Lili Keypour, Nahid Pirnazar, Tarlan Rabizadeh, Evan Mateen, Hasan Sarbakhshian, Sierra Ulrich, David Shofet, Sarah Benor and Hadas Bram.



Intro credits read by: Michelle Dardashti



Cover art design: Ghulam Nabi



Assistants: Courtney Cunningham & Jessica DeWeese



Marketing / PR: Tink



Distributed by PRX, the Public Media Exchange

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Episode 5 - Savta’s Dream

Episode 5 - Savta’s Dream

Danielle Dardashti, Galeet Dardashti