Teachers Need Better Gist About Iranians and Jews

You don hear am before, teachers dey waka like dem no sabi wetin dey happen for world, especially when matter reach Iran and di Jews. Omo, na serious wahala! Many teachers just dey assume say conversation go land for Israeli-Iranian wahala, but e no be so at all. As I dey yan dis matter, you go wonder wetin dey happen for di past 2,700 years between Jews and Iran.

For America schools, na so e dey be, teachers don dey miss plenty important history wey concern Jews wey dey Iran. Dem dey shine dem eye for geopolitics but dem no know say Iranian Jews dey on top ground since before time begin. Na im make I respect di educators wey dey try to change dis narrative; dem dey colorful for dia vision.

Imagine sey Iranian people dey protest for streets as dem dey risk dem lives against di government. E mean say na so jam juices go dey flow for classroom, wey teachers go fit use educate students about who dem really be.

Many students for America still dey grow up without knowing wetin make Iranian people tick. Wetin be dem culture? Wetin dey happen for dia life? Iranian Jew? Wetin be dat? Dem no even sabi all dis. Even for high schools, na only di Holocaust dem dey learn about Jews. Abeg, we need map dem shake small–make dem fit see say Jewish history no just dey limited to one wahala.

I don start interview many Iranian Jewish memoirists and scholars since 2022 as I dey push for dia voices to enter classrooms. Na my mission, because e be like sey history dey shy from di right people. No be to always dey talk bad about Jews or talk about dem persecution. We fit yan about how dem dey live, wetin dem dey do even for Iran today.

Di school wey no get diverse information dey miss big time. Iraqi, Israeli, Iranian—nobody wan hear dis kind serious gist? No be small wahala. Everybody dey rush to learn about Black or Asian history but Iranian Jews dey waka like ‘who dem be?’

With di current unrest in Iran, American classrooms don become area wey students go fit really feel wetin dey happen. Students wey no wan hear, ded dey dey opportune to listen to all di voices wey dey need hear. E go shock dem when dem realize sey di story no just be like wetin dem dey see for media.

Di heritage na important something. We go fit open students’ eye to see wetin make Jews across di globe unique. No be only Holocaust dem sabi about! Na wetin I tell dem. Na for dis kind discussions we go fit bring all dis amazing stories wey dey happen since ancient times come life, and e dey relevant today. Dem need to sabi say di world big wey e get variety wey too plenty to ignore.

As dis new wave for education dey rise, I just dey hope sey di classes go change. Make dem dey learn about Iranian Jews wey fit enrich dem knowledge and help dem grow better perspectives about di world.