In “Schindler’s List,” most of the actors spoke English, using accents to indicate their characters’ origins. In “Son of Saul,” the cast struggles to communicate in a mish-mosh of languages, as Jews ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “I think this story should be told all the time, especially now,” director Vadim Perelman says of his historical drama Persian ...

Besides online classes, there are lots of online activities available that help you to learn better and improve your language faster. Also, you need to consider other factors to put yourself on a ...

[ dispatch ] The school bell rang early one morning at the International Center for Persian Studies, the renowned go-to institution for foreigners wishing to learn Farsi in Iran. An unsmiling teacher ...

“Persian Lessons,” nearly a foreign Oscar nominee from Belarus, sets itself apart by putting a human face not only on the victims, but on the perpetrators. (JTA) — For a movie about the Holocaust, the ...

A Jewish Frenchman posing as a Persian eludes death by teaching a fictional form of the Persian language to a Nazi commandant in this improbable Holocaust drama. By Beatrice Loayza When you purchase a ...

Is Tajik a dialect of Persian? Or a language in its own right? What differentiates it from varieties prevalent in Afghanistan and Iran? There is no easy answer to these questions because the very ...

The first test is scheduled to be held in mid-February, IRNA quoted Abbas Qanbari-Baghestan, an official with the Organization of Student Affairs, as saying. The test will include listening, speaking, ...

Director Vadim Perelman treads a fine line between history and invention in this Holocaust survival tale, whose power comes from its two lead performances. In “Schindler’s List,” most of the actors ...

The Holocaust drama 'Persian Lessons,' from Vadim Perelman ('House of Sand and Fog'), stars Nahuel Perez Biscayart ('BPM') and Lars Eidinger ('Personal Shopper'). By Boyd van Hoeij A Jewish prisoner ...