Under the Tehran sky

Published on October 10, 2012

Yom Kippur 2010. The part of the synagogue where I sit is full of women talking with one another, and small kids giggling and playing around. It is extremely hot, and the extra layers of manteau (long outerwear) and the scarf covering my hair add to the intolerable heat.

Fifteen years of research leads to four-volume book on Holocaust—in Farsi

Published on May 17, 2012

Ari Babaknia doesn’t expect that Iran’s president will ever read his four-volume series of Holocaust books written in the Farsi language. But the author says he is confident that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad knows the books exists.

Shahs of Sunset Finale Recap - Finally!

By Ilana Angel
Published on May 1, 2012

Shahs Of Sunset – Poppa Can You Hear Me?

By Ilana Angel
Published on April 11, 2012

Shahs of Sunset: Colonic Anyone?

By Ilana Angel
Published on April 4, 2012

Shahs of Sunset:  Who Does That?

By Ilana Angel
Published on March 25, 2012

A Conversation with Sammy Younai of Shahs of Sunset

By Ilana Angel
Published on March 25, 2012

Shahs of Sunset – Why So Much Hate?

By Ilana Angel
Published on March 19, 2012

The real shame in ‘The Shahs of Sunset’

By Danielle Berrin
Published on March 12, 2012

Shahs of Sunset - Hello? We’re Persian!

By Ilana Angel
Published on March 12, 2012

Shahs of Sunset—the Love & Hate Begins

By Ilana Angel
Published on March 4, 2012

For downtown’s Persian Jews, work plus worship equals success

By Karmel Melamed
Published on October 26, 2011

Fast-paced techno dance music blasts through Chikas, a retail clothing store off Santee Street in the heart of downtown Los Angeles’ Fashion District, which many call the Garment District. Robert Mahgerefteh, the store’s owner, helps the dozen or so young women looking for great deals on the latest fashions.

Ezri Namvar Convicted on Federal Fraud Charges for Stealing $21 Million Entrusted to His Firm

Published on May 19, 2011

‘Shoah’ playing in Iran

Published on March 8, 2011

The Holocaust documentary "Shoah" is being broadcast in Iran. The 1985 documentary by French director Claude Lanzmann was scheduled to be presented this week on a satellite channel and is dubbed in Farsi. Satellites are banned in Iran, but many Iranians have them and therefore could watch the film, which includes survivor testimony.

Yad Vashem launches Farsi YouTube chanel

Published on January 24, 2011

Yad Vashem has launched a YouTube channel in Farsi and an expanded version of its Farsi website. The Farsi YouTube channel launched Sunday contains survivor testimonies, archival footage and mini-lectures by Holocaust historians on topics such as contemporary anti-Semitism, and what makes the Holocaust a unique historical event. The comprehensive new website includes a chronological and thematic narrative about the Holocaust with related video, photos, documents and artifacts; frequently asked questions about the Holocaust; a lexicon of terms; online exhibitions including a multimedia presentation of the Auschwitz Album in Farsi; and stories of Righteous Among the Nations.

Not a Ralphs fan in the least

By Julia Bendis
Published on December 27, 2010

IRANIAN ELECTION ANALYSIS: All Iran candidates will bolster Hamas, Hezbollah ties

Published on June 12, 2009

One winner has already been declared in the Iranian elections: The Internet, used by more than 23 million Iranians, or 34 percent of the population. But that figure alone cannot be used to determine which of the four candidates will win. At the very most, one can assume most Web users will vote for reformist candidates Mir-Hossein Mousavi or Mehdi Karroubi, rather than Mahmoud Ahmadinejad or Mohsen Rezeai.

¡Hasta la lingua! Goodbye, tongue! Hello, pastrami!

By The Web Guy
Published on November 15, 2007

Global Gatherings

By Michael Aushenker
Published on July 13, 2000

It was perhaps the most emotionally potent moment of the evening, as the elderly Rabbi Yedidiah Shofet, addressing his audience in Farsi, broke down and cried, his voice trembling, his frail body shaking.Representing the Nessah Cultural Organization, Shofet was part of a lineup of speakers appearing earlier this week at West Hollywood's Hollywood Temple Beth El, where - reacting to the July 1 verdict that sentenced 10 of the Shiraz 13 - local Jews met to demonstrate support for the prisoners and to condemn the actions of the Iranian government.