Engaging Iranian Jews at 30 Years After event

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on October 17, 2012

By the time former Congressman Mel Levine took the stage as an official surrogate for President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign at a gathering of mostly young Iranian Americans, the ballroom at downtown’s Millennium Biltmore Hotel was more than half empty.

Discovering the magic behind the music of Alen G.

By Karmel Melamed
Published on July 22, 2012

Reluctant hero Lalezary honored by L.A.‘s Iranian Jews

By Karmel Melamed
Published on June 20, 2012

In the early hours of Jan. 2, Shervin Lalezary was on only his fourth solo patrol as a Los Angeles reserve sheriff's deputy. Driving on Sunset Boulevard near Fairfax Avenue in West Hollywood, he spotted a minivan that fit the description of one believed to be used by an arsonist who had been on a nightly rampage for days, terrorizing huge swaths of Los Angeles.

Debating Presidential politics, Chanukah in August

Published on August 14, 2008

The Iranian-American Jewish community is avidly following the presidential election scene, and Craig Taubman taped a Chanukah show.

Iranian American Jews mentoring new generation of leaders

By Jane Ulman
Published on May 29, 2008

"It's amazing. It's awesome," Nicole Lavi said. "I have an older 'sister.'"

Jimmy Carter hatred is alive in Iranian L.A.

By Karmel Melamed
Published on October 11, 2007

The September release of a new documentary that follows Jimmy Carter on tour for his controversial book, "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid," has reignited the longstanding animosity many Iranian Americans feel toward the former U.S. president.

‘Live from Tehran’

By Gina Nahai
Published on October 4, 2007

It's 8 p.m. on a Wednesday, and I'm at the studios of KIRN -- a Persian-language AM radio station on Barham Boulevard near Universal Studios. I'm a guest on a program called "Live From Hollywood."

L.A. Persian Jews and Muslims oppose bombing Iran

By Karmel Melamed
Published on June 28, 2007

In recent weeks, calls for possible strikes against Iran by Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) and other government officials have caused alarm among some local Iranian Jews and Muslims familiar with the Tehran regime.

‘My Life as a American Persian Jew’ by Angelena Melody Khadavi

Published on February 2, 2007

My Life as an American Persian Jew' is a light hearted documentary that shows Persian culture and Jewish beliefs while growing up in Los Angeles. This is a universal exploration into culture and where we fit in to that culture.