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Nessah president blazing trail for Iranian women

After Hakimi\’s election two years ago, participation of women in religious services became a lightning-rod issue on both sides of the mechitza in the Orthodox congregation.

The Sinai Century

How do you sum up 100 years of history? That\’s the task of historian Florie Brizel, who was hired by Sinai two years ago to write the history of the shul. She just completed \”Sinai Temple: A Centennial History,\” a narrative that runs more than 200 pages.

Iranian Muslims Brush Up on Shoah

Local Iranian Jewish leaders George Haroonian and Bijan Khalli were involved in setting up the Museum of Tolerance event. They said they felt a responsibility as Jews to inform their non-Jewish Iranian compatriots about the truth of the Holocaust.

‘Top Gun’ Lawyer Aims to Aid Likud

Born into a strongly Democratic family but later a founder of the Republican Jewish Coalition, Berman, at 51, is a man of strong physique and opinions.\n\n\”I am fed up with intermarriage and with rabbis who reach out to gay and intermarried couples,\” he said during an interview in his spacious Sunset Boulevard office.

Jennifer Chadorchi: The Hunger to Help

For the last eight years, Chadorchi, a Beverly Hills resident in her 20s, has become a rare jewel in the Persian Jewish community, quietly mobilizing a small army of friends, family members and local students to respond to the plight of the homeless in Los Angeles.

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