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Looking back on the Iranian revolution after 30 years
A Eulogy for Mr. Davidoff
Remembering the late Elias Eshaghian
Podcast: Exclusive interview with U.S. Congressman Howard Berman about Obama & Iran
L.A.’s young Iranian Jews feeling sidelined
Kuntar’s release reveals true evil of Iran’s regime
Podcast: Anderson proposes new Iran divestment bill in CA Assembly
Podcast: Magbit’s Young Leadership making waves for education in Israel
Podcast: Iranian Jews on Obama and McCain
Lawsuit re POW swap involves L.A. family; Student writes guide for U.K.
The lawsuit argues that any deal with Hezbollah must advance the effort to locate and free the missing Iranian Jews.
Photo Essay: Behind the scenes with Elias Eshaghian
Podcast: Young Iranian American Jews show support for U.S. troops
Photo essay: Iranian Jews celebrate Israel’s 60th in Los Angeles
Insights into why seven old Tehran synagogues were razed
Some non-Jewish Iranians still supportive of Israel after 60 years
JPOST story on Iranian Jews and Yom Ha’atzmaut is just pointless
Nikbakht explains why Iranian Jews are not crazy about Obama
Podcast: Iranian Jews and the taboo of discussing violence
Podcast: Iranian Jews giving back to L.A.’s homeless and needy
Some Iranian Jews still follow old traditions for preparing their weddings
Just ask an Iranian American Jew about the real evil and threat from Iran’s regime
Iran’s 1979 Revolution and greed tear one Iranian Jewish family apart
Iranian Jewish author Gina Nahai not afraid to support Democrats in ‘08
Behind the scenes in covering the Dariush Eghbali incident
Iranian Jews still awaiting apology from Muslim singer
The concert at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas was advertised as a "night to remember," and it lived up to the hype.
Podcast: Knesset members discuss electoral reform in Israel
Iranian Jews & Muslims honor Professor Amnon Netzer at Nessah
Delshad reflects on his year as B.H. Mayor
Mayor Jimmy Delshad was surrounded by nearly two dozen local Iranian Jews at his Beverly Hills City Hall office on March 10. Holdings hands, they recited a prayer of thanksgiving and he personally thanked his supporters in the community for backing his efforts as mayor.
Podcast: Iranian Jewish professionals make waves with new mentoring program
Kudos to the Jerusalem Post for covering Iranian Jews
Purim is perfectly Persian Jewish!
Iranian Jewish activist Nikbakht speaks out on the condition of minorities in Iran
Exclusive Podcast: out-going Beverly Hills mayor Delshad
Photo essay: A.R.M. is removing stigma of disabilities among Iranian Jewry
Photo essay: Eretz-SIAMAK celebrates Purim in the Iranian American way!
Iranian Jewish clothing designer helping L.A.’s homeless
Podcast & photo essay: Boteach vs. Prager at Nessah
Jewish member of Iranian parliament “condemns” Israel
Yet another anti-Semitic program on Iranian state-run TV
Anderson introduces new Iran divestment resolution
Iranian Jewish author Nahai to give new insights about the community
Our podcast remembers Dr. Amnon Nezter
Young Iranian Jews get primed for politics, Isreality rocks the Avalon
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Mullah’s offer to welcome Jews back to Iran is a joke!
Iranian Jews mourn passing of Dr. Netzer
Local Iranian Jew boycotts an L.A. Iranian market for anti-Semitic comments
Iranian gov’t news makes bogus claim that Iranian Jews in U.S. support the regime
New Iranian Jewish podcast on this blog!
Photo Essay: Super Tuesday excites young Iranian Jews to get politically active
Iranian Jews in New York still keeping a low profile
American author recalls Iranian Jewish response to Shah leaving Iran
This being Los Angeles . . .
Last Thursday night at LACMA, I was treated to a reading of my own works by the very talented and beautiful actress Bahar Soumekh, and by UC Irvine professor Nasrin Rahimieh. Outside the Bing Theater, rain poured in sheets, and traffic on Wilshire was at a standstill because all the lights had been blown out by the wind and -- this being Los Angeles where even the mildest winter storm is dealt with like Armageddon -- I was rather astonished that anyone had shown up at all.
U.N. finally holds Iran accountable for human rights abuses
Remembering Iranian Jewish philanthropist Amir Shaouli
French philanthropist aid to Iranians comes full circle
Philanthropist Hubert Leven, a French Ashkenazi Jew who recently visited Los Angeles, has ties to the close-knit Iranian Jewish community that go back four generations.
Hebrew course piques Iranian Jews’ interest
Also known as "Read Hebrew America," the course has been picked up by nearly 700 synagogues in North America during last 10 years through the National Jewish Outreach Program (NJOP), a nonprofit organization based in New York. The objective is to promote Hebrew learning among American and Canadian Jews who have lost touch with their Jewish identities. While this is the first year Nessah has participated in the program, its leaders said the free Hebrew course has attracted more than 600 local Iranian Jews to its first three sessions.
Kidnapped Iranian Jew’s family finds closure
Kidnapped in 1980 in Iran, Isaac Lahijani's fate remained unknown to his family for 26 years. His wife and three children say they wept for weeks and months, unable to hold a memorial for him because they had no information about his whereabouts. The Lahijani family continued living in grief until this September, when Farzaneh Lahijani was finally given an official letter from the Iranian government telling her of her husband's death.
Iranian couples trapped by six-figure party dilemma
Nessah reaches out to young Iranian professionals
Nessah made history five years ago when it became the first Iranian synagogue in the world to embrace congregational membership.
Briefs: Museum of Holocaust names new director, Iranians fast for accident victims
Museum of Holocaust names new director.
Iran’s Jewish legislator criticized during L.A. appearance
A group of local Iranian Jewish activists spoke out in protest of the Dec. 4 appearance of Maurice Motamed, the only Jewish representative to the Iranian parliament, at the Iranian American Jewish Federation (IAJF) synagogue in West Hollywood, where he provided an update on the current status of Iran's Jewry.
Iranian Jewish mentors reach out to youth
A recent gathering at a home in the San Fernando Valley brought together more than 40 Iranian Jews to discuss issues of mentorship. However, this informational meeting wasn't about matching up Baby Boomers with Gen X-ers to discuss long-term career strategies. Instead, it was focused on finding adults who would be willing to reach out to young Jews from mostly single-parent homes.
Persian voices unite in lawsuit against Khatami
In a rare display of unity, a variety of groups within the local Persian Jewish community have joined to voice support for a lawsuit filed against former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami on Sept. 9 by seven Persian Jewish families in Los Angeles and Israel.
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Will new ‘Cold War’ play out in Middle East?
With talk of a new Cold War in the offing following Russia's recent military successes in Georgia, Israel is worried Russia might reassess this policy and use the sale of new weaponry to Syria -- or the threat of it -- to strengthen Russia's hand vis-à-vis Israel's primary
Kids & Teens
Cambodia’s killing fields revisited
I can vividly remember the first time I visited the Museum of Tolerance, in seventh grade. Not personally knowing anyone who had survived the Holocaust, I had been shielded from the grisly details of World War II.
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Calendar Girls picks and clicks for Sept. 6–12: Hip hop art, veggie Jews, string theory & laughs
Torah Portion
Moving beyond charity
Parshat Shoftim (Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9) One of the biggest misnomers in the Jewish vocabulary is the translation of tzedakah as "charity." This mistranslation has gone on for so long in the American Jewish community that it's a hard habit to break.
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Since 1978, Iranian Jews have injected into a stable, maybe even staid Jewish community talent, industry, a profound connection to their Jewish roots and a desire to have a positive political and social impact on the city. They have energized a Jewish community that could always
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