Iranian Jewish banker Ezri Namvar convicted on federal fraud charges

By Karmel Melamed
Published on May 20, 2011

Iranian Nessah Synagogue celebrates 30 years and honors founders

By Karmel Melamed
Published on December 6, 2010

Iranian Jewish banker Namvar arraigned on federal fraud charges

By Karmel Melamed
Published on September 27, 2010

Nessah Honors Rabbanit Heshmat Shofet

By Karmel Melamed
Published on November 16, 2009

Nessah Young Professionals party like Paris Hilton; New VP for Masorti women

By Danielle Berrin
Published on September 18, 2008

Nessah Young Professionals' Aug. 26 annual gala drew more than 600 local Iranian Jewish young professionals and college students to the Area nightclub in West Hollywood, where they danced the night away to live music while also raising money on behalf of the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF).

The hip Jewish museum by the Bay, Nagler new JFS chief

Published on July 17, 2008

The new Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco is a hip amalgam of modern art. Daniel Liebeskind's peculiar architectural dazzle looks like a giant Rubik's Cube in metallic steel, standing on its tip beneath the city's downtown skyscrapers. Beside it is the Jessie Street Power Substation, a brick and terra cotta structure in the classical revival style, a landmark building first erected in 1881 that Liebeskind adapted to the project.

AUDIO: Iranian American Jews —Supporting U.S. troops

By Karmel Melamed
Published on June 9, 2008

Nessah Synagogue's young Iranian Jewish professionals discuss their support for U.S. soldiers fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq as well as their preparation of 'care packages' for U.S. forces.

Iranian Jewish kids fill care packages for troops, JFS honors goodness of Goldstines

By Danielle Berrin
Published on June 5, 2008

Nessah president blazing trail for Iranian women

By Karmel Melamed
Published on November 2, 2006

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.

Rabbi David Shofet to Serve as Iranians’ Spiritual Leader

By Karmel Melamed
Published on October 13, 2005

For more than 25 years, Shofet worked alongside his father, Hacham Yedidia Shofet, the community's longtime spiritual leader, who died last summer.