Iranian jews
Iran-born Ellie Cohanim joins US UN Mission as senior policy advisor, UN ambassador announces
Cohanim has been a longtime anti-regime advocate, and has also used her platforms to spread awareness about the global rise in antisemitism.
Leader of Iran's Jewish community pledges allegiance to Mojtaba Khamenei
Trump must consider terms for Iranian people in potential deal, expert warns - interview
Tehran synagogue damaged by missile strike according to Iranian media reports
The changing nature of retrospection and repentance
We all face various tests in our life. Elul is a month that calls upon the introspective individual to reflect on the struggles confronted during the past year.
Iran temporarily releases elderly Jewish man jailed for living in Israel
"It’s an alarm and likely indication of other Jews behind bars for similar reasons."
Queen Esther helped me become the hero of my own Persian Jewish story
When met with a crisis — when the king’s evil adviser, Haman, decreed that all the Jews were to be killed — Esther looked deep within herself and realized she had strength.
Growing up in Iran made parenting through Hanukkah hard in the US
Hanukkah was hard for Persian families like mine, because 'if you're not suffering, you're not doing it right' was the guiding mentality.
US Holocaust Memorial, Iranian website launch Holocaust education project
The project, named after Abdol Hossein Sardari, an Iranian diplomat based in Paris who saved many Iranian and non-Iranian Jews in occupied France.
Jews from Arab countries, Iran are in need of support
The Kaddish Initiative takes root
Grapevine June 19, 2020: Independence on social media
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
US condemns Islamic Republic for execution of Iranian Jew in 1980
40 years ago Iran's regime murdered Jewish community leader Albert Danielpour on bogus charges.
Iran's chief rabbi says Zionists 'do not represent Judaism'
Leaders in the community have long been stressing the difference between Judaism and Zionism in order to distance themselves from Israel and prevent Iranian Jews from being considered pariahs.
New US State Dept report blasts Iran’s Rouhani for antisemitism
Holocaust denial and repression of Iranian Jews remains a ‘pervasive’ problem.
