Iranian jews

Tehran synagogue damaged by missile strike according to Iranian media reports

Footage and reports circulated by Iranian outlets and social media accounts identified the site as the Rafi Niya Synagogue, located near Palestine Square in central Tehran.

A reported photo of the damage to the  Rafi Niya Synagogue as the result of a strike in Tehran.
Festival goers dance at the Nowruz spring equinox festival at the Museum of Jewish Heritage.

Persian Jews mark Nowruz in New York City as war with Iran casts a shadow

Cyber Is Not a Luxury.

Iranian emigre entrepreneur wages war on hackers

Iran, 1987: Anat Mastor (center) poses with Jewish friends in 1987 at the tomb of Hafez in Shiraz, Iran.

Meet the Jewish girl who escaped Iran and saved thousands of lives from Israel - interview


Under pressure Iranian Jews memorialize Khomeini‘s death

Beni Sabti, an expert on Iran said that this is “another example in which Jews have to obey and be silent. And do the right actions like al Quds Day."

An Iranian Jew prays at the Abrishami synagogue at Palestine street in Tehran December 24, 2015.

Iran pressures Jews to not celebrate Passover and join anti-Israel march

The meeting place for Iranian Jews to participate in the al-Quds Day demonstration is one of the more famous synagogues in Tehran.

Iranian Jews pray at the Abrishami synagogue at Palestine street in Tehran December 24, 2015..

Gohar: Nostalgic food for Iranian-born Israelis - review

If you like exotic flavors and a very warm and hospitable environment, you will love Gohar.

 Gohar

‘Israel is the best friend of the Iranian people’ -Iranian-born Jewish activist

George Haroonian, one of the leading voices of the Iranian-Jewish community in the US, launched a campaign to secure the freedom of 13 Iranian Jews arrested by the regime.

George Haroonian

At least five Jews arrested by Iran during protests against Islamic Republic

"The Jewish community in Iran is under pressure," an Iranian dissident said. "Like other Iranians, also Jewish Iranians are oppressed."

Iranians hold flags during a rally marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran April 29, 2022

Court acquits Israeli woman of being an Iranian spy - 4 other defendants may still be convicted

The Jerusalem District Court on Monday acquitted a 50-year-old Iranian-Israeli woman of spying for Tehran, as part of a wider case.

  Iranian agent "Rambud Namdar." (Composite image)

Iran’s Raisi says research needed to verify if Holocaust happened

"There are some signs that it happened. If so, they should allow it to be investigated and researched," said Iranian President Raisi about the Holocaust.

 Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin (not pictured) on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan September 15, 2022.

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.

 THE DAYS leading up to Yom Kippur allow us to begin the process of repair.

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."

A prison guard stands along a corridor in Tehran's Evin prison June 13, 2006.

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.

'Ahasuerus and Haman at the Feast of Esther' by Rembrandt, 1660, at Moscow's Pushkin Museum