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.

|ByALEX WINSTON
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

The holiday is celebrated by Iranians of all religious backgrounds, with Iranians in the diaspora hoping for a change for the better in their homeland this year.

|ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
Cyber Is Not a Luxury.

Iranian emigre entrepreneur wages war on hackers

Zafran Security CEO Sanaz Yashar immigrated to Israel from Tehran at the age 17. She now heads the company specializes in detecting and mitigating software vulnerabilities

|ByASSAF GILEAD/GLOBES/TNS
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

Anat Mastor, head of perfusion at Save A Child’s Heart, recalls childhood under the Islamic regime. Escaped in 1987 as a Jewish teen, she now saves children globally while hoping for Iranian freedom.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Israel ambassador calls on UN to recognize Jewish refugees

Ambassador Danny Danon introduced the resolution at a General Assembly discussion marking 72 years since the November 29 Partition Plan.

DECEMBER 5, 2019ByOMRI NAHMIAS
THE MOSSAD saved Jews in foreign lands from North Africa to Iraq to Syria to Ethiopia

Nikki Haley: If Israel is strong, the U.S. is strong

Former US Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley was the guest of honor at the Iranian American Jewish Federation of New York (IAJF)'s annual gala.

NOVEMBER 24, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Former US Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley and Consulate General of Israel in New York, Dani Dayan chat at the IAJF 2019 gala

Iranian photojournalist documents Iranian Jews in Iran and Israel

"While still in Iran they struggled to move out of the country, once they came out of Iran they faced new obstacles and limitations."

JULY 10, 2019ByTZVI JOFFRE
Iranian Jews pray at the Abrishami synagogue at Palestine street in Tehran December 24, 2015..

Don’t pass over a Persian Passover

The Nowruz holiday takes place on the first day of spring (March 21) and is the most important festival in Iran.

APRIL 3, 2019ByJACQUELINE SAPER
Iranian Jews pray at the Abrishami synagogue at Palestine street in Tehran December 24, 2015..

How the Central Organization of Iranian Immigrants is helping community

“I regret to say that while many Iranian Jews did very well in Israel, we as a community gave up on our identity as Iranians."

NOVEMBER 15, 2018ByHAGAY HACOHEN
Zion Hasid, head of the Central Organization of Iranian Immigrants in Israel, with a poster of the Tiferet Zion V’Sara synagogue he built in Jerusalem.

Israeli-Iranian singer unites different cultures

Michal Elia Kamal uses personal experiences and her Iranian background to create songs that connect with people from across the globe.

NOVEMBER 12, 2018BySARAH MOOSAZADEH
ISRAELI-IRANIAN SINGER Michal Elia Kamal: We are not just sharing traditional folk music; we are sharing a piece of our soul

Israeli-Iranian singer unites different cultures

Michal Elia Kamal uses personal experiences and her Iranian background to create songs that connect with people from across the globe.

NOVEMBER 12, 2018BySARAH MOOSAZADEH
ISRAELI-IRANIAN SINGER Michal Elia Kamal: We are not just sharing traditional folk music; we are sharing a piece of our soul

This Jewish grandmother was sentenced to death in Iran

Holland won’t grant her asylum.

FEBRUARY 25, 2018ByJTA
A window is pictured with the Star of David in a new synagogue in Cottbus, Germany

Iranian Jews in a time of protest

“People are even angrier now than in 2009, and not just because of poverty and corruption. People want to be free and everyone is screaming now, loudly, at the same time.”

JANUARY 2, 2018ByANNIKA HERNROTH-ROTHSTEIN
Unveiling ceremony for memorial to Iranian Jews killed in Iran-Iraq war‏.

Iranian-American Jews call for boycott of Persian singer over 'antisemitic' lyrics

The lyrics in question are from the song "Flock of Vultures" in which the singer compares Jews to the predatory bird.

DECEMBER 16, 2017ByJACOB GOFF KLEIN
Iranian singer Mohsen Yeganeh