Iran isn’t exactly the first place that comes to mind when you think of thriving Jewish communities, but it actually has one of the oldest and largest Jewish populations in the Middle East outside of ...

Dr. Homayoun Shamah, Jewish representative in Iran’s parliament, replaces blue-and-white emoji circles in messages to the ...

Twenty-four members of the Jewish community in Tehran and Shiraz remain in prison as of Sunday after being arrested along with hundreds of others in a sweeping government crackdown in Iran that began ...

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Karmel Melamed, an Iranian American journalist based in Los Angeles, has been closely watching recent events between Israel and Iran. A contributor to several Jewish news outlets, including The Jewish ...

This article originally appeared on J. The Jewish News of Northern California, and was reprinted here with permission. David, an 89-year-old Iranian Jewish refugee, landed in Washington, D.C., last ...

Two shoppers select items at a grocery store in the "Tehrangeles" neighborhood of Los Angeles Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Tehrangeles" in West Los Angeles is ...

(RNS) — You know that line about how even a broken clock can be right twice a day? That is how I feel about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. I will eagerly enter a contempt competition with ...

(JTA) — A Jewish Iranian-American man has been sentenced to prison in Iran for traveling to Israel 13 years ago for his son’s bar mitzvah, his family members have disclosed. Kamran Hekmati, 70, of ...

Newly elected President of Iran Hassan Rouhani took to his Twitter account on Wednesday to wish a happy Rosh Hashanah to the global Jewish community. “As the sun is about to set here in #Tehran I wish ...

WEST LOS ANGELES -- "Tehrangeles" in West Los Angeles is home to the largest Iranian community outside Iran. This cultural enclave, also known as Little Persia, is where Iranian Muslims, Jews, ...