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Karmel Melamed

Karmel Melamed

Cost-conscious weddings back in style

Lavish weddings featuring guest lists upward of 500 people were seemingly de rigueur in Southern California\’s Iranian-Jewish community just five years ago. But the growth of six-figure simchas strained middle-class families, leading some couples to either call off a wedding or divorce a few months after getting married.

Anti-Semitism in Iran: Worse than you think

In Tehran last month, during a ceremony marking the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, Iran’s current vice president, Mohammad-Reza Rahimi, launched an anti-Semitic tirade.

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