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Promoting unity, Judaism among local Iranian Jews

Karmel Melamed December 23, 2010

Southern California’s Iranian Jewish community has long been divided over a host of social and religious issues, often discouraging hopes among the elders for community continuity. Eman Esmailzadeh, a 27-year-old engineer and community activist, is one of a small number of young people who are now focused on reuniting this immigrant community, in part by encouraging teenagers to identify with their Judaism.

Iranian Jews uneasy on Obama’s offer to ‘engage’ Iran

Karmel Melamed May 1, 2008

With Iran a hot topic in the U.S. presidential race this year, the candidates\’ foreign policy statements are being examined closely by everyone, not least the Iranian Jewish community. Comments by Democratic frontrunner Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), in particular, have left many Iranian Jews reluctant to support his candidacy.

Jimmy Carter hatred is alive in Iranian L.A.

Karmel Melamed October 12, 2007

The September release of a new documentary that follows Jimmy Carter on tour for his controversial book, \”Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid,\” has reignited the longstanding animosity many Iranian Americans feel toward the former U.S. president.\n

Rita, Israel’s reigning diva, plays intimate evening in L.A.

Orit Arfa June 1, 2007

Only Rita could have pulled it off. Her famous \”One\” concert was the first time any Israeli recording artist has attempted such an extravagant, multimedia performance. With its crew of 50 tumbling dancers, grandiose costumes, pyrotechnics and video art, the $5 million production looked like it came right off the Las Vegas Strip.

The Persian rabbi explains it all

Sara Shereen Bakhshian May 4, 2007

Haji Hayim sings and dances to a traditional song typically sung at b\’nai mitzvah ceremonies, but he does so to a techno beat. The cartoon character started grabbing the attention of the Iranian Jewish community in January 2006, when his video was distributed in e-mails as part of the official launch of Persianrabbi.com, the brainchild of 23-year-old product developer and community leader Eman Chayim Esmailzadeh.

Becoming American

Gina Nahai April 6, 2007

I\’m thinking of the Southern accent, the country-club attitude, the ship-captain husband, trying to figure out how any of that fits in with a story about a family from the Jewish ghetto of Esfahan. \”She might have told me,\” I confess. \”I didn\’t listen because it didn\’t make sense.\”

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