iranian-jewish Archives – Jewish Journal

Dual Tragedy of the Plasco Building Fire

Karmel Melamed January 27, 2017

Local Iranian-Jewish banker and leader acquitted of federal fraud charges

Karmel Melamed November 19, 2014

Family members said they watched tears of joy and relief run down the face of Shokrollah Baravarian, an 82-year-old Iranian-Jewish former banker and community activist, on Oct. 31 after a jury in a downtown Los Angeles federal court acquitted him on four charges of conspiring with his clients to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of tax revenue.

The Mensch List: A passion for helping struggling Iranian-Americans

Karmel Melamed January 2, 2014

Two years ago Elena J., a middle-aged, impoverished Iranian-Jewish woman in Los Angeles, was stricken with a rare illness that forced surgeons to amputate one of her legs.

Fiasco Accomplished

Steve Greenberg April 4, 2013

Editorial cartoon

It’s official: Jimmy Delshad elected new mayor of Beverly Hills

Tom Tugend March 13, 2007

\”I feel blessed to have been chosen by the people of Beverly Hills,\” Delshad said in a phone interview. \”As a Jewish youngster in Iran, I was a second-class citizen and kept running into closed doors.\”