For the last eight years, Chadorchi, a Beverly Hills resident in her 20s, has become a rare jewel in the Persian Jewish community, quietly mobilizing a small army of friends, family members and local students to respond to the plight of the homeless in Los Angeles.
For more than 25 years, Shofet worked alongside his father, Hacham Yedidia Shofet, the community\’s longtime spiritual leader, who died last summer.
More than 2,000 mourners packed the Nessah Cultural Center in Beverly Hills this summer to bid farewell to Hacham Yedidia Shofet
Concern is growing among circles of Iranian nationals and expatriates that European countries are turning a blind eye to the regime\’s human rights atrocities in exchange for trade benefits.
Late last year, the U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution criticizing Iran for human rights violations. It cited new restrictions on freedom of expression and the persecution of political and religious dissenters.
Iran\’s growing nuclear threat has activated members of Los Angeles\’ Iranian Jewish community to participate in this year\’s presidential campaigns and make their voices heard.
The merger of the three groups signifies a desire within the Iranian Jewish community for greater participation in the larger Jewish community and a desire to attract Jewish youth to its cause. After more than two decades in the Southland, Persian Jews are organizing to present a united front for their community.
The Arab and Iranian complaint that they are threatened and victimized by the Zionists is fascinatingly twisted. In fact, they do themselves considerable damage through their own anti-Semitism. Two recent examples come to mind.
Yosef Setarehshenas wants to revive and introduce Jewish Persian art to the world.
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