Politically active Iranian Muslims in Southern California who have used the Internet to reach out to Iranians, particularly the student-run opposition groups, see opportunities in the Hamdami website.\n
When people talk about the Jewish mother stereotype, they\’re usually referring to the American Ashkenazi Jewish mother stereotype. But what about Jewish mothers from different cultures and countries?
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.\”
A few phrases that could come in handy in conversation with Persian Jews.
I do not want an \”us\” and a \”them.\” If you are not really ready to be part of one community, which means to have friends, to marry, to rejoice together, to grieve together, then all I can tell you is you should find another place. But I think that you are, I hope and pray and believe that you are.
Community Briefs
After Hakimi\’s election two years ago, participation of women in religious services became a lightning-rod issue on both sides of the mechitza in the Orthodox congregation.
Rabbi Hertzel Illulian, a rabbi active in the Los Angeles Persian community, is embroiled in a revolt. It\’s taking place in the normally laid-back city of Santa Monica and concerns the future of the Teriton apartment building.
\”One Night With the King,\” which, despite its somewhat titillating title, contains nary a hint of sexual abandon or even suggestive cleavage, opens Oct. 13 at close to 1,000 theaters across the United States.
Circuit news; Local community refuses to forget 12 missing Persian Jews; Smile, darn ya!; That\’s a WRRAP; A love match.
