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Monitored phone calls and fear of arrest: What life looks like for Iran’s Jews now

Amid the war in Iran, one Iranian Jewish woman who lives in the United States, but whose family remains in Iran, has been wracked with fear. Before the ceasefire, she spoke with he...

Iranian rabbi describes Israel’s destruction of a Tehran synagogue

Iranian rabbi describes how he was informed that one of Tehran’s few synagogues had been destroyed in an Israel strike.

Iran claims Tehran synagogue was 'completely destroyed' by U.S.-Israeli strike

Footage of the alleged attack shows open Hebrew prayer books scattered among the rubble of a building. The Rafi-Niya synagogue is located near Palestine Square, an epicenter of the...

A pioneering Reform synagogue makes way for a booming Iranian Jewish community

Temple Beth-El is an island of Reform Judaism in the Iranian milieu of deep Great Neck, a suburb on the North Shore of Long Island 35 minutes away from Manhattan by train. There ar...

Iranians moved tons of bricks by hand to recover Torah scrolls – Jewish community member (VIDEO)

Rescuers manually cleared debris to recover Torah scrolls after an Israeli strike damaged a Tehran synagogue, Marjan Yeshayayi has told RT Read Full Article at RT.com

Iran claims synagogue in Tehran was ‘completely destroyed’ by US-Israeli strike

(JTA) — Iranian state media claimed on Tuesday that a synagogue in Tehran was “completely destroyed” by a U.S.-Israeli strike. The claim was impossible to verify. Footage of the al...

Two women race to save Persian Jewish music before it fades

In the 1950s, Younes Dardashti, a Jewish man from Tehran’s Jewish ghetto, became one of Iran’s most celebrated singers. As the country underwent rapid secularization under the Shah...

Tehran synagogue damaged by missile strike according to Iranian media reports

Footage and reports circulated by Iranian outlets and social media accounts identified the site as the Rafi Niya Synagogue, located near Palestine Square in central Tehran.

Iran claims synagogue in Tehran was ‘completely destroyed’ by US-Israeli strike

The Rafi-Niya synagogue is located near Palestine Square, an epicenter of the Iranian regime's anti-Israel propaganda. -- The post Iran claims synagogue in Tehran was ‘completely d...

Jewish groups urge Trump to prioritize Americans held in Iran during ceasefire talks

Robert Levinson, an American Jew who died in an Iranian prison, is among those considered wrongfully detained. -- The post Jewish groups urge Trump to prioritize Americans held in...

Iranian Jewish Association Describe Israel as “Ominous Zionist Regime” After Israeli Strikes Destroy Historic Synagogue...

Ahistoric synagogue in Tehran, originally built in 1958, was destroyed on the Jewish holiday of Passover by Israeli airstrikes on April 7th. The Rafi-Nia Synagogue, located in cent...

Indians arrive in Israel on tribal descent claims

Seder under sirens: Israelis mark Passover in the shadow of war with Iran

"It’s certainly not the worst conditions for a seder our people have had to endure,” one Israeli said. -- The post Seder under sirens: Israelis mark Passover in the shadow of war w...

Seder under sirens: Israelis mark Passover in the shadow of war with Iran

(JTA) — TEL AVIV — The day before Yael Ben Cnaan was set to take over ownership of Bishvil Flowers, a corner flower shop located in the upscale Lev Hair neighborhood, an Iranian cl...

Jewish groups urge Trump to prioritize Americans held in Iran during ceasefire talks

(JTA) — The American Jewish Committee is calling on President Donald Trump to make the return of Americans in Iranian custody an “urgent national priority,” as his administration w...

Police eye Iran involvement as 3 London synagogues are targeted in arson attacks

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis decried "a sustained campaign of violence and intimidation against the Jewish community." -- The post Police eye Iran involvement as 3 London synagogues...

Israeli strike completely destroys Jewish synagogue in Tehran

ALBAWABA - Iranian media reported that a Jewish synagogue in the center of Tehran was heavily damaged after an Israeli projectile on Tuesday, according to the semi-official news ag...

Support for Iran war among ‘connected’ US Jews falls again, poll finds

(JTA) — In the early days of the U.S.-Israel war on Iran, 68% of “connected” American Jews — those with ties to American Jewish institutions — supported the war, according to a pol...

Iran’s Baha’i, Christian facilities targeted by discriminatory policies, CSW tells ‘Post’

Human rights groups have warned that regime authorities detained dozens of Baha’is in arbitrary arrests, many without charge, and denied them communication with their families or l...

After Mossad, IDF busted Iran terrorists in Tehran, abroad, why aren’t UK Jews safer?

DIASPORA AFFAIRS: Why are there still so many terrorist incidents against Jews pushed by Iran happening in England and elsewhere?

A Lost Tribe in India Makes Its Exodus to Israel

The B’nei Menashe believe they are the children of Manasseh, a king of Judah exiled about 2,800 years ago. Evidence is thin, but Israel is welcoming them ‘home.’

An Iranian yeshiva bought a major Reform temple. It could be a blessing.

You can take the Port Washington branch of the Long Island Rail Road, or you can drive out on the Long Island Expressway to Exit 33. And you can work hard, be successful and want a...

Police eye Iran involvement as 3 London synagogues are targeted in arson attacks

(JTA) — Two teenagers have been arrested in connection with an arson attack on a London synagogue on Sunday, the third within days on Jewish targets in the city. No one was injured...

Places of Worship – Shrine of Esther and Mordechai

The Shrine of Esther and Mordechai is a famous Jewish pilgrimage site just off Eman Khomeini Square in the city of Hamadan in modern Iran. The post Places of Worship – Shrine of Es...