LOS ANGELES (JTA) — Asher Aramnia, an 83-year-old Iranian Jewish businessman living in ... regime 40 years ago for the crime of operating a women’s beauty parlor there. Aramnia is among ...

“Right now, no community has more nuanced views about something than the Persian Jewish community,” said David Javidzad, a ...

LOS ANGELES (JTA) — Elat Market has everything needed for a Shabbat meal to make any Persian Jewish grandma proud ... served alongside a meal — women stop their carts to kiss each other ...

There’s an unwritten promise about the life of an immigrant or refugee that the problems we face in America will never be as bad as the ones we had back home. But what if those problems only worsen?

There’s a powerful Jewish value ... and people of Los Angeles, from Boyle Heights to Topanga Canyon, and especially along Pico Boulevard. I remember the Persian, Afghan, Bukharian, Yemeni ...

Teresa Castracane Photography Share Few if any themes get explored more frequently in American theaters than the immigrant experience, except generational family dynamics. In fact, Chicago ...

A first-generation Iranian ... Jewish friend, disappears without a trace. Conflicts with the United States and Iraq have created a pervasive atmosphere of suspicion and alarm. Sirens leave the ...