LOS ANGELES (JTA) — Growing up, Arya Marvazy knew only of one person who came out as queer in his tight-knit Persian Jewish community. That person was ostracized by family members. He frequently ...
His well-timed exodus from Iran, along with the entire group on the flight, was handled by HIAS, formerly the Hebrew ...
LOS ANGELES — As pro-Palestinian protesters and counterprotesters rally at universities across the country, some of the most ...
In some ways, Rabbi Yaakov Peer, the founder/director of the Chabad Persian Youth Center in the heart of Pico-Robertson has ...