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Entry Posted September 26, 2006

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5367892.stm 25,000 Jews live in Iran, and they seem largely happy there. (Or at least the ones who will speak to journalists.) Could there be something to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s claim that he’s anti-Zionist, not anti-Semitic? 23:02

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A Warded Neuron (tallcotton.blogspot.com):
… small dead animals, to name a few. Why have the news services of the midstream media not carried this story? Are western news services so thin on the ground in Tehran that they couldn't confirm the story? A quick check of google shows the BBC ran abrief storytoday at 9:28 am this morning that life in Iran for Jews isn't so bad. I've gone 6 pages into the google search but...Will Tehran allow it's Jewish inhabitants to rebuild? I'm still doubtful. After two hours of internet searches I'm still faced with a …

Israel: Like this, as if (israel-like-this-as-if.blogspot.com):
… on the internet," he says. "You'll see beautiful gardens." We do not discuss the recent student demonstrations in Shiraz, nor the arrests of Jews there in recent years, nor the blood-libel pogrom of 1910. Life is good forJews in Iran, Abraham says. To get along in Iran, he says, a Jew needs to observe three rules. He enumerates: 1) "Your shirt," he says. "You could not go on the street in something like this." I am wearing a short-sleeved black t-shirt imprinted with a big, …

Peace Now (wwwpeacenow.blogspot.com):
… Jews who remain in Iran seem to have made a conscious decision to stay put."We are Iranians and have lived in Iran for more than three thousand years," says the Jewish hospital director Ciamak Morsathgeh. "Whatever they say abroad is lies - we are comfortable in Iran." …

WOMEN'S LENS (womenslens.blogspot.com):
… Imam Khomeini, recognized Jews as a religious minority that should be protected. As a result Jews have one representative in the Iranian parliament. "Imam Khomeini made a distinction between Jews and Zionists and he supported us," says Mr Hammami.continued..Jewish people talk about their lives in Iran VIDEO Print Page …

Derrick’s Blog (dpeat.wordpress.com):
… when countless numbers of Jews were evicted from Spain, the Ottomans welcomed them into the Islamic empire. The remnants of these Jews can still be found in Morocco, where they live with just as many rights as the Muslim majority. Here’s the BBCarticle …

A CHRISTMAS STORY.... (nolostfamilycustoms.blogspot.com):
… create Peace. No country has the right to attack another country, ever. Not in this day and age. If only the backwards, blood thirsty, born again American could find the real meaning in 'love thy neighbor as thy self, we might have a chance at Peace.Iran's proud but discreet JewsBy Frances Harrison BBC News, Tehran Last Updated: Friday, 22 September 2006 Although Iran and Israel are bitter enemies, few know that Iran is home to the largest number of Jews anywhere in the Middle East outside Israel. …

Dissent Into Madness (jasonballot.blogspot.com):
… Here are some questions for the neocons spouting this "new Hitler" nonsense: Would a "new Hitler" meet with a group of rabbis in New York in order to accept the gift of what looks to be, I dunno, a miniature Stanley Cup?Would a "new Hitler" permit25,000 Jews to live and worship peacefullyin his country?Would a "new Hitler" actually come off as somewhat rational in an interview with an argumentative Western journalist? Again, I'm not suggesting Ahmadinejad is a good guy. I'm suggesting that hyperbole is ruining any sense of balance or …

The Belgravia Dispatch (belgraviadispatch.com):
… leaders of sovereign nations that are members of the General Assembly get to visit and such. So, alas, unsavory world leaders will come here rather often for UNGA meetings and the like. Moreover, Ahmadi-Nejad has not commited genocide (indeed25,000 ethnic Jews live in Iran, the largest population of Jews in the Middle East outside of Israel). If he is the new Hitler, why haven't they been slaughtered? As for incitement to genocide, whatever that means precisely, by such flimsy standards of dubious translations getting …

Roberto's Site - Roberto's (robertocamara.multiply.com):
… , a comunidade judaica do Irã, continua apoiando em tudo que pode o governo central. Com mais de 20 mil pessoas, é a maior comunidade no Oriente Médio, fora de Israel. Mas ao que parece, nem tudo são flores - como se pode vernesta reportagem da BBC(em inglês). Para mais informações sobre o país, existe um Blog de uma jornalista do jornal O Globo. O link está aqui …

Me Tire Deste Ócio - Me Tire's (metiredesteocio.multiply.com):
… , a comunidade judaica do Irã, continua apoiando em tudo que pode o governo central. Com mais de 20 mil pessoas, é a maior comunidade no Oriente Médio, fora de Israel. Mas ao que parece, nem tudo são flores - como se pode vernesta reportagem da BBC(em inglês). Para mais informações sobre o país, existe um Blog de uma jornalista do jornal O Globo. O link está aqui …

unisiBLOG (unisib.blogspot.com):
… , a comunidade judaica do Irã, continua apoiando em tudo que pode o governo central. Com mais de 20 mil pessoas, é a maior comunidade no Oriente Médio, fora de Israel. Mas ao que parece, nem tudo são flores - como se pode vernesta reportagem da BBC(em inglês). Para mais informações sobre o país, existe um Blog de uma jornalista do jornal O Globo. O link está aqui. …

A day in the life of Meercat (arabmeercat.livejournal.com):
… http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5367892.stm …

Soccer Dad (soccerdad.baltiblogs.com):
… from The Dhimmi: Jews and Christians under Islam by Bat Ye'or, Associated University Press, 1985, p. 336. I expanded the bibliographic citation at the end. By the way, those "advantages in inheritance" are in effect in Iran right now, according to theBBC.At Hamadan in 1890, Shah Nasr-ad-Din (1848-1896) renewed his 1880 edict, which forbade advantages in inheritance for a Jewish convert to Islam to the detriment of the other Jewish heirs. This royal edict incited the mollahs and the mob to force the …

Frammenti vocali in MO:Israele e Palestina (frammentivocalimo.blogspot.com):
… Israel. Jews have lived in Iran since at least700BC.Hostility between Iran's government and Israel means Iranian Jews areoften subject to official mistrust and scrutiny. 3 VIDEO http://www.rainews24.it/ran24/rainews24_2007/inchieste/ebrei/ ALLEGATI:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5367892.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5367892.stm …

Peak Oil: Life After the Oil Crash (www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net):
… Iran's Proud but Discreet Jews …

Exposing Zionofascism in Canada and the World (zionofascism.wordpress.com):
… http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/anti-semitism/iranjews.html The Jewish community of Persia, modern-day Iran, is one of the oldest in the Diaspora, and its historical roots reach back to the 6th century B.C.E., the time of the First Temple.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5367892.stmAlthough Iran and Israel are bitter enemies, few know that Iran is home to the largest number of Jews anywhere in the Middle East outside Israel. http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/1998/02/03/intl/intl.3.html …

Myspace.com Blogs:damnvanmeter MySpace Blog (blog.myspace.com):
… Practically, everyone I know has heard the parable of the boy who cried wolf. Yet, that hasn't stopped some people in particular from routinely making charges of anti-semitism where none exists.Although Iran and Israel are bitter enemies,few know that Iran is home to the largest number of Jews anywhere in the Middle East outside Israel. About 25,000 Jews live in Iran and most are determined to remain no matter what the pressures - as proud of their Iranian culture as of their …

misconceptions (o3.indiatimes.com):
… Of communal harmony in a muslim statehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5367892.stmIran's proud but discreet Jews By Frances Harrison BBC News, Tehran The Jewish presence dates back nearly 3,000 years. Although Iran and Israel are bitter enemies, few know that …

Soccer Dad (soccerdad.baltiblogs.com):
… considerably worse than it is. Western journalists, ever helpful, occasionally notice this and write articles such as the present one entitled "In Ahmadinejad's Iran, Jews still find a space" by Scott Peterson of the CSMonitor. As a fairly recent BBCarticlepoints out, however, ". . . there are legal problems for Jews in Iran - if one member of a Jewish family converts to Islam he can inherit all the family's property. Jews cannot become army officers and the headmasters of the Jewish schools in Tehran …

Temple Emanu-El Blog (blogs.templesanjose.org):
… Since I just posted about the Iraqi Jews, it seemed appropriate to share an article about the Jews of Iran and how they are coping surprisingly well under the arch-conservative regime.BBC article here.Topics: World Jewish News | No Comments » …

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