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  • Closing the ark during morning prayers at Youssef Abad Synagogue in Tehran on Sept. 30, 2013.
    Closing the ark during morning prayers at Youssef Abad Synagogue in Tehran on Sept. 30, 2013.
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    Reading Megillah in Tehran: How Iranian Jews Celebrate Purim

    As Jews around the world commemorate the rescue of Persian Jewry, how do those who live where the story took place mark the day?

    byShai Secunda
  • Iranian schoolgirls listening to a speech by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran on February 20, 2011.(Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images)
    Iranian schoolgirls listening to a speech by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran on February 20, 2011.(Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Body Politics

    Iran’s birthrate has fallen. Is it because Iranian women have greater opportunity? Or is it a reaction to the Islamist regime?

    byMichelle Goldberg and Lee Smith
  • Protesters hold a poster of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini during a demonstration in Tehran against the shah, January 1979.(AFP/Getty Images)
    Protesters hold a poster of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini during a demonstration in Tehran against the shah, January 1979.(AFP/Getty Images)
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    Personal Revolution

    Iranian, American, Jewish: Reflections on a complicated life

    byPejman Yousefzadeh
  • Israelis of Kurdish origin hold Kurdish and Israeli flags during a demonstration outside the Turkish embassy in wake of Israel’s deadly raid on the Mavi Mamara.(Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images)
    Israelis of Kurdish origin hold Kurdish and Israeli flags during a demonstration outside the Turkish embassy in wake of Israel’s deadly raid on the Mavi Mamara.(Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Another Israel

    Kurds and Jews share a similar history and a common enemy

    byJames Kirchick
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