Antisemitism and the Jewish Exodus from Iran

Mar 29, 2022  •  Roya Hakakian, Sarah Breger

Prior to the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iran's Jewish community numbered near 100,000; today it's closer to 10K. Roya Hakakian, author of “Journey from the Land of No: A Girlhood Caught in Revolutionary Iran,” shares what life was like prior to the revolution, the antisemitism that caused Jews to flee & what life's like now for the Iranian Jewish community. In convo w/Sarah Breger, Moment’s editor.


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